The gun is made of Aluminium
It has an airsoft 650mm barrel, with a modified hopup.
HPA powered through a computer controlled custom built engine
Rate of fire is 480 rpm
Magazine holds 110 rounds.
Electrics powered by a 12 volt 600 mAH battery in lower body.
Initial testing on 75 - 80 psi, has it shooting at 1.38 joules, firing .4's and was firing 60 metres +.
With .25's, they were over hopping with the no hop on, have been told a softer bucking may solve that.
Firing hot so with turning and lighter BBs should get it down to safe levels
Here is a video, showing stripping and dry firing the gun
[link]https://www.dropbox.com/s/hpmv03z1jgirxez/Bren%20Strip%20and%20dry%20fire.mp4?dl=0[/link]
I can’t get photo’s up, but did get on the link, looks great! Well done! Put up more pic’s!
Andy
I can’t get photo’s up, but did get on the link, looks great! Well done! Put up more pic’s!
Andy
Thanks
I have replaced the photos, so hopefully you can now see them
That's a superb build well done good sir
armoury
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Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
Did you make the body yourself?
Top class work there,like the sound and rate of fire,very realistic.
Thanks for your replies.
SCVNGR yes I did make the body.
The flat pieces where sliced from my 3D model and laser cut, then glued and riveted together, other bits are welded.
The round bits were made on a lathe.
how did you build
the hpa engine did you source your own solenoid,what chip do you use to control it?is it an arduino?
Hi Kingmaker.
The gas block is made out of Brass 25mm hex bar and is basically a blow forward bolt, reversed, ie the the small valve pushes the nozzle back to load and a spring closes it when pressure is off .
This happens as the first step in the firing sequence, folowed by a pause then the main valve fires the round.
The small solenoid valve is a Mac series 33, 6 volt valve I had lying around and the main valve is a Mac series 34, 12 volt, 4 Watt valve brought off Ebay.
You need the 4 Watt version to get good performance, I also removed the brass filter from the inlet of the valve for more flow.
The micro computer is the Picaxe 08m2, (PICAXE-08M2 Module (AXE231)) plus volt regulator, and a couple of ndrive mosfets.
I have just brought a number of ATtiny85 Digispark Kickstarter Micro USB Development Board Module and are hopping to use them, as it will dramatically reduce the electronic footprint .
I am a complete armature with electronics so need to puzzle my way through using the ATtiny's,.
well it sounds like you have it sorted to me you should start your own HPA engine company,are you in
sorry mentioned Australia again
Wash your mouth out , New Zealand.
Nice idea but a bit old for the company sort of thing,
Mainly do this to learn and keep the brain ticking over.
Did you programme the processor too?Airsoft is still banned in Australia I believe,they have to do with Gel blasters
sorry mentioned Australia again
That is very impressive. Superb work. Well done!
Hi
Re Kingmaker, yes I did, I modified the program I used for my Owen gun, which was developed with the help of the Picaxe micro computer forums.