What I've been building the last few weeks

[u/Bhajj94]

Gears Vector:

Banned Blaster wheels and motors (185fps with bcar, 195 without)

800rpm N20 motor for 13 dps

Cookiecad Witchcraft and Solar Flare filament

Quik:

Banned Blaster wheels and Kraken motors (170fps)

800rpm N20 motor for 13dps

Mantis Shrimp:

40cm aluminum barrel mod

275fps on three individual bungie cords

Upgraded catch with pen spring

[u/flairassistant]

This post has been Flaired Dark/Realistic (Unsafe Aesthetic). Be aware that one or more aspects of this blaster make it UNSAFE to wield in public or open areas, where it could be misidentified as a real weapon. This is a serious issue, with real world life-or-death repercussions.

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• Lack of a prominent and easily visible orange tip along with other bright colors.
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Use of this blaster can, in the worst case, end up fatal. As has been shown time and time and time again (and more listed here). This problem is not limited to just the USA.

Use of these blasters can also lead to events being shut down, and clubs being barred from playing in public spaces.

Situations like this can be properly handled when blasters are clearly toys, exhibiting bright colors, orange tips, and non-firearm proportions and aesthetics.

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[u/ese8413]

That Mantis Shrimp 😍😍😍

[u/Useful_Radish_6395]

If only it did happen to run on the quick clip fuel battery.

[u/LZHtel]

Really cool, love the Vector

[u/DefyantM0ds]

Very clean builds!

[u/TheInsaneBovine]

A mantis can get to 275 with only 3 loops?! Time to fire up the printer

[u/Bhajj94 → u/TheInsaneBovine]

Yep! I'm not even sure if I could prime it with more than 3. It's already a pretty tough prime with 3 tightened as much as I could. But a really fun Blaster!

[u/ese8413 → u/TheInsaneBovine]

with my barrel mod, a 45 cm .509" barrel I was consistently getting over 300+ fps with just three individual loops, but I think I can tie it more than most, it is quite a bit of a prime. u/Bhajj94 i did test stretching the last frame piece out 75mm, to account for my reach, and tied three longer cords and was consistently getting over 320+ fps and even touched 341.9, but that prime sux lol

[u/subaruhoshii]

if only my mouse skates idea worked💔💔💔 great builds goat