Rough draft doesn't look too bad:
That's where I found the smaller tube, 1" OD, 5/8" ID. Honestly, using a nummech type upper grip will probably be the best option to keep the tube to a reasonable diameter. Most regs are about 1" anyways, so that's what people are used to.
Good to hear on countersinking CF tubes, I don't have any experience with it.
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B.S. Mechanical Engineering UW-Platteville 2012
Originally Posted by neftaly
Rough draft doesn't look too bad:
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B.S. Mechanical Engineering UW-Platteville 2012
Originally Posted by neftaly
Won't work as drawn if this is for the stock board. The board has to sit vertically at about .2" from the flat face of the trigger guard for the lower to upper board interface pins to align correctly. The clearance hole in the very top doesn't have to be as big as stock either because it is only there to allow the board to be installed into the foregrip from the top. With the tube-style cover it can be installed from the bottom (this is just more area for junk to get down on the board). I have actually toyed with a face seal around the pins to help seal the lower board a little better, but there's still the button and LED areas for water to get in.
It would totally work with the stock board. It would need a "daughter board" to bridge between the main board and the eye board (exactly like the nummech one) though. I think this style would be much nicer than what you're thinking, since the transition just looks too strange without a forward sweep as well.
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It would totally work with the stock board. It would need a "daughter board" to bridge between the main board and the eye board (exactly like the nummech one) though. I think this style would be much nicer than what you're thinking, since the transition just looks too strange without a forward sweep as well.
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B.S. Mechanical Engineering UW-Platteville 2012
Originally Posted by neftaly
Design looks great so far! Would it be possible to make it mount in the same place as the stock foregrip? I would like to see the top piece mount the same way but have the dovetail built into the foregrip more so that it doesnt stick out from the frame so much. Also how/where does the battery fit and stay in place?
It'd be possible, I just have been trying to avoid doing it that way, since I don't find it the most aesthetically pleasing. Battery would fit in the grip itself, would be held in place by the bottom cap and screw, similar setup to the DW foregrips. Board would be held in the same way.
Team Akkadian Paintball Squad
B.S. Mechanical Engineering UW-Platteville 2012
Originally Posted by neftaly
To each their own I guess. I prefer it connected to the frame aesthetically. I just thought it would be easiest to mount it the same as stock to cut down on costs for a daughter board and keep it simple.
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B.S. Mechanical Engineering UW-Platteville 2012
Originally Posted by neftaly