Sandridge F5 Tiny Tornado

She's being stripped and re-built as far as the setup goes.
I'm going to have the body stripped and re-annoed by Odd PB with something fun along the lines of laser engraving.

I'll get a close up of my pneus when it gets here (it's coming parcel post even though dude said it would be priority flat-rate. I'm cool with it though as PP will probably cost almost as much). Probably mid next week.




This is K_macocker's bob-long F5. Similar to mine, but different down on the frame

Anyway, the loops and little black boxes you see around the ram are the Hall-Effect sensors. They determine when the ram is in it's rearward most position and it's forward most. This eliminates the need for timing the board using a forward pulse and rearward pulse like the Eclipse and Race frames use. It simply determines when the bolt is opened and when it is closed. It will keep a ball from pinching, etc.

The two MAC valves operate two separate things. The primary MAC runs the cocking action of the marker just like a RACE, E-series, etc do. The second MAC runs the spring-returned pneumatic ram in the grip which trips the sear. That fact makes it one of the most unique true electro-pneumatic markers in the world in the sense that it is fully electro-pneumatic as is uses a pneumatic means to actuate the valve, but the means is also a sear-tripping device. Why they didn't just use an air-ram is beyond me, especially with the use of Hall-Effect sensors on the ram that would eliminate the need for an independently operating LPR and code set for the ram.

The only drawbacks to the system are the mass of tubing up front (which I will be able to reduce using updated 'noids and RACE or Eclipse 'noid covers) and the necessity of using a specialized ram with a magnetic piston head in it to trip the sensors.

I can't wait for it to get here and for me to take it to the local Pev's just to see the funny looks I get.

Edited by tallen702 - 06 January 2008 at 1:42pm

nice, i cant wait, definitely keep us posted.

karll wrote: There is another one on ebay. I am going to pick it up and build it better, faster, and stronger then your sandridge will ever be. HAHAHAA

*Z Snap*

OH NO U JUS DI-INT

I can't remember if he had a Sandridge or a Westwood. I thought it was a Westwood with a 3-way that hissed non-stop. Of course, my old palmer's quik-switch hissed just as badly. Honestly, I couldn't tell you what he's shooting now as he had to get on the road with that bone-stock A-5 shooting pansy that he always hangs out with. (Evil Fran)

Ken, you making it to any Skunkwerkz games this year? I'm also doing the MCB Cold *** Game in Dillsburg, PA as well as spring and fall castle.

tallen702 wrote: fourfiftysix wrote: ill tade ya for some hookers n blow How high a quality of hookers? Are we talking imports or domestic?

lol ummm well they will be impots for you i might throw in a few domestic just for fun

See my sig? Now you need it. 

Welcome to the Revolution Ken!


Edited by DeTrevni - 07 January 2008 at 9:41pm

DeTrevni wrote: See my sig? Now you need it.  Welcome to the Revolution Ken!

Technically, I still own a cocker, so I am rejoining the ranks.

Oh yeah. Good luck with that man. Remember, the larger and shinier the diamond, the longer and more successful the relationship will be! 

tallen702 wrote: DeTrevni wrote: Oh yeah. Good luck with that man. Remember, the larger and shinier the diamond, the longer and more successful the relationship will be! SHHHHH!!!! Don't tell her that! It's the opposite you fool!

If most of the forumers' significant others visited and read some posts....

*shiver* the chaos..

Tallen can you make a vid of it cycling / firing?
I want to see if the hoses on the LPR move at all.