No Fear: Dangerous Sports
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Just bought a NF.. awesome game! Having a blast with it so far. Quick question- I noticed that when I hit the skydive shot a lot of the time, especially with I hit it with decent speed, it seems to skip right over the scoop and come back to the flippers. Is there supposed to be a piece of rubber or something to prevent that from happening? I can't imagine it was designed so you have to hit it slow for it to go in the scoop?
Quoted from yzfguy:I'm not understanding "skip right over the scoop"... Are you talking about it bouncing off the drop target?
No- when the drop target is down and I shoot it into the skydive shot it frequently just comes straight back to the flippers. Like it goes over the scoop, hits the metal behind the scoop, and comes back down the lane towards the flippers
Quoted from Juicerc51:here is a link to buy a new one.
https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/04-10062
Thank you. Looking closer it looks like there's no way to repair so I'll just order a new one.
Quoted from exnooyorka:I experimented a bit this weekend with what I had on-hand. Learned a few things others struggling with this problem might appreciate.
I had the 01-12613 on hand so I test-fitted it by holding it underneath the playfield and discovered that the angle of that bracket would prevent the ball from fitting into the hole.
Put the bracket in a vise and used a universal pinball troubleshooting tool (mini sledgehammer) to bend the bracket such that the part the pinball would hit ends up perpendicular to the playfield.
Installed the bracket with one screw and play-tested.
100% of the shots bounced back, 0% dropped into the hole.
Thought I could tinker with the angle a bit, but given how little clearance there is between the bracket and the hole I decided to go a different direction.
I fashioned my own bracket out of corrugated cardboard. Added another universal troubleshooting aid (duct tape) to the bracket to strengthen the bent part and the area fastened by the screws.
Play-tested for the better part of an hour and 100% of the shots to the skydive fell into the hole, 0% bounced back.
I'll be interested to see how well this solution holds up. I anticipate I'll need to add a metal strip between the screw heads and the duct-tape-reinforced cardboard as I see that as a major wear point.
But for home use, I'm giving this a "plausible" rating as the correct part does not seem to be available.
Use thick cardboard, though. I cut mine from a Chewy shipping box. Those things are really sturdy. [quoted image][quoted image]
Nice job getting it to work!! That's annoying that Marco sells the wrong part. I got lucky since I found the missing bracket in the bottom of the machine
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