Custom hopper feed help.

[BrickHaus]

Well, figured Id share my progress.

Sunday evening I took my reloader props, and my TSA props, and started mocking stuff.

Much to my dwlight, the output shaft on the richochet motor is the same as the halo and the reloader.

so im mocking stuff up, I realized having matching paddles in both hoppers caused a compliance issue. That being said, I figured Id mix and match paddles.

The reloader hook fingers are also shaped that it wants to spin clockwise. To move balls.

Naturally I put the reloader on the left hopper which apind clockwise, and a tsa paddle on the right.

Checked spacing, and noticed the tsa paddle CAN block the feedneck if it stops in the right spot. Nbd. Ill adress that later.

Load paint, and attempt a times hopper dump off. The tsa paddles jammed. I dumped the hopper out, and the long arm basically had a ball pinched between the paddle and the feedneck.

So I decide tsa paddles arent gonna work.

I then started digging around some more and found my old revvy with JmJ concepts aftermarket impeller installed. I put this in my right hopper.

I fed 2 hoppers mint. First video I recorded, and it worked great. I wanted to see if the right feeds faster than the left or vice versa so I ran a second test feeding each feedneck into a different box. No video, but it worked.


I got exactly 160 rounds out of each feedneck that yest, ao I figured I had my magic combination.

Theb I went to record this video for an official bps count with different impellers. The video says it all. LOL.

Back to the drawing board to a degree.


Side note. I have an old busted up eggy. I have been mulling the idea of taking 2 eggy feed trays, and making a hopper with those, but thatll be another day.

I had a bunch of pics of paddle configs and such, but its all failed tests regardless so this is it fer now.

[BrickHaus]

[Meleager7]

How well does it feed with just one side running? Can it agitate the off side enough?

[BrickHaus]

Id have to remove the paddles on the otherside. As of now if the paddles stop spinning it stops feeding in the respective feedneck.

Ive been tooling aroind some more. Stole the prop from an old beat up eggy. That prop seems to work nice.

The jmj moved to the left hopper is pinching balls on the side wall and pop corning them. It shot 2 out of the hopper top in my test.

My wife is going to bed so I have to stop dumping paint into a plastic bin below our bedroom for the night. Ill get there.

[BrickHaus]

Figured Id update this today for grins as Ive finally had the motivation to finish this.

So last looked at this, I was getting various jams between the flat walls of the hoppers. And the various paddle geometries. I tried paddles ranging from eggy 2 paddles, vortex impellers, halo tsa, and revvy stock. Some would feed great then randomly jam. Some didnt feed well at all.

I ended up buying a bulk bag of Ronin Gear Tsunami impellers as a last ditch effort. I got these months ago, and they had a tight fit on my impeller shafts. I tried to wiggle one on, then when it popped off, I broke a motor lead. Even though a resolder took me a few seconds, this just ruined my fun working on the project at the time. And it just sat til today, I wanna use this beast Sunday at the Local Jungle Rumble. Its a woodsball game with full auto allowed, so Id think he will let me shoot a mech double trouble.

So today I fixed the motor lead, and scrubbed the tsunamis out and put a pair of tsunamis in her.

Ive ran 3 hoppers of paint through them. Havent timed them and counted it off for a scientific number like before, but they all feed what seemed to be fast, and consistant. They sit high enough that they cant pinch paint (in theory), and they dont block the feedneck hole at any time.

So fingers crossed the rest of my frankenstiened ion all functions properly when I get to the field.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Yessss! Shooting video!

[BrickHaus]

Ill snap a vid over the chrono Sunday. Itll be a raw first time shot. Leaks, breaks, misfeeds and all

[Pumpytrilly1]

This is a sweet project.

[Tarak]

This is the quality entertainment I come here for 🍿

[BrickHaus]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b86MAbywrIv5L-_Yu3QDr315T8MPMR1t/view?usp=drivesdk

Above Should be a short video I just took. Its just a teaser. My wife doesnt allow me to shoot paintball guns in the yard as she finds it trashy, and we are in a small quiet neighborhood. She doesnt want the neighbors to call the cops, but my neighbors are all pretty friendly.

back to the point, I couldnt resist, and she was on the phone. So I grabbed 6 paintballs from the random crap I had been cycling through my hoppers, and ran outside. One was way too bulged, so I loaded up the 5 shootable ones.

No chrono, but I set the reg to 125, aired them up with the little air I have, wiggled a hose to stop a leak, and shot this.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Super Cool! That looks like it’s going to be fun.

[BrickHaus]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cQDPAu0YGM2KmWyL4HRUGess6rWvS_6m/view?usp=drivesdk

quick chrono video. Ill have to drag my go pro out and get a real video going.