HOME MADE RECOIL UNIT

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Re: HOME MADE RECOIL UNIT

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very nice, i have to say that the panzerIII looks alot better with a longer barrel!

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Really nice mod. I may have to do that to my Panzer IV. I take it the airsoft gun no-longer works now?
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Great idea and work. It looks a lot better.
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Hi Guys The BB dosnt work on this one but it dosnt take long to do it is posible to make a working BB gun recoil but it takes a lot of work Ive done it once and trust me it takes weeks to do this one took 4 hours and works very well .


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Post by tankman »

Nice one looks the part. Just one quick question how long in MM is the barrel between the tip of the muzzel break and the turned end of the brass gun cover ??? . Just to check I have a semi scale gun on my Panzer IV. Many thanks
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Really nice work Pete. I must have a go at that.
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Hi Tankman the muzzle brake is 28mm long the barrel from muzzle brake to sleave is 105mm and the sleave is 28mm hope this helps if you need more info send me a P.M.

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HI ROB YOU WANTED TO SEE THE WIRING ON UNIT HERE IT IS LOOKING AT MICRO SWITCH FROM MAPLINS THE BOTTOM WIRE GOES TO THE MOTOR NEXT TO BOTTOM GOES TO BATTERY NEGATIVE AND THE TOP WIRE GOES TO THE NORMAL CONECTION FOR TURRET THE SMALL SOLDER BLOCK WITH THREE CONECTIONS THE POSTIVE FOR MOTOR ALSO CONECTS HERE AS WELL AS THE CONECTIONS FOR GUN ELEVATION HAVNT WIRED THE FLASH YET BUT THAT WILL GO TO THE DBU/DBC CIRCUIT WHEN IT GOES IN .

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Re: HOME MADE RECOIL UNIT

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looking good pete  ;D
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Re: HOME MADE RECOIL UNIT

Post by fleshpedler »

Well Pete
It looks like we will have to follow your lead on this mod,
keep up the good work mate .
Pete.....................................
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