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<blockquote data-quote="TerryRed" data-source="post: 244479" data-attributes="member: 5962"><p>Thar she blows!</p><p></p><p>After seeing blower fans on other pinball cabinets, I knew I was going to have one in my cabinet. </p><p></p><p>Visual Pinball currently supports up to almost 30 tables that utilize a blower fan. It can be long gusts of wind like in Twister and Whirlwind, or a quick burst of air during certain events... other examples are:</p><p></p><p>Attack from Mars - saucer exploding</p><p>Medieval Madness - catapult launch, castle exploding</p><p>Dirty Harry - shooting your gun</p><p>Twilight Zone - Rocket Launch</p><p>The Getaway - quick burst of air for each loop</p><p>Grand Prix and Nascar - quick burst of air for each lap</p><p>Jurassic Park - ?</p><p></p><p>...and many more.</p><p></p><p>Some people have a simple fan on top of their cabinet. Others use an inline blower fan. Since alot of the events are quick bursts of air, you need something that can push alot of air very quickly to get the right effect. I used an Attwood 3000 inline blower fan. Since I'm just using this with my relay board for simple on/off function, this works nicely.</p><p></p><p>Its very effective but also very loud when not used with a hose. When I tried it on top of my backglass, I found it to be too loud, and the air was being spread to wide and alot of the effect was lost for those quick bursts (an Attwood 4000 would work better on top).</p><p></p><p>So I decided to try randr's unique method....</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s92.photobucket.com/user/thagerty/media/blower%20fan.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l34/thagerty/blower%20fan.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>....by installing it inside the cabinet and blowing air out through the coin eject hole and up to your face. This worked well for the space that I had. I just mounted it in front of the coin door (I don't use the coin mechanism) and connected with a bathroom vent hose. The only problem is coming up with some sort of upward facing scoop to use at the coin door eject hole. I haven't been able to find anything I can get to hack / work that was effective and could be installed with the mounting options that I had. So I just made my own hack job...</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s92.photobucket.com/user/thagerty/media/Blower%20hack%20job%20scoop.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l34/thagerty/Blower%20hack%20job%20scoop.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>I really hope I can find something that will work better.... any suggestions? </p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's a quick video demonstration:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmpyxlBpIBI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmpyxlBpIBI</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryRed, post: 244479, member: 5962"] Thar she blows! After seeing blower fans on other pinball cabinets, I knew I was going to have one in my cabinet. Visual Pinball currently supports up to almost 30 tables that utilize a blower fan. It can be long gusts of wind like in Twister and Whirlwind, or a quick burst of air during certain events... other examples are: Attack from Mars - saucer exploding Medieval Madness - catapult launch, castle exploding Dirty Harry - shooting your gun Twilight Zone - Rocket Launch The Getaway - quick burst of air for each loop Grand Prix and Nascar - quick burst of air for each lap Jurassic Park - ? ...and many more. Some people have a simple fan on top of their cabinet. Others use an inline blower fan. Since alot of the events are quick bursts of air, you need something that can push alot of air very quickly to get the right effect. I used an Attwood 3000 inline blower fan. Since I'm just using this with my relay board for simple on/off function, this works nicely. Its very effective but also very loud when not used with a hose. When I tried it on top of my backglass, I found it to be too loud, and the air was being spread to wide and alot of the effect was lost for those quick bursts (an Attwood 4000 would work better on top). So I decided to try randr's unique method.... [URL=http://s92.photobucket.com/user/thagerty/media/blower%20fan.jpg.html][IMG]http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l34/thagerty/blower%20fan.jpg[/IMG][/URL] ....by installing it inside the cabinet and blowing air out through the coin eject hole and up to your face. This worked well for the space that I had. I just mounted it in front of the coin door (I don't use the coin mechanism) and connected with a bathroom vent hose. The only problem is coming up with some sort of upward facing scoop to use at the coin door eject hole. I haven't been able to find anything I can get to hack / work that was effective and could be installed with the mounting options that I had. So I just made my own hack job... [URL=http://s92.photobucket.com/user/thagerty/media/Blower%20hack%20job%20scoop.jpg.html][IMG]http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l34/thagerty/Blower%20hack%20job%20scoop.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I really hope I can find something that will work better.... any suggestions? Here's a quick video demonstration: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmpyxlBpIBI[/url] [/QUOTE]
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