The Gryphon (Foam Dart Blaster)

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Thingiverse seems okay right now, but if it isn't somehow or isn't in the future, the GitHub repository will always have the most updated version: https://github.com/Flygonial/The-Gryphon-Foam-Dart-Blaster. The Gryphon is a mostly 3D printable, hobby-grade, Nerf semi-automatic flywheel blaster. Its main design features are as follows: * Uses 130 to 180 sized (20.4mm) brushed DC motors. * Semi-auto by rack and pinion with 1:3 gear multiplication. The trigger pull is fairly short at 12mm. * Accepts 33 to 38mm OD flywheels (all 2mm shaft fit, superstock upgrade flywheels). * Utilizes a horizontal flywheel cage that bolts directly onto the magwell. This is a mounting pattern less prone to misalignment than a Stryfe's mounting bosses or similar. * Accepts both Worker Talon magazines and printed Jet Katana geometry magazines with a second release slot (ie: Kathanha, Katobu) and therefore, only half-length darts. Subject to change, possibly soon. * Battery is located in the stock--there is no room anywhere else. * Full-length feed guide integrated in magwell for maximum feeding reliability. * Includes fixes and little tidbits I forgot to include a long time ago, plus a big extra feature. This includes 3/4'' PVC compatible stocks, a trigger guard that is now fully chamfered where there were sharp edges, a Bobololo styled rev trigger. The big extra feature would be options for two-stage cages. Added the Kathanha / Katobu magwell, actual Katanas can't fit thanks to the magwell mounting solution that was originally used, unfortunately. Up next will be full-length magwells, which might be a while, sorry. I've actually had this done for a while. Added an extra motor cover option for a single-stage cage that can accept a lower rail and has the same lower appearance as the dual-stage cage. A biggie here in terms of compatibility back: I've redesigned the flywheel cage to allow it to be printed in the opposite of the original orientation: with the side that the motors insert into as the bottom layer. Less supports (though still recommended), and hopefully less alignment issues with warping and other print defects. This required making the cage 1.5mm thicker (and in order to minimize this extension, I reduced the bottom clearance for the flywheels by 1mm (don't worry, it was initially deliberately excessive), and the mounting points were moved up 2mm. Therefore, the magwell is also now slightly different, so are all motor cover designs, and even the flash hider. A new page has been created for the older cage design and can be found in a remix. Another update is that I now feel comfortable releasing a foregrip design: it mounts onto the magwell, you'll need a new print for it (a magwell compatible with the old cages can be found in the legacy cage page too). The next big-ish update as it includes a feature I've put off working on and testing since I completed the blaster: a full-length magwell. A new foregrip for that magwell comes with it, all picatinny options between one and two-stages are available. I kind of include the 'carbine' remix as part of this update, which is the main other feature. Hot-fix for this update, I forgot to upload the wire run for the full-length magwell.