On 18/11/2022 at 13:35, Tommikka said:
Definatley …… and you never know even with failed crowd funding, (except for the ‘pay me to develop my idea’ as opposed to ‘pay up front to get production going’) the videos show that at least prototypes were made and they could ultimately find their way out to the world and eventually sold on
For a not actually bouncing ‘bouncing Betty’ there is/was the RAP4 series, and a couple of other brands.
These did make production, still not a lot as a niche product and over a decade ago, but they could be about. Spares could be harder to find, but the one with just a round seal is probably findable as a rubber grommet
I can’t find footage of the ones we used here:
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A real benefit for use is they can be buried rather than just flicking leaves around, however for that event we used our ones plus a stack on loan from RAP4. All good, except when it came to digging them all up. We were short, and it was loan ones that were missing (potentialy sticky fingers as ours had markings and the loan ones were clean and fresh anonymous from the box) or sunk into the mud
We had a few follow up sessions with metal detectors, and also over a few months the site were finding them.
I think we ended up with all of them or a couple missing
All original placements were photographed and Geotagged, but we made the mistake of sending other people to reset and didn’t entirely remember where they were placed —- it’s buried on the path near a bush across from a tree
It was a 12gram powered one that we used, pop in a 12 gram, some powder and a leprechauns condom.
Step on it and a pin punctured the 12 gram, the tiny rubber condom built up some pressure before bursting a spout of powder
The videos I can find seem to be using refillable cartridge valves like 40mm shells
Traditional ‘plate’ styled mines:
