Spartan Equipment

[Spartan RY52]

Cool, dude! Im new here, but I've been playing paintball for years. I have designs for a working paintball Halo rocket launcher (it would fire foam rockets, because real ones might get me into trouble). I havnt started anything with it though, cause were trying out some proto-type designs for a regular paintball launcher.

Whatd I'd do is forget all that stuff (too expensive for my paycheck), and next time you play, use the spartan like a tank - he can only be taken out by a rocket launcher! Hows that for an advantage?

 

[Bloodl3tt3r]

Cool, dude! Im new here, but I've been playing paintball for years. I have designs for a working paintball rocket launcher (it would fire foam rockets, because real ones might get me into trouble). I havnt started anything with it though, cause were trying out some proto-type designs for a regular paintball launcher.

Whatd I'd do is forget all that stuff (too expensive for my paycheck), and next time you play, use the spartan like a tank - he can only be taken out by a rocket launcher! Hows that for an advantage?

Hey, if you don't get caught, NOTHING will get you in trouble.

Like when me and my friends made a rocket launcher with PVC, model rocket engines, small tubes, fins, detcaps and gunpowder in the nose, out at an obscure lake in the middle of nowhere... we set up some buoys and shot them. Big booms.

 

[Spartan RY52]

Hey, if you don't get caught, NOTHING will get you in trouble.

Like when me and my friends made a rocket launcher with PVC, model rocket engines, small tubes, fins, detcaps and gunpowder in the nose, out at an obscure lake in the middle of nowhere... we set up some buoys and shot them. Big booms.

Haha, true enough. Only problem is, id run out of guyz to play paintball with darn quick!

 

[floppy]

do fish finders work out of water? lol

 

[chiefian]

maybe if you could figure out some mechanism to spray paint in a radius when the missile hits it's target. i was thinking about that for a grenade, too. or, you could make the tips coated in paint, so whatever it hit would be painted. that could also work with knives. make a foam knife, and in the sheath you could put paint, so when you take it out it would be covered with paint. good for breaking the 10 foot rule.

 

[Spartan RY52]

maybe if you could figure out some mechanism to spray paint in a radius when the missile hits it's target. i was thinking about that for a grenade, too. or, you could make the tips coated in paint, so whatever it hit would be painted. that could also work with knives. make a foam knife, and in the sheath you could put paint, so when you take it out it would be covered with paint. good for breaking the 10 foot rule.

Actually, there are paintball rockets I've seen that have a hole at the front and center, so you can put a .68 caliber paintball there to mark whatever you hit! Genius! They're called the "F-69 Foam Rockets". Since I've never even heard of ones that spray paint (although i would pay for that!), our rules simply say: "Anyone within 10 feet of the impact is out." Simple, but oh well.

My dad (who has been into paintball for a lot longer than me) came up with the idea of using a solonoid (spelling?) as a valve in the paintball rocket. We used a 24v drill to power it. So, we took the motor out, did some cutting and grinding, and here is what we have so far.

 

[mzs111]

For the power source you could use lithium batteries that they use inside most hybrids. You could also use lots and lots of power drill battery packs.

I think that the electric charge idea would work for an overshield. The high voltage part is definatly feasable, but you would have a problem with accidental discharging on someone, something or yourself. It would most likely be lethal.

 

[bilsy28]

Wow your a genus! I'm so excited to try this out . Keep me updated please

 

[bilsy28]

Oh god. Where to start.

1. Strength enhancement - Well, you seem to have the right idea with the bending polymers, now you just have to find a way to tell your suit to send a charge through it when you want it to. That alone would probably cost loads.

2. Motion sensors - I'd go with what the other guy said, having a kid's "spy" thing, except mount the sensor somewhere on your suit.

3. Invisibility - Is not feasible at this time. Sorry. Scientists have yet to invent a metamaterial that can bend all wavelengths of visible light, and a system using cameras and screens would cost way too much and wouldn't hold up under any kind of combat condition.

4. Overshield - Definitely not feasible. I've spent many nights awake wondering how to make an energy shield... they were all way too expensive or wouldn't work.

5. Healing unit - If you seriously need one of these in a suit you're using for paintball, then that's some crazy-ass paintball you're playing.

Also, some of my own ideas and questions.

6. Visor - Instead of a see-through polycarbonate (or whatever you use) visor, just make it molded with the rest of the helmet, install a screen on the inside of it, and mount a tiny camera on one of the holes on the side of the helmet where the LEDs usually go. That way, you can put in a HUD also with your ah, "shield" level, plus the motion sensor.

7. Power - Even if you manage to get all this stuff... how're you going to power it? Fusion power on the scale of the reactors in the actual Halo canon (Backpack sized reactors) is about as far off than energy shields. Batteries would run out damned quick, and solar panels would only be able to be mounted on limited parts of the armor (unless you plan to wire up your whole undersuit or use a seperate battery pack for each invidvidual piece of armor you need it in) and would probably ruin the look of it, not to mention they would shatter under paintball conditions. Beaming power with microwaves like they did at Reach wouldn't work either, that technology is in its infancy (just like invisibility/light-bending metamaterials). A gas-powered or diesel-powered generator would be heavy, hot as hell, and probably too big to fit anywhere on your suit, not to mention the carbon monoxide fumes it would emit.
We can always dream. :-D

You could power it with a Van De Graaff.

 

[chiefian]

You could power it with a Van De Graaff.

how would that work?

 

[Bloodl3tt3r]

how would that work?

By shocking the hell out of you if you're the slightest bit not careful.

 

[chiefian]

By shocking the hell out of you if you're the slightest bit not careful.

