DroidFreak Enterprises HQ - June 2012

This is a test of a new video style (a freehand update video) as well as a chance to show off two of my new projects. One is a shotgun attachment for my Tech Target Eliminator (Nerf pistol) that allows it to fire 5 darts at once. The other is a full-fledged Lego Nerf gun, a Lego contraption that shoots Nerf streamline darts out of Nerf clips. It is a semi-automatic flywheel blaster like many recent Nerf guns, but it's made out of Lego and I'd like to think it's better in some ways. If you like/dislike this video style or you want to see more about one (or both) of the projects, feel free to leave a comment on this post.

DroidFreak Enterprises HQ - June 2012

Powershot DG25: An epic Lego dart gun

Sneak peek

Recently I was working the sound at the Vacation Bible School (VBS) at my church when I noticed that two of the Mylar balloon sea creatures that were decorating the sanctuary escaped and floated up to the ceiling. Being an expert at Lego weaponry, this was a great opportunity for me to put my skills to good use. To take down the balloons I built a simple Lego gun that launches darts primarily made of mechanical pencils. With its simple but strong structure and large rubber bands stretched to the limit it can launch those darts hard enough to punch right through a Mylar balloon after flying 20 feet straight up. Presenting the Powershot DG25:

Main video

And here's the best part: I made instructions for my blog viewers!

Here they are:

Backlog: Droideka Pistols

It's been a while since I posted any backlog posts (due to the aforementioned busyness), so I decided to start finishing the job. I mentioned this project in my Hurricane Launcher mark V post, this was the project where I developed the innovative structure of the mark V.

The idea came because I like the Droidekas (aka Destroyer Droids) in Star Wars and I thought it would be cool to make a pair of pistols that mimic the Droideka's two dual blasters. Each pistol would have to have one motor, two Zamor launchers and a grip that allows you to fire.

From my recent work with compact single Zamor launchers I knew that only two beams are required to securely hold a Zamor launcher, and in this project I had the brilliant idea to put those beams on the outside of the launchers rather than in the middle. That opened up a lot of space for the firing mechanism and I was able to make them quite efficient. The Hurricane mark V was built with virtually the same structure extended to hold 3 motors and 4 launchers.

NXT Droideka Pistols

NXT Nerf Barricade Turret

To be precise, "Remote Controlled Fully-Automatic Lego Mindstorms NXT Nerf Barricade Turret" This thing really needs a nickname... (Comment if you have good ideas)

RCFALMNNBT?

 

Description after the jump:

Semi-Automatic Shell-Ejecting Lego Shotgun

In other words: Epically awesome Lego gun. The only problem it has is that it has fairly low range and power, but it is great for close range use. It fires 6 shots of 3 bullets (3-unit Lego beams) each. It shoots every time you pull the trigger and it ejects a "shell" with each shot as well.

Epic Lego Shotgun Sneak Peek

I recently had an idea for an awesome Lego gun, so I constructed a magazine for it. The magazine has 6 barrels that you load with 3 3-unit beams each, and each is held in the cocked position by a pin that stick trough the side of the magazine. The gun will be semi-automatic, each time you pull the trigger you pull out one of the pins, releasing one of the barrels and ejecting the pin from the side of the gun. This makes it shoot (because the barrel shoots the 3 bullets) and eject a "shell" at the same time, which will be pretty cool.

Semi-Automatic Lego Shotgun Sneak Peek

Update: I now have it in full operation, semi-auto. It's pretty sweet.

Longdraw BC16 Mechanism

In order to explain the mechanism of the Longdraw BC16 better, I made a video explaining and showing how it works. To see more about the gun, see my original post.

Longdraw BC16 Mechanism

Ultimate Lego Gun: Longdraw BC16

The Longdraw BC16 is the Ultimate Lego Gun. It has great power, accuracy, rate of fire and range. It also has a pretty sweet video. Check it out:

Ultimate Lego Gun: Longdraw BC16

Some background info after the jump...

Ultimate Lego Gun Sneak Peek

Here's a sneak peek of my new Lego gun, a rifle with enough power to destroy a 4 layer Lego wall at 10 feet (3 meters). Most of my other guns consider themselves powerful when they can destroy a 4 layer wall at point blank range!

Ultimate Lego Gun Sneak Peek

Mini Lego Shotgun

This is a small Lego gun that fires up to 9 Lego beams in a spread pattern like a shotgun. It's similar to the design used by rosewarrior21 in his Lego Shotgun video. It doesn't fire as many bullets as rosewarrior21's, but mine is much smaller (thus "Mini").

Mini Lego Shotgun (working)

More info and pictures...

5:1 NXT Zamor Sphere Launcher

This single Zamor launcher is geared for extreme speed. Thanks to a few advanced techniques, it consistently operates at a 5:1 gear ratio.

5:1 NXT Zamor Sphere Launcher

As promised in the video description, there are more details and pictures available...

Pump-Action Lego Rifle

Here's the main video for my pump action Lego rifle. The video explains how the gun works and shows some better footage of it shooting stuff.

Pump-Action Lego Rifle

Pump-Action Lego Rifle sneak peek

If I told you all about it, it wouldn't be a sneak peek, would it? =)

Pump-Action Lego Rifle sneak peek

I'll tell you this much: It's a pump-action Lego rifle. But you probably already guessed that from the title.

Semi-Automatic Lego Pistol

I recently got an email from my friend whom I met on YouTube as jintzd. We've talked before about ideas for Lego projects (especially guns and tanks), so this wasn't the first time. In any case, this email was about HOZL, short for Hand Operated Zamor Launcher. He said it was a semi-auto Zamor launcher pistol. I liked the idea so much, I decided to make my own version, generically named "Semi-Automatic Lego Pistol" because I didn't bother to think up a good name. Despite the terrible name, this gun is pretty awesome. It can easily be put in a pocket and pulled out when needed, plus it can fire quickly, so it makes a great pistol.

Semi-Automatic Lego Pistol