a5 velocity adjuster?
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Topic: a5 velocity adjuster?
Posted By: spooky23
Subject: a5 velocity adjuster?
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 3:47am
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im just wondering if a5 markers come with it velocity adjuster(rear-by the cyclone)? caused i think im missing mine.. |
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 5:17am
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The velocity screw is in the side near the cyclone. It works the opposite of Velocity adjustment screws on stacked tube blowbacks like Spyders. Turning it in (clockwise) brings the speed down. Out (anti-clockwise) brings it up. |
Posted By: thejudge
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 9:34am
if you were missing it you would just have air pouring out of your marker too so its there ------------- Stay low, run fast, and hope that paintball doesn't hit your... http://www.deltasquad.info/"> 
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Posted By: spooky23
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 6:09pm
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ohh i mean if they come w/ velocity adjuster? caused my a5,only have a empty hole by the cyclone..and im not sure if they came w/ adjuster or i just lost it? |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 6:50pm
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All markers have some way of adjusting velocity. The fact that you aren't aware of this concerns me. I suggest that you put the marker down. Pick up the owner's manual and read it thoroughly before you end up hurting somebody. ------------- 
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Posted By: FriED_RiCe
Date Posted: 01 April 2008 at 6:42pm
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Come on now "rule enforcer"!!!! Now let's be respectful like you signed up to be when you agreed to the terms!! Was that really necessary!?!? ------------- "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog" |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 01 April 2008 at 7:32pm
| Ok troll, get lost. |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 02 April 2008 at 4:00am
I don't enforce rules here. I'm just a forum member, not a moderator. When I see blatant ignorance, I have no problem pointing it out. Paintball markers aren't toys. They can be dangerous in the hands of the uninformed or the terminally clueless. It isn't too much to ask for somebody to go through their user's manual and get to know the basics of their marker before they start using it. Anyone that doesn't familiarize themselves with their marker before using it is negligent IMHO. -------------
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FriED_RiCe wrote:Posted By: pigtech
Date Posted: 02 April 2008 at 11:29am
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Air would not pour out of the marker if your velocity adjuster were missing. It would just shoot out the velocity adjustment hole when you fired. The A5 has a flow-restriction velocity adjustment, it's a hex-head screw up inside a hole right behind the cyclone feed, nothing should be sticking out of it, so it could like it's missing, or if you were expecting a rear-adjuster like on stacked tube markers, it could look missing. The adjuster works by blocking the flow of gas as it shoots out of the valve when you fire. The further you screw it in (clockwise) the more flow it blocks, so the lower the velocity gets. The more you unscrew it (anticlockwise) the less it is in the way. It's explained on this page: http://www.warpig.com/paintball/technical/paintguns/tippmann /x7/adjustment.shtml Although that's an X7, the adjuster is in the same location, and works the same as on the A5. ------------- Bill Mills Technical Editor, http://www.warpig.com - WARPIG.com |
Posted By: spooky23
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 3:06am
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ok,were totally lost.. my bad.. im not talking about rear velocity adjuster.. (my bad again) and yeh i read the manual before i use it.but i probably miss it,or forgot it. im talking about the "hole" on the side of the cyclone..(a5) so the velocity screw that he's talking about is inside? or do they have something sticking/or screwed to the hole?? caused mine is only a empty hole..im not sure if something there or i just lost it..
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 7:03am
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....Hole in the cyclone? I dont have any idea what youre talking about. Describe it better? Post a picture?
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Posted By: pigtech
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 9:07am
See the pic on http://www. |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 9:15am
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Soooooooooo, is there anything stopping you from going back through your manual again? -------------
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Posted By: spooky23
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 7:13pm
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sorry fot late reply's.. heres the pic that im talking about. i know i can use small allen wrench.. but i want to know if do they come w/ any special tools like screw that i can use instead of the allen wrench..or any covers on tha hole?  o yeh,stormy..can you tell me what page on the manual saying,if they come or not with any tools? all i can remember is saying "you can use a small allenwrench" by the way i just got the s2 J&J 12" barrel.. and its looking goood...  |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 10:22am
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There you go. Question answered.
Ok, now try that again, and this time in English. I have no idea what you're asking.
Huh?
Page 12.
I don't want to rag on you for your lack of grammar (no wait, actually I am) but you need to make your posts more clear. I had trouble trying to figure out what you were asking. -------------
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Posted By: pigtech
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 1:23pm
Excellent. That's the right tool for the job.
Yes. There is a tool included for adjusting the velocity screw. It is an allen wrench.
A screw is included, it's down there in the hole, I can see it in the picture. That's what you adjust with the allen wrench. Are you asking insread if you could replace the screw inside with a knob or thumb screw so you can adjust your velocity without needing a tool? If so, yes, that is possible, you could get a thumbscrew (a screw with a nurled head that you can twist by hand) and replace the velocity control screw (I believe it's a 10-32 screw.) In the old days tool-free velocity adjusters used to be called "dial-a-welts." So yes, you could do it, but your marker would no longer be legal at any paintball field - it would be built for cheating and dangerous play (adjusting velocity without a chrono.) ------------- Bill Mills Technical Editor, http://www.warpig.com - WARPIG.com |
Posted By: pigtech
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 1:26pm
Actually not. A large percentage of Nelson based pump designs, Splatmasters, Nightmares and the early Sheridan pumps don't have a way of adjusting velocity. They need to be modified (cut or changed springs or installing velocity adjusters) to change their velocity. ------------- Bill Mills Technical Editor, http://www.warpig.com - WARPIG.com |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 6:56pm
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I stand corrected. -------------
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