A-5 cyclone feed

DracoPlasm wrote:

Id preffer that id rather carry extra batteries on the field with me instead of another co2 tank......

Why do you all think it uses more gas than a paintball gun like the 98 Custom? It doesn't! It uses excess blowback gas to power the Cyclone Feeder. No extra gas used.

mod98commando wrote:

HaloMasterALL09 wrote:

...it would be a better and easier way

Lol, if you say so. With the current design you never have to touch it for it to work, never have to change batteries, and it always spins after each shot. How would making it electronic make it any easier or better?

He said it i meen its simple enough y do u want to make it more complicated

how bout we just manually feed the balls into the gun, hold a hand ful of balls in ur hand and just put one in everytime u fire.

Sarge14 wrote:

the whole pint of a tippmann is reliablity, if u add those particular electronics u ruin the gun. they work fine the way they are. why change something that works?

to make it work better. Im not saying using electronics would make it better but that is why would would change something that works better. To all that say the cyclone doesnt use more gas, I understand where you are coming from. Thats what tippmann says and they give a good explanation to back it up. and i used to say exactly that. However, for one reason or another the A-5 uses more gas than other markers such as the 98. I do not no if it ia because of the cyclone or not but for some reason it does.
As for running the cyclone on battiries, my personal opinion is good idea but no.(no offense) its a good idea and it has its advantages but the one thing that keeps me from agreeing with the idea is as someone stated earlier, every feild fills air, not every feild sells batteries. So running it on air your guaranteed (if you play at a feild) never for it to let you down. And if you play at home, think of it this way. You run out of air and the cyclone still runs, you still cant play. Also, may fileds offer all day air so it doresnt cost any extra cash to "recharge" your cyclone.

If you want an electronic hopper to go on a A5, jus remove the Cyclone, mod a 98c elbow feed and place whatever hopper you want on it.....its been done before by so many players and you dont have to worry bout using excess air jus to operate the Cyclone and you would only worry bout the batteries whether theyre fresh or not.

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n00bPber16 wrote:

HaloMasterALL09 wrote:

yeah, but it would already come with the gun and probably a charger fr it too

Yea, but what happens when your battery dies in the field cuz you forgot to charge it? Yes some fields sell 9 volts but theyre like 2 dollars. Where co2 is like 3 dollars to fill a 20oz(mine). I mean its a good idea and all(i thought of it when i first got mine) but just think about it for a few. But then again some people prbly think different then i do.

then its thier damn fault for not charging it but for the smart ppl that do, it will be very benificial.

can u own me?

i think the cyclone is fine the way it is, if you dont like it take it off and make the a-5 a vertical feed.

as i've heard... Tippmanns are the guns that you can run over with cars, take into a river with you, and still shoot them (i'm assuming they mean stock) so if you add electricity to this, wouldn't they be less reliable for the people who do like to get them a little rugged? I want a gun that i know will work.

You'd think I'd be used to guns living in South Texas... Oh well.

Do you guys know how ungodly huge the cyclone feeder housing would be if they made the cyclone an electro? The only thing to be removed would be the ratchet, and sprocket, then you would need to add a motor, a board, and space for batteries. Also, "a-5 using more gas = hype".

Originally posted by <span =bold>HaloMasterALL09</span>

HaloMasterALL09 wrote:

imo, i think the A-5 uses more, my friends 98c used 1 12 oz. i used 3 on my A-5. Every game i was next to him and we shot about the same amt of paint and speed of shoting.

I know for sure this statement is either false or you have some other problem with your gun, if it were true that the a-5 used three times as much gas as other guns then we would only get about 300 - 400 shots out of a 20oz. tank and I usually get about 1000.

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p8ntblr02 wrote:

n00bPber16 wrote:

then it just be like any other electric hopper.

and u would have 2 worry about the battery and all of that

no not really electric hoppers dont eat up bat juice that much just carry 1 spare 1 w/ u thats all and besides then ud have ur gas for shootin, not in the cyclone feeding and yes thats a great idea

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