Halo on a A-5
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Topic: Halo on a A-5
Posted By: TankDude
Subject: Halo on a A-5
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 5:12pm
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http://www.tippmanneffect.com/images/tipp_effect_dublup.jpg - http://www.tippmanneffect.com/images/tipp_effect_dublup.jpg Can someone plz tell me how the one with the orange and black a-5 was able to setup the halo on his a-5? ------------- Tankdude |
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Posted By: TippyFreaK03
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 5:18pm
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there is an adapter that allows you to use regular hoppers. i have no idea where you would get one though. hey, are you from minnesota? do you play at the adventurezone? ------------- The A-5's days are numbered... Now I be rockin teh' 05' Vision Shocker w/ Nerve Board 
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Posted By: red_alert204
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 5:20pm
| probally took of the cyclone removed those little things on the side attached a side feed neck and bam u can put on a halo |
Posted By: TankDude
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 5:21pm
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yeah i do my name is tankdude on the az forum and ur mathias arnt u? ------------- Tankdude |
Posted By: TippyFreaK03
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 5:22pm
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yep, and why would you want anything other than the cyclone? ------------- The A-5's days are numbered... Now I be rockin teh' 05' Vision Shocker w/ Nerve Board
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Posted By: TankDude
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 5:22pm
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if anyone knows that adaptor or where u can find it can u let me know ------------- Tankdude |
Posted By: ravepb
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 5:29pm
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I'm in Minnesota too. i play mostly at Mn pro, I used to play at AZ but I heard some of them talking about breaking into MN pro and stealing their sup air, and I decided i didn't want anything to do with people who do stuff like that.
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Posted By: SnakeEyes
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 5:29pm
The Cyclone is still basically a gravit feed. There is no real positive force put on the paintballs. The Halo can push the balls in faster, and possibly push past a chop. Those guns are cycling upwards of 20bps, where having positive pressure on the feeding balls is important without an eye. Not to mention that speedballers are all about profile and playing tight. 3 inches off the right side of their marker is the kind of stuff they have nightmares about. ------------- Which falls faster, a lead ball or your IQ after reading some of these posts? http://www.pennstatepaintball.com" rel="nofollow - PSU Paintball |
TippyFreaK03 wrote:Posted By: paintster98c101
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 5:55pm
i from Minnesota too. yeye REPRESENT
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Posted By: pballa123
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 6:14pm
yes, but the cyclone is the closest to marker feeding system availible. except maybe a q-loader.and you dont need 20 upwards bps. so basically its posintless removing the cyclone from an a-5 but if you still wnat to do it, you need the adaptor custom made. |
Posted By: >><<
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 6:21pm
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They just replaced the cyclone totally and just put a regular feed on it. i really don't like the cylones they can feed fast and all but they use alot of air. You only get 1/2 the shots on a tank. ------------- 
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Posted By: SnakeEyes
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 6:22pm
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Or not, speedball guns are set up the way they are for a reason. The hopper is best suited right above the gun, so that way you can turn your soft elbow outwards and tuck your hard hopper inwards. You have a much better chance of catching a bounce off your elbow than your hopper.
You can't do that out the right side with a Cyclone. And you can't argue it with me either. The A-5 is a very left side biased gun. Most speedballers like a balanced unbiased gun. An A-5 with a regular vertical loader system offers that. Not to mention I don't like the look of the Cyclone, a vert A-5 is much sexier. ------------- Which falls faster, a lead ball or your IQ after reading some of these posts? http://www.pennstatepaintball.com" rel="nofollow - PSU Paintball |
Posted By: paintball331
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 6:30pm
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i saw some at PBF like that. i do not think it is there anymore though because the hacker destroyed all the forums but the lounge. so it is probally not there anymore. ------------- www.hkarmy.com www.paintballforum.com www.paintballnation.com are better then this ****hole |
Posted By: TippyFreaK03
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 6:54pm
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it is true that the cyclone is gravity fed, but the balls are force fed into the chamber at the instant they need to be there. and the feedneck of the cyclone is wide enough where it doesnt really matter that its gravity fed: it will still empty itself in less than 5 seconds. ------------- The A-5's days are numbered... Now I be rockin teh' 05' Vision Shocker w/ Nerve Board
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Posted By: SnakeEyes
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 7:11pm
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Thats nice, so that means that you maybe have 5 balls ready to fire at all times. What if you turn the gun upside down?
