Laser Idea for targeting

oneintellectual · June 7th, 2005, 16:10

I was thinking about hooking up three lasers, or using one laser, with three angled holes, to get that Predator targeting look. Like this, http://feanor.sssup.it/~giorgio/movies/pr-laser.jpg. Lemme know what you think

gandar · June 7th, 2005, 16:12

Well that would look cool, but most Canadian fields won't let you play with lasers. I dunno how the rules are in your area though, you might check a board there before you go to the trouble of making it and not being able to use it... It wouldn't serve much purpose beyond cool factor though since it's not gonna be a real accurate method of targeting...

Good luck with that though.

FOX_111 · June 7th, 2005, 17:30

You'd have to mod the pressure switch of all 3 laser to trigger them all at once. It would be heavy and unpractical.

One laser is enough. You can estimate range by looking where the dot is compared to your point of aim in your gunsight.

MadMax · June 7th, 2005, 17:33

You can get away running all three lasers in parallel. Lasers run on pretty low current. You're not going to overload most pressure switches.

Getting it mounted on your shoulder and hooked up with servo motor control to do the autoaiming stuff. Now that'd be hard.

ToRN · June 7th, 2005, 17:50

lol @ Max

I wouldn't bother with it, as mentioned, it is impractical, and if you do succeed in your attempt to create it, it will likely look like ass.

666 · June 7th, 2005, 21:36

Are you talking about hooking it up to the gun? If that's the case I think it'll look cool

Not sure how practical that would be, but definately something that you won't see every day. People will probably freak out from seeing 3 red dots on them

Suspect187 · June 7th, 2005, 22:12

It think its a pretty cool idea.

Freedom Fighter · June 7th, 2005, 23:03

You better get yourself a smoke machine to mount over the lasers aswell otherwise you'll never see the beams.

ToRN · June 7th, 2005, 23:08

he doesn't want to see the beams, he just wants the trialgle pattern of 3 dots, instead of one.

mujahadeen · June 8th, 2005, 00:52

not quite as l337 as Penguin's shoppin skills... but I think you'll get the idea.

MadMax · June 8th, 2005, 02:57

Biggest issue I see is getting the lasers perfectly parallel. Laser pointers aren't very precisely mounted in their housings so you'll probably need some feature for individually aligning each laser to be parallel. Out of parallel lasers will diverge and make wierd isosceles patterns.

It could be a neat feature to point each laser inwards slightly so that they meet at a certain distance (say where the bb arcs downwards through an RDS aimpoint). Then you could get some sort of idea of range based on the visible pattern with reference to a targets shoulderwidth.

And you could make pretend "laser" sounds when you shoot too: "NEENER NEENEER NEENEEER!"

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June 7th, 2005, 16:10	#1
oneintellectual Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: FOntana, CA	Laser Idea for targeting I was thinking about hooking up three lasers, or using one laser, with three angled holes, to get that Predator targeting look. Like this, http://feanor.sssup.it/~giorgio/movies/pr-laser.jpg. Lemme know what you think __________________ Three Things I TRULY LOVE, GOD, Women, and AIRSOFT :kill:

June 7th, 2005, 16:12	#2
gandar Trader rating Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sault Ste. Syberia, ON	Well that would look cool, but most Canadian fields won't let you play with lasers. I dunno how the rules are in your area though, you might check a board there before you go to the trouble of making it and not being able to use it... It wouldn't serve much purpose beyond cool factor though since it's not gonna be a real accurate method of targeting... Good luck with that though. __________________ Ubique Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt Alternatively, I could just light you on fire. - Me

June 7th, 2005, 17:30	#3
FOX_111 Le Roi des poissons d'avril Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Terrebonne, Québec	You'd have to mod the pressure switch of all 3 laser to trigger them all at once. It would be heavy and unpractical. One laser is enough. You can estimate range by looking where the dot is compared to your point of aim in your gunsight. __________________ Vérificateur d'âge: Terrebonne

June 7th, 2005, 17:33	#4
MadMax Delierious Designer of Dastardly Detonations Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: in the dark recesses of some metal chip filled machine shop	You can get away running all three lasers in parallel. Lasers run on pretty low current. You're not going to overload most pressure switches. Getting it mounted on your shoulder and hooked up with servo motor control to do the autoaiming stuff. Now that'd be hard. __________________ Want nearly free GBB gas?

June 7th, 2005, 21:36	#6
666 Trader rating Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario	Are you talking about hooking it up to the gun? If that's the case I think it'll look cool Not sure how practical that would be, but definately something that you won't see every day. People will probably freak out from seeing 3 red dots on them __________________ Op Woodsman. Biggest WW2 event in Ontario.

June 7th, 2005, 23:03	#8
Freedom Fighter Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mississauga, ON	You better get yourself a smoke machine to mount over the lasers aswell otherwise you'll never see the beams. __________________ Few individuals would view themselves as barbarous, no, instead they view themselves in a different light, a distorted reality that justifies who they are and what they have done.

June 8th, 2005, 00:52	#10
mujahadeen Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: P.E.I	not quite as l337 as Penguin's shoppin skills... but I think you'll get the idea. __________________ < ATLANTIC AGE REP > Buyer & Seller Ratings Curiously enough, if you take the sine of 666°, you get 0.80901699, which is one half of negative phi, or perhaps what one might call the "anti-phi" / It is opposite of balance and harmony ergo: chaos and disharmony.

June 8th, 2005, 02:57	#11
MadMax Delierious Designer of Dastardly Detonations Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: in the dark recesses of some metal chip filled machine shop	Biggest issue I see is getting the lasers perfectly parallel. Laser pointers aren't very precisely mounted in their housings so you'll probably need some feature for individually aligning each laser to be parallel. Out of parallel lasers will diverge and make wierd isosceles patterns. It could be a neat feature to point each laser inwards slightly so that they meet at a certain distance (say where the bb arcs downwards through an RDS aimpoint). Then you could get some sort of idea of range based on the visible pattern with reference to a targets shoulderwidth. And you could make pretend "laser" sounds when you shoot too: "NEENER NEENEER NEENEEER!" __________________ Want nearly free GBB gas?

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