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Death from Above: Quadcopter Modified to Carry Machine Gun

Conner Flynn — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:00:28 +0000

You probably already know the FPSRussia YouTube channel from their many videos of carnage showing a nice Russian-sounding guy using different weapons. His latest video may be the best yet. In this one, he isn’t even holding a weapon. Instead, a remote-controlled quadcopter named “Charlene” is doing the shooting.

There aren’t many details on this quadrotor, but we know that it’s a prototype unit that was either modified from a standard quadcopter or actually a work in progress for use by the military. There’s a camera in front and underneath is a deadly machine gun. That said, there’s plenty of suspicion that this thing is a fake, and just a promotion for the next Call of Duty game.

Charlene is controlled using a tablet with the view configured to also act as a target reticule for the gun. It seems to have great accuracy. All I can say is, it’s a good thing we don’t see this thing in our skies. It would be the last thing we see.[via Geek]

DIY Airsoft Machine Gun Simplified, Even Cheaper

Conner Flynn — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:00:38 +0000

Last week we told you about a kick-ass homemade Airsoft machine gun. Well, now it is even simpler to make. Cheaper too, at just $4. In a follow up to the original video, two upgrades have now been added to the DIY gun, for those who don’t have an air compressor or just want their machine gun to be portable.

And who wouldn’t want a portable Airsoft machine gun? The first variant makes the original Airsoft gun totally manual. It just requires the soda bottle and the brake line. You won’t have to cut a hole in the bottle, just the cap. This gun will fire 5-10 pellets at a time, simply by squeezing the plastic bottle with a good grip.

The second variant is for those who want a portable, rapid-fire weapon, and it will allow you to hook it up to a backpack. This one costs more than the origina version, but you don’t need an air compressor since the tubes in the backpack can be filled with a bicycle pump. Pretty clever.

Always remember when playing with this sort of stuff, safety comes first.

[via Geek]

Wooden Rubber Band Submachine Gun: Elastics Gone Wild

Range — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:30:37 +0000

Ah rubber band guns! There’s something cool about making something so complicated to launch a barrage of rubber bands. Check out this rubber band gun [JP] made by some Japanese genius, based upon the FN P90, a Belgian submachine gun.

Just like the real gun, the rubber band magazine is mounted on the top. There’s a clever gear of sorts that interconnects with the gun and feeds it rubber bands. There’s even an indicator to tell how much “ammo” you’ve got left. The whole gun is made out of wood and it looks pretty compact.

Inside, there’s a complex mechanism to allow you to shoot as many rubber bands as you want. Check it out in action in the video below:

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I wouldn’t go parading this around though, it’s likely you’ll get arrested for carrying something that looks so dangerous.

[via Make:]

Japanese Rubber Gunman Shows Us How to Make Rubber Band Machine Guns

Lambert Varias — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:25:21 +0000

I can’t believe this isn’t the first time that a rubber band machine gun has been featured on this blog. Dammit. I wasn’t even aware that rubber band machine guns existed until I read this article at JapanProbe. One day I’ll be better than you boss *sniff*. Meanwhile let’s take a look at this homemade, not-so-new-news-at-technabob rubber band machine gun.

The gun can fire up to 200 rubber bands in rapid succession, and yes, reloading is a bitch. It was made by a certain Mr. Nakamura, who has actually written a book about making rubber band guns. Here he is showing off his gun to an extremely overjoyed old man:

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Mr. Nakamura is of course, a member of the Japan Rubber Band Gun Shooting Association. I’m not kidding:

If there’s any association worth joining, it’s that one. Of course the association’s name can also mean that members shoot at rubber band guns, but we’ve got video of Mr. Nakamura and his l33t rubber band gunnery:

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Want to make your own RBMG? Here’s Mr. Nakamura’s online guide. It’s in Japanese of course.

[via Nowhere Else]