WarFairy Charon... For Airsoft? What do you guy think?

[Vic (Rattlehead)]

First, I apologize if this is in the wrong section. I didn't know where to post this exactly, so to any mod reading this, if you could move this to the appropriate section, that would be much appreciated!

So a few months back, before I was into airsoft, I found out about the WarFairy Charon, a 3D printable lower receiver for the AR15, which has the ergonomics of the FN P90. I thought it was cool, but because I don't have an AR-15, just saved a picture of it so I could never look at it again... Or so I thought.

So this afternoon, I was doing my animation homework, and I noticed my desktop was incredibly cluttered, and proceeded to see what I could delete, and after some searching I saw that picture, and immediately though "Holy crap, what if...".

So without further ado, here it is(and to those with Dial-Up, I apologize for the size of the image);


As you see, it is relatively simple. Besides housing the mag release, hammer, buffer tube and fire select controls, it is simply a few separate 3D printed pieces, glued together with some kind of polymer cement.

Now unfortunately, I'll have access to a 3D printer later in the semester(through my animation class), but it is against college policy to print firearm parts, and even if I could, it would require heavy modification to be used on an airsoft gun, whether it be an AEG, a GBBR or a Springer.

So, I guess what I'm trying to say is; Would anyone be interested in this? I think it would be an awesome way to diversify your AEG/GBBR in a sea of M4 variants, provided it be doable.

I'm assuming he has a patent on it, and even if he didn't, I wouldn't want to be profiting off of someone else's design, but if WarFairy himself was interested he could profit from this in the airsoft market. I would like one just for myself, but since I don't have the means of doing so, I figured I'd share it with everyone here on MiA, and maybe someone with access to a 3D printer, who has experience with modifying stuff, will see this and give it a go. If someone does, please update me on the subject, I'd be very interested in seeing it done!!!

PS: For those of you who still haven't bit the hook, here's a few extra pictures to get you going;

Here's a version with an integrated P90 style grip.


Here's a rendering with a clear stock and lower.


And finally, not my favorite in the aesthetic sense, but in functional sense this is my favorite; One with an extendable stock.


For more pictures and info, you can find a thread with pictures on a DMR and an SSR version here.

More info on the carbine versions, and even a pistol AR version here and here.

[snafu]

Kill it with fire.

[Zorak]

Ergonomically it looks inferior to the standard lower receiver.

[Thor]

I agree with Zorak. The ergonomics look terrible. Frankly the whole thing looks terrible in general. I'm just really trying to figure out the point of it. Like, who is this built for? People who really love P90's, but want the terminal ballistics of the 5.56 NATO over the 5.7x28? It just looks really awkward. Like I'm really trying to think of a good reason why someone would do this, and beyond just doing it to say it was done, I can't really think of one. It doesn't make the gun any appreciably shorter, nor does it make it any easier to handle than a normal AR-15. It certainly isn't more aesthetically pleasing.

[snafu]

Sept 16, 2013 19:26:33 GMT -5 snafu said:

Kill it with fire.

To reiterate was I was getting at earlier the reason I said this is because it looks just awful to me. I am a p90 fanboy through and through and I can tell you that the ergonomics that make them so great are completely lost with that abomination.

And just because I will share some P90 porn.

[Snarf]

It's probably more of an exercise in engineering creativity than an actual product. Or it could be like the "printable gun," which was made only to prove a point about 3d printing.

[Ogre]

I thought it looked cool, If I had the skills I'd do it.

[Pagan]

Apr 16, 2014 12:18:20 GMT -5 ghilieinthemist said:

I think the first,one,looked,neat the purple,and clear ones,were,meh ik,this is old. But dont let the narrow minded get you down.id totally buy one if they were made

Two things.

This thread has been dead for months, if you don't have anything to add that is constructive or new, please don't post in dead threads.

Secondly, we have a strict grammar rule on this forum. Text speak is not allowed.