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A fully functional JDAM paintball board installed in a customer's Angel. Each JDAM was tailored to the customer's specifications. Each board would come loaded with a custom splash screen and various other pre-programmed settings.

Here you can see a reflective eye installed into the breech of the Angel courtesy of my local machinist. 

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