Flatline Accuracy
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Topic: Flatline Accuracy
Posted By: XSAPaladin
Subject: Flatline Accuracy
Date Posted: 19 July 2004 at 1:39am
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I cant get accuracy out of the flatline barrel, and my shots curve wildly. Plz help me get this thing working right. p.s. i am a noob. p.s.s. u know that velocity thing, how do u make it go higher/lower, when you screw it in does it get higher and when u screw it in does it get lower? |
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 19 July 2004 at 1:51am
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accuracy, range, and consistancey depends on your paint.
everyone says marbilizers, but i personaly would choose draxxus.
thats me though. also your velocity addjuster, im not too sure to
be honsot but i would think that if you screw it out it would increase
velocity and screw it in to decrease velocity. may be wrong
though. just play with it and see. also aacuracy, range,
and consistancey depends on your barrel, your barrel's length, and how
clean your barrel is. -a general rule of thumb a clean gun plays a clean game. |
Posted By: jeep 98 custom
Date Posted: 19 July 2004 at 1:56am
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^^^Most of what you said is right. For the flatline you want good small
bore paint, and Draxxus is high quality and very small bored. And
turning the velocity screw out will increase velocity. However a
barrel's length has nothing to do with it's range or accuracy. Your
velocity will control your range, while good paint baller bore size
match will provide for better accuracy and consistency.
------------- "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: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 19 July 2004 at 1:59am
| your barrel has everything to do with range and accuracy. LETS SAY for instance, i have my fps set at 280. with a 16" barrel the round may not go as far but it may be more accurate in the range it travels. if i have a 4" barrel the ball wont be accurate at all but may go farther than the 16". of course this is where the velocity adjuster comes in to play. |
Posted By: jeep 98 custom
Date Posted: 19 July 2004 at 2:25am
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Weither you have a 5'' barrel or a 20'', the length makes no difference
in range or accuracy. Granted a 4'' won't be as accurate, because the
gas doesn't have enough time to stabilize the ball, but anything after
5'' makes no difference. 280 fps fly just as far weither it's coming
from 5'' or 20'', that's simple physics. Having a longer barrel can
actually reduce range, I have an 8'' Bigshot (which by the way is very
accurate, I'd put it against whatever you're shooting) and if I chrono
in at 280 with that, then switch to a longer barrel, there's more drag
slowing down the ball decreasing my velocity, and range.
------------- "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: shooky
Date Posted: 19 July 2004 at 9:33am
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The velocity screw will adjust you're velocity up and down (it's on the right side of your marker, in the middle). To adjust it, turning it clockwise (like tightening a screw) will decrease your velocity by restricting airflow. Turning it counter-clockwise (like loosening a screw) will increase your velocity by allowing more airflow.
Over a chrono, get your Feet Per Second (FPS) under 280. You want it in the 265-280 range, otherwise you run the risk of the paintballs pulling a Superman. Also, you want to use small bore paint. Marballizer and All-Stars are small bore. The Flatline barrel's bore is on the larger size, but you want it as small as you can get so that it has room to roll through the barrel and get spin. Clean your barrel. If you got paint in your barrel or dirt, you need to hose it off and run a squeege through it. Do this a couple of times to make sure it's clean. Make sure your marker is upright. When you fire, take note how you're holding your marker. Tilting it to the left or right will affect the direction of the ball by a little. You'll notice a greater curve at longer distances. |
Posted By: A5 dude15
Date Posted: 19 July 2004 at 10:20am
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the accuracy of your flatline is all about your paintball size and barrel size match. if u search the web u can find a website that tells u the size of all paintballs and barrels. and no matter what kind of paint u have after the the ball goes a little further than other barrels, the wind will get to the ball and the ball will start to swurve because of its backspin. |