Tuesday, July 26, 2011

I Broke my Vulcan :/

I was doing some more testing with the new Vulcan spring the other day when the plunger rod Snapped!


I knew this could happen but I thought the spring was balanced enough that the Vulcan can handle it, I was getting ranges of 65+ feet and shot off 125+ rounds before it broke.


I am now looking it to metal internal parts for the Nerf Vulcan, stay tuned. :)



-Ak
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5 comments:

  1. Rogh-senseiSeptember 8, 2011 at 7:42 AM

    You forgot to pad the plunger tip, didn't you? I don't see anything there.

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  2. aknerfSeptember 21, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    No, I haven't but the shaft has a hollow C shape to it so I believe it was prone to break pulling against the heavy spring. I will have the shaft filled in when I make the Aluminum replacement.

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  3. KarimAugust 5, 2012 at 4:05 AM

    cant you just reinforce the shaft with glue? i was gonna do this mod and just coat it with epoxy, shoegoo or hot glue gun. is there space around it to allow it?

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  4. WebserferAugust 31, 2012 at 9:57 AM

    Hey did you ever actually find any metal internals for the vulcan??????

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  5. UnknownMay 4, 2014 at 12:33 AM

    I have broke three different plungers (yes they we're padded). I cut a kerf with a dremel through to the wider part and filled the whole thing with plastic fuse epoxy.before it set I dropped a steel paneling nail into the epoxy, centered over the break. They are now better than new!

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