Hello,
I am working on a full sized humanoid robot soldier and its purpose is to shoot certain targets using an air soft gun. I wanted to add a rocket system on the robot's shoulders so it would have the ability to fire C02 cartridge rockets. The problem I ran into is taht I don't know how to pierce the cartridge without manual force. I want a mechanism that will automatically pierce the C02 Cartridge when it revives a signal from an Arduino (or when it is turned on/has power), that way the C02 rocket will automatically fly out from the shoulders. I was wondering if anybody had any idea where I could build or buy an automatic C02 piercer.
Thanks.
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Good luck with your project. In my country a person could face a lawsuit for offering advice for something like this if there is a death or injury as a result.
@aarg. I fully agree.
Build a humanoid that can open the fridge and serve cold beer. That would impress.
Good luck with that, but this forum has no place for projects like these.
@TimMJN
No, no luck at all. Turn it down and be ashamed.
That is not the first question being turned down because of legal matters or being highly unethical....
Still the questions remains, how to make the firing parts for a nuclear bomb, rockets bringing down the moon.....
Nothing surprices me.
"I wanted to add a rocket system on the robot's shoulders so it would have the ability to fire C02 cartridge rockets. The problem I ran into is taht I don't know how to pierce the cartridge without manual force."
Well, if you can't find any info on google how to do that, then there may not really be a way to be practical and do it. You might have to modify a spent cartridge with a fill port and a release mechanism similar to the water rockets.
zoomkat:
"I wanted to add a rocket system on the robot's shoulders so it would have the ability to fire C02 cartridge rockets. The problem I ran into is taht I don't know how to pierce the cartridge without manual force."
Well, if you can't find any info on google how to do that, then there may not really be a way to be practical and do it. You might have to modify a spent cartridge with a fill port and a release mechanism similar to the water rockets.
Do You volonter for being the target? You ought to.
"Do You volonter for being the target? You ought to."
Maybe you should seek help with your anger issues.
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Lots of hits on DIY CO2 piercers. Boy Scouts use them in race cars. And there's this German handgun that apparently launches C02 cartridges...
Description: The “Model 101” is less a CO2 weapon than a tool for electrician work. It serves as an aid for laying electrical cables in large tube or hose systems. The pistol shoots 12 g capsules, which means: the cartridge is actually the projectile.
How it works: A tailored “Powerlet” cartridge is inserted into the tube attachment on the barrel. A thin but stable, tear-resistant line is attached to this and a plastic tip (yellow) is attached to the front. There is a holder for various linen packages under the barrel. The tethered line automatically rolls out of the packaging after the cartridge has been fired. With the help of the line, the connected cable is later pulled into the tube system.
classified123:
Hello,
I am working on a full sized humanoid robot soldier and its purpose is to shoot certain targets using an air soft gun (This robot soldier is basically going to be a giant sentry gun). I wanted to add a rocket system on the robot's shoulders so it would have the ability to fire C02 cartridge rockets. The problem I ran into is taht I don't know how to pierce the cartridge without manual force. I want a mechanism that will automatically pierce the C02 Cartridge when it revives a signal from an Arduino (or when it is turned on/has power), that way the C02 rocket will automatically fly out from the shoulders. I was wondering if anybody had any idea where I could build or buy an automatic C02 piercer.
Thanks.
Are wanting to buy, or do you have a shop to make one?
Paul
"Boy Scouts use them in race cars."
I looked at some of the videos like below. A mouse trap, carpet tack, and some glue would be a start. After looking at the cartridge performance as a "rocket", about like standing there and tearing up dollar bills. The little pull string confetti poppers might be interesting.
By the way: This would be used as proof of concept and the targets will be cardboard pieces.
It's basically iron man's rocket launcher but on the shoulder and it's less powerful with no fire hazard and round instead of pointy.
By the way: This would be used as proof of concept and the targets will be cardboard pieces in an open field away from anything.
It's basically iron man's rocket launcher but on the shoulder and it's less powerful with no fire hazard and round instead of pointy.
"By the way: This would be used as proof of concept and the targets will be cardboard pieces in an open field away from anything."
At the two min. mark in the below video a simple piercer is shown. Make yourself something similar to test your idea. I think bottom line the cartridge will not fly like a rocket as you think. I expect it to somewhat spit out several feet and land on the ground.
