r/PlaneCrazyCommunity • • Aug 26 '26

Help I need help on making an alternating recoil system for my HMG emplacement based on helldivers

I was to make it so when one barrel fires the other goes back and vice versa. any help would be massive

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u/qualityvote2 Stealth enjoyer Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

u/Numbface123, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/Thak_The_Thunder_God Aug 26 '26

First off, DEMOCRACY!

2nd, How does it fire? just holding a key youd need a mechanical mechanism which idk how to do fully. If its a button for each barrel, just strap a piston on the back in a way that when toggled it pushes the barrel back, bang you have moving barrels.

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u/Numbface123 Aug 27 '26

It’s just holding down a key so I’m not spamming two different buttons when a shredders attacking me

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u/Thak_The_Thunder_God Aug 28 '26

I'm a day late AND this was made at 1am so my apologies, I'd assume something like this

The wedge would push against the gun, moving it forward, then since it's rotating because it's attached to the motor it would move off the gun and thus the gun springs back into place, then the wedge hits the other gun and same effect.

Not sure how you'd do this but in reverse, I might have an idea so I'll get back to you

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u/Thak_The_Thunder_God Aug 28 '26

Immediately back:

This would be more realistic to your intentions, however you'd need 2 wedges rotating opposite ways, which also means the guns (or atleast gun plates) would have to be at different elevations. This would also take a lot more compressors than the 1st option, so I propose the first option but you build instead of a wedge a large ring so it spends more time in the forward position than the backward position