....sounds reasonable.

the lithium battery sounds good, but there'd have to be lots of ways to gain the energy back. like recycling energy, generating energy from the slightest action... anything possible. even if it means all components are connected with fiber-optic cables to maximize electron efficiency. whatever.

the trick is to find something that is already there, waving it's bum in your face, and use it as energy, like solar power (not likely, but maybe for the helmet only) or a reactor (even more unlikely) or even wind power if it works (it wont. unless you're always running very very fast). and sure a big battery would work, but (where's the fun in that?) then you'd have to recharge after every other battle.

 

[Bloodl3tt3r]

....sounds reasonable.

the lithium battery sounds good, but there'd have to be lots of ways to gain the energy back. like recycling energy, generating energy from the slightest action... anything possible. even if it means all components are connected with fiber-optic cables to maximize electron efficiency. whatever.

the trick is to find something that is already there, waving it's bum in your face, and use it as energy, like solar power (not likely, but maybe for the helmet only) or a reactor (even more unlikely) or even wind power if it works (it wont. unless you're always running very very fast). and sure a big battery would work, but (where's the fun in that?) then you'd have to recharge after every other battle.

They've got dance floors that have lights in them powered by people's feet impacting on it. If you can put that kind of crap in your boots and wire up your soft armor you're good to go.

 

[mzs111]

They've got dance floors that have lights in them powered by people's feet impacting on it. If you can put that kind of crap in your boots and wire up your soft armor you're good to go.

Oh yeah, I didn't think about using those. That's a really good idea. Though I think it's best use would not be powering the suiit but possibly recharging it. If it ran only on those you'd have to be continuously walking to get power, and even then it wouldn't have a constant charge

 

[chiefian]

Oh yeah, I didn't think about using those. That's a really good idea. Though I think it's best use would not be powering the suiit but possibly recharging it. If it ran only on those you'd have to be continuously walking to get power, and even then it wouldn't have a constant charge

yeah, but, not to suggest the future apocalypse, but the generating of energy out of walking, lowers the energy in your feet. what i mean, is you would walk softly as in, if you were to try to kick someone, it wouldn't hit that hard. this is because when you use the generators, you are using your energy (from weight) to activate the generators, and thus not going fully to the floor as it normally does. (imply this to everything else, like sea wave generators and windmills, and you eventually hit a situation like the current greenhouse gas problem, except the wind stops blowing, or the sea stops making waves. that would suck. and i'm not even a surfer) *cough* anyway, yes. you would need to make it recharge your suit, not power it.

anyone know where you can even get chargers like those? i have an idea for one, but it would be, like, three inches thick, maybe two

 

[GuitarAddict4791]

for the strength enhancement, theres an artice i read on a news site, that in japan, theyve made a sort of 'exoskeleton' for domestic work, and its fairly small, youd just haveta fit a suit of armor onto the pieces, and the report said that like, you can lift a fairly increased amount. and it has its own battery in it, so maybe to integrate all the other tech you put into ur suit [thats available now] you could locate the suits battery wires and tap into that. there is a small thing tho, its like a few thousand $. but hey, it could be easier to use than these bending polymers im hearing about. and also, the active camo, you're right. the US govt has developed a prototype of invisible armor that does distort light to make you appear invisible like the chief. Ive seen it on Discovery. The overshield, you'd haveta find an energy-efficient way to spread a dense, yet thin electric current around you, as to deflect a bullet using electo magnetics, or pure juice. Right now, not a fesable concept. And healing packs, I like the Halo novels' concept of Bio-foam, a material you inject into a wound to patch it, and accelerate the healing process, while also dissolving so youre not left with a giant bump of foam too. So maybe do some research on materials that are human-friendly and can be put into a wound. Sort of like NeoSporin 2.0.

 

[zafir20]

My brain fried while reading this topic... owch...

 

[Spartan RY52]

maybe if you could figure out some mechanism to spray paint in a radius when the missile hits it's target. i was thinking about that for a grenade, too. or, you could make the tips coated in paint, so whatever it hit would be painted. that could also work with knives. make a foam knife, and in the sheath you could put paint, so when you take it out it would be covered with paint. good for breaking the 10 foot rule.

Screw the knife. Make yourself some hayabusa armor and attach a wooden or foam katana to the back! put some paint in there and kill EVERYODY!!!! MWAHAHAHA!! Omg, that would be awesome for paintball. Can you imagine some spartan going through the woods, all of a sudden he spots you, puts the gun on his back, and pulls out a sword? Lol, WHAT would be going through your head?!

 

[Bloodl3tt3r]

Screw the knife. Make yourself some hayabusa armor and attach a wooden or foam katana to the back! put some paint in there and kill EVERYODY!!!! MWAHAHAHA!! Omg, that would be awesome for paintball. Can you imagine some spartan going through the woods, all of a sudden he spots you, puts the gun on his back, and pulls out a sword? Lol, WHAT would be going through your head?!

I'd be reaching for my own sword.

 

[chiefian]

I'd be reaching for my own sword.

lmao.

speaking of swords, i have an idea for an energy sword

a good one.

you know those air mattresses that you inflate to sleep on? you could use that method to make the sword. the blade could be a bag or inflatable... thing, that would fit in the handle when not inflated. then, when you pushed a button, a gas tank (similar to a paintball one, perhaps smaller) inside the handle also would inflate the bag, so it would look totally badass. when you pushed another button, the air would be expelled and with use of a fan, the sword would be sucked back into the handle.



it would have to be pretty big and clumsy, though, unless you could find a way to fit it all in there reasonably.