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F.U.B.A.R · 04-10-2011 11:04pm

haha very funny:rolleyes: I meant in that shape and style but in the langth of those madbull rockets

Alan b. · 04-10-2011 11:21pm

The madbull ones are more or less that shape.
But from testing it, they just don't work. They have no fins to stabilize them and are not heavy enough to do without them.
They are awful. As soon as you launch them, they spin and wobble and only go about 20 feet or so if there's no wind.
By effective, I'm thinking more in the region of 100 feet if not more.

F.U.B.A.R · 04-10-2011 11:30pm

well from what i saw they did have fins flimsy ones at that but there was an attempt made and they still leve a 20mm gap or so when sitting in the launcher I was proposing a version that looked like the shell above with a diameter close to 40mm and to be made from rubber

large solid heavy but just below the danger line ......... AFAIK

Thehandviolent · 04-10-2011 11:44pm

F.U.B.A.R · 04-10-2011 11:46pm

They look positively EVIL! Me want .....................

Alan b. · 04-10-2011 11:53pm

F.U.B.A.R wrote: »

well from what i saw they did have fins flimsy ones at that but there was an attempt made and they still leve a 20mm gap or so when sitting in the launcher I was proposing a version that looked like the shell above with a diameter close to 40mm and to be made from rubber large solid heavy but just below the danger line ......... AFAIK

The fins are not really fins, they are about 3mm proud of the round itself. And don't aid stability at all Imo. You'd need a very large grenade to hold enough gas to launch a heavy round made of rubber. Even the rubber slug shot grenade they make is only really a 15 foot range and they aren't all that heavy.

High density foam sponge is the right material but the shape is what needs improving. Standard 203 rounds don't hold enough gas either.

F.U.B.A.R · 05-10-2011 12:02am

then make it long enough to do so but then you could only use it in long launchers

or maybe the whole thing should be abandoned and everybody just stick to bb's

Alan b. · 05-10-2011 12:32am

F.U.B.A.R wrote: »

then make it long enough to do so but then you could only use it in long launchers or maybe the whole thing should be abandoned and everybody just stick to bb's

There's plenty of room in the at4.

F.U.B.A.R · 05-10-2011 12:37am

oh yeah thats wher this all started :pac:
yup definately get what Iam talking about in there

Captain Chaos · 05-10-2011 12:41am

Thehandviolent wrote: »

They look like something Batman would use or his victims at least. Always nice to get something new in the pistol world instead of regular new M9s and 1911s with slightly different markings.

Hope this is airsoft and not 4.5mm steel. The real ones are for target and small vermin use.

Alan b. · 05-10-2011 12:45am

F.U.B.A.R wrote: »

oh yeah thats wher this all started :pac:
yup definately get what Iam talking about in there

This with a range of 100+ ft range.
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F.U.B.A.R · 05-10-2011 12:53am

yeah but bigger!!!!!!!! its an at4 for crying out loud!!!!!
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Alan b. · 05-10-2011 12:57am

It's not too far off the size of a real at4 warhead

F.U.B.A.R · 05-10-2011 12:59am

true but its airsoft

why not shove a shell in there!

and i suppose the sound it makes would add to the whole atmosphere of war

Alan b. · 05-10-2011 1:03am

F.U.B.A.R wrote: »

true but its airsoft why not shove a shell in there! and i suppose the sound it makes would add to the whole atmosphere of war

Now you're thinking how I'm thinking. Painted silver, the above, will have a rough size and appearance of a real round, and when fired will make a noise that adds to the effect.
Add a decent range, and its a winner imo.

Imagine that thing howling accross the airsoft field to a target at range.

F.U.B.A.R · 05-10-2011 1:07am

and have one of those massive paintball Co2 cannisters in the back itl be epic!!!!!!!!

Alan b. · 05-10-2011 1:10am

Something like that alright.

andy_g · 05-10-2011 1:10am

Airsoft news or airsoft artillary?? Im confused on what thread this is!!

Alan b. · 05-10-2011 1:12am

andy_g wrote: »

Airsoft news or airsoft artillary?? Im confused on what thread this is!!

Discussion of a product brought up in the news. Not allowed????

F.U.B.A.R · 05-10-2011 1:16am

in fairness andy it has happened on a number of items here

but we've reached a conclusion so ther wont be anymore

scouts honour

MonkeyGuy · 05-10-2011 5:06pm

I guarantee you, from first-hand experience, that those things hurt like a mother lover. And I think you may be forgetting the fact that it still has to be under one joule...

F.U.B.A.R · 05-10-2011 5:19pm

were you bleeding? Did you brake anything?

serious questions here not sarcasm:)

T4RGET · 05-10-2011 6:11pm

andy_g wrote: »

Airsoft news or airsoft artillary?? Im confused on what thread this is!!

F.U.B.A.R wrote: »

in fairness andy it has happened on a number of items here but we've reached a conclusion so ther wont be anymore scouts honour

don;t think he meant it like that, more as a light hearted sarcastic joke of where are all the RPG's etc coming from for airsoft :P, could be wrong though

Keggers2 · 05-10-2011 9:55pm

Awh hells no! From first hand experience one of those things hitting you at high speed is not a pleasant experience!

Now I may be a bit of a sissyish when it comes to pain but I've been hit by accident (or so he CLAIMS) and my hand was in bits the day after as well!

If an accident were to happen and one of those was close range being fired at high speed the results would NOT be pretty in the slightest (this mo fo's are HARD plastic remember)

F.U.B.A.R · 05-10-2011 10:01pm

as Ive been told at many a game SUCK IT UP!
sure my legs are in bits the day after just from running alone so no matter
what your going to end up in bits

Alan b. · 05-10-2011 10:18pm

Keggers2 wrote: »

Awh hells no! From first hand experience one of those things hitting you at high speed is not a pleasant experience!

Now I may be a bit of a sissyish when it comes to pain but I've been hit by accident (or so he CLAIMS) and my hand was in bits the day after as well!

If an accident were to happen and one of those was close range being fired at high speed the results would NOT be pretty in the slightest (this mo fo's are HARD plastic remember)

What exatcly are made of hard pastic?
Because the nerf footballs are most definitely not.
they are a dense sponge foam ball. With normal foam fin sticking out.

don;t think he meant it like that, more as a light hearted sarcastic joke of where are all the RPG's etc coming from for airsoft , could be wrong though

He said it in "mod mode", i'd agree with ya otherwise.
That's why it came accross the way it did