The birth of a unicorn or the rise of the Phoenix? Creation of a custom phoenix

[XEMON]

Got the trigger figured out 😅
3D printed with a titanium skid plate ...
Still need to fine-tune the spring, but it's usable as-is 👍
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[Chuck E Ducky]

Looks Sick Can’t wait to see it all come together!

[XEMON]

Last minute trip to the field yesterday, so rushed assembled to have it functional!

The spring feed gave me more trouble than on a single barrel phantom ... So I removed the spring and rocked back 🤘
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The stock got in the way, the 9ci on the back is perfection!
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Still to do:
- fix the trigger spring? (I lost it and didn't even realized 😅)
- fix the spring feed
- print and test the new gate - print the final feed block to be able to mount a red dot on top 😋

[NONOBLITUS]

59FF4633-D301-43CC-B61F-A3C01BF6EA70.jpeg So I found these feeds worked better for me. I kept hitting my mask with the standard CCI feeds. I’ll send you the link in a pm.
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[XEMON]

This looks sweet!
Are they SLA or FDM?

[NONOBLITUS]

Unmmm I honestly don’t know what that means. Ha

[XEMON]

I checked the link you sent and they are SLS.
Selective laser sintering (SLS) use a laser to melt plastic pounder together it's much stronger than Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM, aka: the most common home printer). But the SLS machines are expensive, $20k for a small tabletop one to $500+K for a full size industrial unit.

[XEMON]

The spring feed gave me more trouble than on a single barrel phantom ... So I removed the spring and rocked back 🤘

my issues were 2 fold:
1) more double feed than usual: I forgo the orings n the roundhead, put the oring on and no more double feed! (I feel kinda dump for that one 😅)
2) the second ball drop too low and has issue returning into the feed (alway going to be an issue on breach drop), got some tweek to teh geometry, will see how they work 👍

The good news is that i will also implement all those tweaks into the next batch of feeds

[XEMON]

For some flare added this weekend.
still need to do the rear gate, the stock CCI are to wild to fit both tubes.



Next is the VASA ... Frame milling time!

[XEMON]

And here is the final version:
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And installed:
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Needs a bit more testing.
The gate needs a few more tweaks ... The last ball tend to jam preventing the rear to load ...

[XEMON]

Ok, started to work on the VASA.

Milled the frame to fit the VASA:
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And a test fit:
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Now I need to put the hole at the right place 😅

[XEMON]

Got the VASA installed and plumbed.
I think it's pretty much done!

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But guess what?
I like the BBA much better than the VASA 😅
So I'll get an other frame and I'll have 2 for this little guy 😎

Also found a solution for the feed tube in the way of the tank gauge, I made a tool to remove/install the tubes easily.

[BigRed]

We need some pics of the business end!

[XEMON]

I'll take more pictures when it's setup in BBA and i get the other frame finished.

[NONOBLITUS]

Now we need a MCB meet up to shoot side by side at folks. Came out great and the extra steps you made are really awesome .

[XEMON]

Thanks 👍
I'm gonna finish up the other frame and take some pictures with the tank in the back. It's so much more comfortable and perfectly balance that way ...

And absolutely! Phoenix meetup! Double barrel meetup!

[Handy]

I picked up the creators personal Phoenix. I think it would be fitting if you guys came to Arizona to play with the Phoenix's IN Phoenix.

[XEMON]

Also found a solution for the feed tube in the way of the tank gauge, I made a tool to remove/install the tubes easily.

evolution of a simple tool (from left to right):
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