With the Halo, because there is a stack of balls all lined up and under enough force to feed them all and hold them in the neck, you can shoot from any position. Upside down, left side right, inside out (well maybe not inside out) and that is important for a fast paced aggressive team like Tippmann Effect. If you dive over a bunker and someone happens to be there, you want to know that you can pull the trigger at least 5 times and there will be a shot there everytime. You get that with the Halo. Yes, blah blah blah, the Cyclone is an ingenious idea, but like every other system it has its short comings. It will work in speedball, but why use it when you can have the security of always having balls ready to be fed. Thats why you would mod an A-5 like that. ------------- Which falls faster, a lead ball or your IQ after reading some of these posts? http://www.pennstatepaintball.com" rel="nofollow - PSU Paintball |
Posted By: NMLvaio
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 7:40pm
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heres my option don't get mad,make something some a warp feed and get a halo b hopper. if you do this you be the first ever to do it.
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Posted By: SnakeEyes
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 7:46pm
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Why slow the Halo down with a Warp?
Thats a little counter productive. ------------- Which falls faster, a lead ball or your IQ after reading some of these posts? http://www.pennstatepaintball.com" rel="nofollow - PSU Paintball |
Posted By: TippyFreaK03
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 9:12pm
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why would you ever have to turn your gun upside down? and a warp on a-5 has been done ------------- The A-5's days are numbered... Now I be rockin teh' 05' Vision Shocker w/ Nerve Board
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 10:41pm
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If your having problems getting hit in your cyclone, then you need to learn to snap-shoot better. Anyway, Ken at K&P Custon milled that feedneck into the A-5. He also does 98's. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: Bugsy
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 11:10pm
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Hmmmm... Does he do a centerfeed A-5, yet? ------------- ! ! ! ! ! ! |
Posted By: jeep 98 custom
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 11:13pm
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^^^When he opens up again, hopefully Ken will vert feed my A-5, since Doc and Punisher haven't been returning my emails...
------------- "Yes there are two path you can go back, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on" 
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Posted By: Bugsy
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 11:15pm
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So, he does them for $90.00? Centerfeeding an A-5 would be cool! :) lol ------------- ! ! ! ! ! ! |
Posted By: WebHalex
Date Posted: 17 June 2004 at 12:05am
| i live in mn i play at crossfire paintball |
Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 17 June 2004 at 6:25am
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Making an A5 centerfeed would be more work. You'd have to move the cocking knob to the back in addition to putting on a feedneck.
Also, the Halo is still gravity-fed. The paint in the neck of the hopper is in a stack of a few balls, but it'll only fire for that many upside down, which there's no point in doing anyway. Maybe sideways at an extreme angle, but if you have a mostly-full hopper it'll still feed anyway. The Cyclone would feed better when the gun's at a sideways angle anyway, since the feedneck is wider. |
Posted By: Tippsy98
Date Posted: 17 June 2004 at 9:09am
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mm i was just at D-Day n saw an adaptor that u put on where u would usually put ur hopper then u just throw on a regular hopper but u dont need a new hopper cuz u cant out shoot the stock one so idk the point of it ------------- i have a tippmann |
Posted By: chettacheez
Date Posted: 17 June 2004 at 9:29am
What?!~ Speak english. |
Posted By: SnakeEyes
Date Posted: 17 June 2004 at 12:17pm
Seriously, when I was in grade school they would have torn me a new one for such blatent lack of grammAr and punctuation. What are you little squids learning these days? No wonder America is so stupid. *EDIT In my fit of rage I missed that one myself. Doh! ------------- Which falls faster, a lead ball or your IQ after reading some of these posts? http://www.pennstatepaintball.com" rel="nofollow - PSU Paintball |
Posted By: Super NEWB
Date Posted: 17 June 2004 at 1:33pm
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GrammAr anyway warp a5 has been done but seriously why bother when it would be so much simpler just to buy a new gun? ------------- 
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Posted By: TankDude
Date Posted: 17 June 2004 at 5:13pm
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because a-5s rock except for the profile of the cyclone ------------- Tankdude |