An FAQ update - recoil ''no-no's''

[R9SCarry]

Eric kindly sent me some pics ...... showing wrong assembly examples .. VERY important for those who are in the least unsure when reassembling.  They plan to send out these pics, and text with new guns.

I have  added a page based on these pics - in the hopes that anyone in the least unsure will check this out.  I hope he will take a look and let me know if anything is unclear or in error.

I have also - BTW - added some buttons for the main links .. to make it more interesting than plain text links .... just a whim I had!  Heaven knows - I ain't got that much time to spare!

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Note - I did this half asleep!  So - if you see any glaring errors, typo's .. anything that sux .... please report back!

[FJC]

Perhaps a better solution for Rohrbaugh would be to switch to a spring that's finished at both ends, so that these incorrect, costly reassemblies can't occur.

[R9SCarry]

Frank ... I had asked Eric that same question ..... but there is a reason for this spring configuration.  It is a function of spring rate and travel ... and this is the method that has proved necessary.  I can't quote Eric's words on that but may ask him to draft a statement on it.

In fact - also - thinking about it, I tend to wonder what is so difficult about the orientation?  The two ends are different enough not to be confused and so, all that is required is a careful check at reassembly.  Should really not be a biggie!

[TW]

>>Chris...

I find the "no-no" pics very interesting.  However...as a teaching tool I feel it is important to always include a series of pics showing the correct way to set up...when displaying what not to do...is for the simple minded folk, like me.  Otherwise it leaves the reader with only a visual in the mind of how to mess up the gun.  This would be applicable to both the FAQ site and Rohrbaugh directions going out with new guns.  All IMHO...TW<<

[R9SCarry]

TW .. well I guess a sequence of correct would be useful - I will try and take some.

However .. I started that ''no-no'' page with a repeat pic from another page ... showing the exact relationships .. kinda hoped that would show what was needed - preceeding the ''no-no's'' with the correct - exploded.  I know I am an engineer but - hard to see anyone getting it wrong if they look at such a pic!.

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Just thought - maybe a Flash animation would do the job?

[TW]

>>Chris...  Like I said - it was just my opinion.  I'm not an engineer...but I am a biologist, with training on visual sequencing for publications.  So for instance...if I am displaying the abnormal development of a Komodo Dragon egg throughout incubation...I would follow it with pics of normal development...not just a healthy hatchling.  See...?

BTW, great job of the FAQ site...a true labor of love, as is this forum...!...TW<<

[RJ HEDLEY]

What? When did this happen?  Now we must lubicate with Komodo Dragon egg yolk!!??

See, we need pictures !!
 




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[TW]

>>For RJ...the "what?" is the development of egg protocol for successfully hatching Komodo Dragons...as to the When?"...it is something I did in my former day job back in the early 1990s.  I have lots and lots of pics...but for some reason have had problems posting on this particular forum...here goes one more try...TW...

P.S. If we have to start lubricating R9s with Kd yolk then I've just found my calling in life!!!

[RJ HEDLEY]

Ooooooooooh, he's so cute,....and his / her? eyes are open coming out of the shell!!

Thanks for that..

[Ratzo]

I have always been Told that if you take something APART put it back the same way, some things are common sense.

Ill bet that the ones that had a problem are the same ones that do not clean there weapons and then blame the Gun for a malfunction?

[RJ HEDLEY]

Any time a spring manufacter puts a *closed end* on a spring, it's for a reason.  The reason that the spring is not *closed* on both ends,  it adds non-operative length in a very tight design.