IS THIS A GOOD IDEA?
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Topic: IS THIS A GOOD IDEA?
Posted By: airballer12
Subject: IS THIS A GOOD IDEA?
Date Posted: 01 June 2004 at 7:17pm
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ok, so my local fields here in northern CA dont fill nitro (sucks) so im going for compressed air for my 98c. i think i wont install the comp air low pressure kit and just buy a tank to screw in. is this a good idea? can some1 plz recommend some compressed air tanks for me and link them if u can plz? also, is a 68/4500 compressed air tank about the same length as a 20 oz? do u guys recommend a drop foward? i am a front player in airball/speedball. ------------- me and my friends have won 1st in 3 out of 3 5 man airball tournaments in the rookie division, woot! Front Playa- Team Confuzion my tippy: 98c w/ all american barrel, ebolt, egg 2 hopper |
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Posted By: Bunker_Attack
Date Posted: 01 June 2004 at 7:28pm
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Ummmmmmmmm Isn't Nitro And Compressed air the same? ------------- 
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Posted By: The Man
Date Posted: 01 June 2004 at 7:29pm
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^^^Yup. Get a UNI-Mount. http://www.paintballgear.com - www.paintballgear.com has a pretty wide selection of tanks. ------------- Cp critical Bob Long Lengens painball park Team Rendition |
Posted By: airballer12
Date Posted: 01 June 2004 at 7:37pm
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but my local field said they didnt fill nitro but they filled compressed air. ?????
------------- me and my friends have won 1st in 3 out of 3 5 man airball tournaments in the rookie division, woot! Front Playa- Team Confuzion my tippy: 98c w/ all american barrel, ebolt, egg 2 hopper |
Posted By: Arbites
Date Posted: 01 June 2004 at 7:49pm
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Nitro and compressed are are almost the same, but not quite. The big difference is that when you fill with nitro, you have very consistent usage because its 100% nitro. When you fill with compressed air its technically a little less consistent because there are a bunch of other gasses floating around the planet with the nitro, O2, CO & CO2 that are the most common (and that all go into your tank & your lungs). You will do fine with CA & an LP kit if you decide you want one, but you will also do fine with just the CA until you actually get it. Definately get the CA first. FYI - CA & nitro are filled into the same tanks. ------------- A-5: 12" Ceramic, Egrip/WAS/Duel, HPA, MP5 sliding stock SMG-68: 12" Ceramic 68-Specials(8): 12"&14" Ceramic, 12V Revy *** 1 Tip-n-Strip, 1 Blue, 1 FA w/Qloader SL-68: 14" Ceramic SMG-60 Ext. Line |
Posted By: TippyManic32
Date Posted: 01 June 2004 at 7:55pm
| its pretty much all the same nitro, compressed air, HPA |
Posted By: airballer12
Date Posted: 01 June 2004 at 8:02pm
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ok, they say they only fill "compressed air". so if i bought like a crossfire 68/4500 (850 psi output) tank (labled as a nitro tank), and got it filled by "compressed air", would it work fine? ------------- me and my friends have won 1st in 3 out of 3 5 man airball tournaments in the rookie division, woot! Front Playa- Team Confuzion my tippy: 98c w/ all american barrel, ebolt, egg 2 hopper |
Posted By: red_alert102
Date Posted: 01 June 2004 at 8:31pm
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what does a unimount do why do people like them so much ------------- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/paintballa01/d58a8ce5 .gif Angel Ir3 Cp barrel kit A4 board Cobra trigger |
Posted By: cannonfodder
Date Posted: 01 June 2004 at 8:49pm
| Hpa and nitro are not quite the same thing, but you will not realy be able to tell the difference in performance. Your marker won't care either. A crossfire tank will hold either just fine. |
Posted By: DeAd-On225
Date Posted: 01 June 2004 at 10:26pm
------------- A-5 2x trigger/jcs duel trigger flatline/whisper 68ci 4500psi crossfire preset e-grip RVA aris trigger job custom trigger mod dead-on bullet drop bob long torpedo reg |
red_alert102 wrote:Posted By: PaintMonkey
Date Posted: 01 June 2004 at 11:14pm
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They call it nitro because compressed air, or regular air for that matter is more than 70% nitrogen. I've never seen a place, or don't see the point, to fill pure nitrogen.
Oh and crossfire makes some nice inexpensive tanks. I have the psycho ballistics bullet dropfoward with the on/off and all, i do love it so. ------------- When a Monkey runs out of paint, he throws FECES! |
Posted By: ted.c0bb1es
Date Posted: 02 June 2004 at 12:14am
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thats right^^^ Listen to this confussion Good luck ------------- Setup: A-5, response trigger, j&j ceramic 14", Male palmer stabilizer, 32 degree gauge, Macroline Kit, Maddman Spring Kit, Shocktech A-5 drop, ProSeal Powertube/Frontbolt, gas: Anti-siphoned CO2 |
they are all different names for the same thing. As for the field you are talking about, it seems to me that the only reason they confussed you the way they did was because maybe they have not heard compressed air called nitro before. Or because they are sadistic, they told you that there is a difference simply because they took their frustration with the fact that peple call compressed-air something that it is not, out on you. You may have been labeled my friend. Labeled as a newb. But hopefully you're straight now. (I wasnt being mean. sometimes i get that...)Posted By: airballer12
Date Posted: 02 June 2004 at 12:18am
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im not a newb i've been playing reguarly for 4 years, i just didnt no anything about compressed air
------------- me and my friends have won 1st in 3 out of 3 5 man airball tournaments in the rookie division, woot! Front Playa- Team Confuzion my tippy: 98c w/ all american barrel, ebolt, egg 2 hopper |
Posted By: ted.c0bb1es
Date Posted: 02 June 2004 at 12:50am
thats cool, I dont know alot about cockers, but i know where to find out... just like you! ------------- Setup: A-5, response trigger, j&j ceramic 14", Male palmer stabilizer, 32 degree gauge, Macroline Kit, Maddman Spring Kit, Shocktech A-5 drop, ProSeal Powertube/Frontbolt, gas: Anti-siphoned CO2 |
Posted By: Tstorm_75
Date Posted: 02 June 2004 at 1:29am
| The 98 will work fine with a compressed air tank but without the lph it is kind of an air hog, but as long as its free air fills this is no big deal. |
Posted By: DirtyDawg
Date Posted: 02 June 2004 at 5:59am
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Not sure what the exact difference is, or the difference that it would make on a paintball marker, but compressed Nitro will spin an air tool (like an impact wrench) about twice as fast as compressed air. That is why in professional motorsports the pit crews run nitrogen to their impact wrenches when doing tire changes. ------------- Tippmann 98Custom - Parting out. PM me for parts availability 2k4 BKO Warsensor WS66 RIS Warsensor Zeus G1+ |