Is there every any problems with light from the beacons shining on the back glass? In the process of reproducing the entire beacon mechanism and was wondering if it was worth my time to completely cover the beacon holes in the top of the backbox with the mount base? F-14 Beacon CAD.jpg

Just got my home built beacon assembled and tested! Here is my project thread. http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/f-14-beacon-reproduction

A little modding this evening.

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/illuminated-kill-gen-yagov
IMG_20140602_201257_706.jpg

BALL RETURN GATE.png

That would be the gate you need.

Don't forget Planetary Pinball has the complete parts catalogs on their website.

I could make you one, built one for my F-14 and have most of the parts ready to assemble a couple more new ones. Here is the topic showing my first one: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/f-14-beacon-reproduction. I would need to crunch some numbers see what it's cost me in parts.

Shoot me a PM

I have found that the belts you get from Marco are 4.5" ID which is just a size 245 oring. My solution is find a bigger o-ring. I have been using a size 252 or 5.25" ID

If you calculate the belt path you find it to be ~18.14" long. A 4.5"ID oring is only 14.13" in circumference where a 5.25"ID is 16.45", still plenty of tension but not so extreme as to stall the 3w motor.

Just finished another beacon assembly. If anyone is in need of any parts for one send me a message I can make up another. Also have the outside reflector spindles if anyone is missing one.

IMG_20170427_175550 (resized).jpg

IMG_20170427_180238 (resized).jpg