Quack Note:
We use a Spud gun here as we are dealing with trees of 120 ft or so and the
Fir trees that we are going over require more than 1 or 2 oz. of weight to
come down on the other side. Even with a potato it can be tricky getting it
to come all th e way down, it ususally takes some coaxing. The Fir trees
have sticky sap and keeps the line from feeding down well.
We have used a bow with a weighted arrow but it doesn't work as well on the
vy high trees .
Quack aka: K7QQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Skoubis" <george.skoubis@verizon.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 03:09
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] Paintball gun
> Ron,
>
> On a more serious note, I have had good luck using the wrist rocket,
> 1/4 oz lead sinker, and fishing line spool mentioned earlier. After a
> couple of practice attempts in a field it's not that hard to get a feel
> for how hard to pull back on the sling and where to aim...
>
> As long as you keep the fishing line spool in front of you and facing
> up I've never had a problem with the line snagging. I think a
> conventional spinning reel or close faced reel would have problems
> unwinding the line fast enough.
>
> You could also probably find a way to hook up one of those bow reels
> the archers use to spear carp along the Wisconsin River, they are
> probably available for a reasonable price in a sporting goods store. I
> know the ones with the large (8" or so) diameter work well, I've seen
> some people using the Zebco 33 homebrew versions but I'm not sure how
> well they work (I think the line would tend to snag on the catch at the
> speed generated by a wrist rocket or compressed air paint gun). I'd shy
> away from using the bow to actually shoot the line over the tree, even
> with a field tip the arrow could do some unintentional damage coming
> down.
>
> 73,
>
> George / KF9YR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zack Widup [mailto:w9sz@prairienet.org]
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:43 AM
> To: George Skoubis
> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] Paintball gun
>
>
> Oh yeah? I double-dog dare you!
>
> (Sorry, I couldn't resist, either.) :-)
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, George Skoubis wrote:
>
> > You'll shoot your eye out!!!
> >
> > Sorry I couldn't resist.
> >
> > 73 Ron,
> >
> > George / KF9YR
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ron Feutz
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 10:32 AM
> > To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] Paintball gun
> >
> > Just read K5LXP's antenna launcher article
> > http://www.qsl.net/k5lxp/projects/Launcher/Launcher.html and was
> > wondering
> > if anyone has tried using a paintball gun for the same purpose?
> >
> > It seems it would be a matter of designing the right size projectile
> and
> >
> > mounting a reel.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Ron - WA9IRV
> >
>
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