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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12   UER Forum > Archived UE Tutorials, Lessons, and Useful Info > Grappling Hooks... (Viewed 8077 times) -=HR=-Rage  Location: Durham Region Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 40 on 4/15/2003 3:23 PM >   Hey Guys, The ones at this army surplus in oshawa has grappling hooks with a spring on top so when you release tension the grappling hook springs up and off what ever its caught on! I don't kno if it would work everytime cause i haven't tried them yet but they said it works! Here is a pic that i did in paint real quick: click to view [last edit 4/15/2003 10:24 AM by -=HR=-Rage - edited 1 times] 9mmPKR  Location: Independence Missouri Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 41 on 4/15/2003 3:35 PM >   Posted by MercuryCrest OK, I'm gonna get a lot of rolled eyes on this one, but it's something I've wanted to make since I was a little kid only I realize now that I'm 23 and actually have the resources to do this. I'm not so sure that this is something that would ever help my UE, but I want to make it just to make it. It is <ahem> a Grappling Gun. Not loud, using compressed CO2 to shoot a small projectile designed to clamp into or around anything it hits. I'm working on detailed blueprints to send to a friend of mine who is a machinist. I figure, what the Hell, it's surely worth a shot. Any thoughts on the winching mechanism? So far, it seems that it will require a series of rubberized aluminum tubes to guide the cable under and around to create a sort of harness. I have no idea if this will work when completed, only that it's gonna be really, really fun to try. I wish I could figure out a more portable design (ala, Batman), but if I can get it to work on any level I will be satisfied. Thoughts on this would be appreciated! Lemme know just how crazy this is. Let me guess, you just finished watching Batman ???... Sorry just doesnt seem like that would work, let alone it wouldnt be reliable, do you really want to risk your life by something you shot into a building by Co2? I Highly doubt this will work, lets get back to reality before someone misses us... IG- 9mmPKR Solid Shadow  Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick Gender: Male "I have clouded your mind so you cannot see me"  |  |  |  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 42 on 4/15/2003 4:11 PM >   Hey MercuryCrest Regardless of what you read here, don't let it discourage you. While nothing currently exists that can do what you want it to do easily or practically, don't let it stop you from thinking, planning and inventing. Even if what you want doesn't come from it, it will probably lead you to other ideas that may be worthy of pursuit. Frankly, if the Wright brothers listened to all the people who said that a craft heavier than air would never fly and that they were risking their lives even trying, It may have taken much longer to develop the modern aircraft. In the end, it's not the people who scoff who are the true authority, but the people who actually try. Who knows what places lurk abandoned to the minds of men?...The Shadow knows...MUHAAAA HAAA HAAA HAA! Jester  Location: Vancouver,B.C. Canada Gender: Male Always just out of sight...  |  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 43 on 4/15/2003 4:35 PM >   pffttt,something heavier than air can't fly... thats just silly... but, oh, by all means, definitely keep thinking and trying things. If I hadn't used the hooks that people didn't think would work for my grappling hook, I wouldn't have one. I'm sure you can make a functional device, just getting it quiet/powerful/and portable enough is what I wonder... It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. Noah Vale  Location: Portland, Or It's nobler to never get paid, than to bank on shit and dismay  |  |  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 44 on 4/15/2003 5:04 PM >   ive made potato guns using compressed air, and it was pumped up with a bike pump, but it has the potential to launch something of moderate weight a considerable distance, and its not too loud. maybe you could look into something like that...if you want to carry around a bike pump while you explore "Dallas is a magnificent and wide open city, and I'm deeply envious of any urban explorers who have the good fortune to live there." -Ninj. MacGyver  Location: St Paul, Minnesota Gender: Male "Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 45 on 4/15/2003 6:15 PM >   hair spray powered is the ultimate for portability. I've seen compressed air spud guns, but they need 5 minutes on a compressor to get reloaded whereas it takes me less than 30 seconds ro reload completely. Like a fiend with his dope / a drunkard his wine / a man will have lust for the lure of the mine "If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent." Corporeal Punishment  Location: Lima Center, WI Gender: Male Welcome to your heart...  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 46 on 4/15/2003 7:34 PM >   THANK YOU, SOLID SHADOW! This is what I have been saying. It may not work, but I have to try. Failure means a lesson learned. And to those who think that I'd be risking my life, I AM smarter than that. I would run it through it's paces before actually trying to ascend anything. It just seems that there has to be a way, and it's this thinking that got partical accelerators built. You have to try something different, you have to find a way. It may seem frivalous, unpractical, and dangerous as hell, but I want to invent a way to do it. Thank you all for your input and the couple of you who've offered support. Suit by Armani...Balls by King Kong. "Please do not offer my god a peanut" MacGyver  Location: St Paul, Minnesota Gender: Male "Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 47 on 4/15/2003 7:46 PM >   more power to ya. Keep us posted and document it well in case it turns out to work a lot better than we expect. Like a fiend with his dope / a drunkard his wine / a man will have lust for the lure of the mine "If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent." Freak  Location: Usually Alaska, now MSP. Gender: Male Hypocrite  |  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 48 on 4/16/2003 12:28 AM >   I found a video of a potato-gun line launcher: http://www.valuelinx.net/~dthames/cord_gun.htm I do think hairspray or propane works better, it's also faster to reload unless you have a portable air compressor of some kind. If you're concerned about noise you can make silencers for potato guns, it's the same principle as a real gun silencer, and I can tell you from experience that they really work. http://hardwire.shlick.net/~wax/gun.advanced.html#silencer Turn off the internet and go play outside. http://spamusement...hp/comics/view/137 Corporeal Punishment  Location: Lima Center, WI Gender: Male Welcome to your heart...  