Air hogs

Well I played this weekend finaly after having this gun for a little over 2 weeks. There was 2 other A-5s there along with mine we all had R/Ts. We went through gas like crazy. I averaged close to a thousand balls on 2 20oz. tanks. One of the other guys ran out quick with his 68 ci. tank he shot close to 500 rounds. We all had our tanks full before playing. The spyders that were there were still gased and ready to go even the guy with the 14oz tank. He fired many shots and lasted all 8 games. I never relized how much air the feed system and R/t was going to use when purchasing this gun. I'm waiting for my barrel kit to come UPS so I can definatly replace the flatline. Shooting between trees about 50 feet away and about a foot apart was next to impossible. I also would like to mention the other guy who played with his A-5 showed up late and was there only for the last three games but nearly used up his 20oz. tank. I'll give him props for his palmer stabilizer and his Endgame supression barrel. Wow that was one quiet barrel and the accuracy was great too.  

hybrid-sniper wrote: And your question is...?

Some people get great efficinency from their A-5s, others, like yourself, get terrible efficiency.

1000 shots from a 20oz CO2 isn't really bad for an A-5. 500 off a 68ci isn't great(below average for a 300psi tank, really bad for a 4500psi) but your gas usage could be from many factors. Since they have RT's, chances are good you're shooting faster, and with CO2 this leads to worse efficiency. You could probably get better efficiency with a reg. I'm guessing the guy with the spyder probably didn't fire as much as you guys did, or he had upgraded the gun quite a bit.

Air hogs are flying airplanes pumped up by air.

Your A-5 is definatly not an air hog. 

well... paintball guns useing more gas than other paintball gun... my theory is this:
1.you shoot more
2.velocity
either of these has a factor in the amount of air you use... even though with the flatline it takes more air to push the paintball out of the barrel b/c of the curved nature of the barrel... you have many things to look at... what was your velocity?? with the flatline, if you have the velocity above 265 it shoots like crap... my velocity on mine is at 260 and it shoots great and i get about 750 per 20oz tank... i have a flatline, and a new bolt and powertube...
p.s. the cyclone feed system uses the excess gas from the blowback of the hammer i thought>...and i never liked the response....

You might also want to check for small air leaks with some soapy water solution.

I'ld have to disagree, more velocity = higher rate of gas usage. It's just simple physics. The same goes for the cyclon and RT. Yes, they use "blowback gas", but this has to come from somewhere. If you set your velocity at 280 with the RT and cyclone connected then install the shutoff plug your velocity will increase. The gas has to go somewhere, and some of it is heading out the barrel. As for the A-5, it is historically a high gas user. There are things you can do to reduce this, such as polishing the internals, expansion chamber and anti-siphoned tank.  Contrary to some peoples opinion, CA does not improve efficiency, only velocity stability. 

trulyoldnavy wrote: I'ld have to disagree, more velocity = higher rate of gas usage. It's just simple physics.

I'm pretty sure that the flow of air has almost nothing to do with physics.

Second of all, you are wrong when this subject is applied to regular Tippmanns.

how do you check for air leaks????