[CQ-Contest] Paintball gun

[George Skoubis]

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 at prairienet.org] 
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:43 AM
To: George Skoubis
Cc: cq-contest at 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 at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ron Feutz
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 10:32 AM
> To: cq-contest at 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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