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 49 on 4/16/2003 2:53 AM >   Although I think a silencer may be a bit bulky, I can always make a larger version of the damned thing and scale it down as I learn. The potato-line launcher was also moderately helpful. I believe I may need to change the shape of my projectile too. This is exactly the kind of info I need. Thank you. For those of you wondering, the projectile that I designed consists of a plunger at the front, which connects to----Aw, hell, I'll just post a picture. Suit by Armani...Balls by King Kong. "Please do not offer my god a peanut" MacGyver  Location: St Paul, Minnesota Gender: Male "Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 50 on 4/16/2003 3:15 AM >   Posted by MercuryCrest the projectile that I designed consists of a plunger at the front, which connects to----Aw, hell, I'll just post a picture. plunger? like a toilet plunger? that's a suction cup gun, not a grappling hook gun. Like a fiend with his dope / a drunkard his wine / a man will have lust for the lure of the mine "If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent." Crossfire  Location: Kay-Dub Gender: Male Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years.  |  |  |  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 51 on 4/16/2003 11:35 AM >   Posted by Krazy plunger? like a toilet plunger? that's a suction cup gun, not a grappling hook gun. Which is even COOLER! It could act with a dual purpose - one, to scale tall buildings, and 2, to fire into the face of a punk-ass security guard who's steppin' to ya. Guard: Yo, bitch! You: Don't step to me, bitch! Guard: I thought I tol' you- You: Whatever! <<SPLUT>> Guard: Mmmfh! TMC, it's early and I'm sick. Disgruntled. Solid Shadow  Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick Gender: Male "I have clouded your mind so you cannot see me"  |  |  |  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 52 on 4/16/2003 11:46 AM >   And as everyone knows, nothing caps a morgue zombie or CHUD like a plunger to the face... ...no wait, I meant Katana Who knows what places lurk abandoned to the minds of men?...The Shadow knows...MUHAAAA HAAA HAAA HAA! Corporeal Punishment  Location: Lima Center, WI Gender: Male Welcome to your heart...  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 53 on 4/16/2003 6:51 PM >   I like the thought, but I couldn't possibly get that to work. I meant a simple action that, when pushed, forces another type of action. I'm trying to designed a simple model to post on here, and I'm almost done. Maybe tonight I'll post it. Plunger.....<shakes head>... Suit by Armani...Balls by King Kong. "Please do not offer my god a peanut" Pyrodesiac  Location: NL, Canada Gender: Male TNT can make a dull day fun!  |  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 54 on 5/6/2003 10:49 PM >   A potto gun wouldn't work, thknk about the design. Either way, it's probably easier to throw. Think about it, you have to get it to go up and over, if you want it to dig in and hold on, you need a piton and that's not easy. Only turkies have left wings. Happiness is a belt-fed weapon. MacGyver  Location: St Paul, Minnesota Gender: Male "Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 55 on 5/7/2003 3:08 AM >   Posted by Pyrodesiac if you want it to dig in and hold on, you need a piton and that's not easy. That is not what pitons do. Read up on real pitons used for rock climbing and you will see that hollywood has it all wrong. You can't shoot something at a concrete wall and have it embed its self and hold your weight. Pitons are wedge shaped rods of malleable iron driven into existing cracks with great care. The existing crack is what makes it happen. Here are some angle style pitons. Each is several inches long. If I can find a picture of one properly seated in a crack, I will post that as well. edit: whoops! forgot to put in the image url [last edit 5/6/2003 10:11 PM by MacGyver - edited 1 times] Like a fiend with his dope / a drunkard his wine / a man will have lust for the lure of the mine "If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent." Jester  Location: Vancouver,B.C. Canada Gender: Male Always just out of sight...  |  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 56 on 5/7/2003 3:09 AM >   I think you need more practice with your picture posting there Krazy... It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. MacGyver  Location: St Paul, Minnesota Gender: Male "Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 57 on 5/7/2003 3:21 AM >   my bad...fixed it Here's a closeup of a "lost arrow" piton. Like a fiend with his dope / a drunkard his wine / a man will have lust for the lure of the mine "If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent." Pyrodesiac  Location: NL, Canada Gender: Male TNT can make a dull day fun!  |  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 58 on 5/7/2003 5:07 PM >   That's what I meant. The hollywood pitons aren't easy. It's possible in theory, not in practice. Only turkies have left wings. Happiness is a belt-fed weapon. MacGyver  Location: St Paul, Minnesota Gender: Male "Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"  |  Re: Grappling Hooks... <Reply # 59 on 5/7/2003 6:09 PM >   care to explain the possible theory? I don't see it as possible in the slightest. Like a fiend with his dope / a drunkard his wine / a man will have lust for the lure of the mine "If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent." UER Forum > Archived UE Tutorials, Lessons, and Useful Info > Grappling Hooks... 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