My idea for the next generation A-5

2 Cyclone feeders on a single A5....talk bout overkill and heavy as heck...

Tippmann doesnt hafta make a double barrel marker and the closest description to that can be found in www.opsgear.com "Double Trouble".

Enos Shenk wrote: The cyclone will stop feeding around 20 bps. The problem is the spring-return operation. Since the cyclone actually feeds when the air is let off (the spring pushes the plunger back), when the gun is going too fast, theres not enough time for the cylinder to evacuate the air, and let the spring return. If you dont believe me, you can prove it yourself. Remove your gripframe, cock the gun, and let it fly. The runaway speed on a tippmann is something like 30-40 bps, and youll notice the cyclone wont spin at all. Thats probably a saving grace for tippmann, can you imagine if the thing did spin in runaway? You would chop the rest of your paint when you run out of air and your gun farts.

THANK GOD!!!! Why does it seem like you and I are the only ones that know a spring is what rely loads the A-5, THANK GOD for ppl. like you that relly know what there talking about.

YOU ROCK MAN

I believe it would be slower. It would need some kind of valve to switch between the cyclones on every shot. I think they would have to slow down the firing rate because of it.

I work at a paintball pro shop, and we have made a non electronic full auto a5 and 98, and the a5 won't spin fast enough, because it is shooting as fast as te bolt can go (48 bps) and the cyclone feed can only go 24 bps TOPS, I'm serious, but you really don't need it any faster. We did it with on of our 98's and we atached an egg2 with a z and it won't feed it, so were getting a halo b with a victory to see if it wil feed it. IM me at drewguere, if you have any questions.

i have a a5 wit an e grip an can only get bout 18 balls per sec wit a moded chip but if the cyclone feed was electrick (hint hint tippmann) and tied into the egrip u could make a **edited**in fast cycle rate

Tolgak wrote: It would need some kind of valve to switch between the cyclones on every shot.

Think "Clicky pen"

would an gun with 2 barrels and a cyclone feed hooked up to both barrels be faster then one barrel with 2 cyclones? ( i know the gun will be pretty heavy and bulky)

each feed/side will give around 20 bps, 20bps x2 = 40 balls bps. both sides will fire at the same time or maybe a few hundreth second in between.

and i think that the cyclone should run off batteries like one person said.

Like I said before and I'll say it again.....its been done, 2 A5's each wit their own hopper, both A5's also has the Fire Storm Crank and its mounted on a tri-pod, try searchin fer it in www.opsgear.com

You would need something to switch which valve is open, and the ugn would look uglier, be harder to clean, and be liek holding a wall.