And finally, we prepare Project Predator for a final finish. My eventual goal is a black-and-blue color scheme, with the grip, barrel, and attachments in black, and the body of the blaster in dark blue. Of course, the Predator is expected to have done hard service and been banged around, …
So I found a couple of Rapidstrikes on Craigslist and after a cash deal in a local park, I had some new material to work with. The Rapidstrike is a very popular blaster for modding due to its capacious frame and electronic pusher, rather than the manual pusher found …
People are always asking me “why the hell do you have a 3D printer? What do you use it for?” Well, mostly stuff like this, designing and printing cosmetic attachments to make Nerf blasters look as science fiction as possible. Some of the pieces were pulled off Thingiverse unmodified, while …
So let me just say right up front that I basically don’t code and I have never in my life looked at a Python script before this project. If anyone happens to know of better approaches for anything I’ve done here, I’d sure like to know. I wanted a few …
Electronics bill of materials: Raspberry Pi Zero Pimoroni Rainbow Hat 3S, 1500mAh lithium-polymer battery generic ultrasonic rangefinder adjustable stepdown converter a cheap-ass aluminum LED flashlight a couple of resistors, assorted microswitches 18ga, 20ga, and 30ga silicone-covered stranded wire heatshrink tubing (always heatshrink tubing) The brain of Project Predator is a Raspberry …
So for some reason I have decided it’s time to hack up Nerf guns. I was inspired to start by this neat little project, which added an ultrasonic rangefinder to a Nerf Recon MKII. The world is full of simple digital shot counters for Nerf blasters but I liked the …
