NERF chaingun modified for 4x rate of fire

Posted by Joel Johnson, December 22, 2008 10:08 AM | permalink

Here's viral marketing I can get behind: The people at ManaPotions.com took time from styling their hair to modify a NERF chaingun to shoot 500 rounds per minute.

They write:

We gave 4 times the standard voltage to one of those Nerf Vulcan guns and managed to get it to fire as fast as a 7.62mm M60 machine gun. We also added an Aliens-style round counter a cool paintjob. It might not be as cool as that Nerf office battle you featured a while ago, but we had fun doing it.

They were kind enough to post a how-to.

I must do this.

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#1 posted by Takuan , December 22, 2008 10:27 AM

need to soak them in fuel and have a muzzle igniter

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#2 posted by pork musket , December 22, 2008 10:34 AM

Good work... this makes me want to play some Alien Shooter Vengeance. Man I love that game.

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#3 posted by deejayqueue , December 22, 2008 12:14 PM

Though, it did say in the video that they melted theirs, so I would spend some extra time on the robustness of the heatsink on the motor and the battery. I wonder what kind of motor is in there anyway, and if it could be replaced by a brushless version with much better heat dissipation qualities, and unlimited speed. Coupled with a LiPo battery that thing could be vicious.

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#4 posted by Anonymous , December 22, 2008 12:42 PM

Yeah, no flamethrower? Lame. At least an under barrel Super Soaker attachment wielded by an irate Bill Paxton.

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#5 posted by Anonymous , December 22, 2008 12:57 PM

Here is our NERF turret with facial recognition and target tracking.

http://www.iheartrobotics.com/search/label/turret

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#6 posted by I have no mouth and I must scream , December 23, 2008 3:04 AM

whats really needed is a Steadicam harness

"I say we take off and NERF the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

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#7 posted by Anonymous , December 23, 2008 8:16 AM

Well no wonder it melted down, if all they did was over-voltage it to get the speed increase. A bit of electronics knowledge in the group and they easily could have modified the circuit to handle the higher load and actually last.