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Topic: flatline cleaning

Posted By: thefletch55
Subject: flatline cleaning
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 8:52am

I need help BAD! i was out playing this past weekend and my cyclone cause a ball to break in my flatline. I couldnt squeege the barrel w/o removing the hopper and all the paint in the actual cyclone. any i deas on how to prevent this??

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-thefletch55-

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Posted By: thejudge
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 8:54am

1. Good high quality paint
2. If it was cold that could be a problem
3 good bore match on the paintball

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Posted By: Robby_of_PBH
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 8:56am

Do you have an A5 or a 98? I'm guessing you have an A5. I've never taken an A5 flatline on or off before, but do you HAVE to take the hopper off to take the flatline off of it?

Unfortunately, I've never found a completely efficient and quick way to service my 98 flatline in battle since it needs unscrewed with a screw, that's why I recently switched to the Apex.

Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 2:50pm

thejudge wrote:

1. Good high quality paint
QFT
2. If it was cold that could be a problem
QFT
3 good bore match on the paintball
It should be further explained that a good bore match with the F/L involves using paint that can roll easily through the barrel. This allows the internal friction surface and curve to impart the spin on the paintball that causes the "flatline" effect.

Robby_of_PBH wrote:

. . . do you HAVE to take the hopper off to take the flatline off of it?
No.

Unfortunately, I've never found a completely efficient and quick way to service my 98 flatline in battle since it needs unscrewed with a screw, that's why I recently switched to the Apex.

I just drop the hopper to the side and run a pull-through squeegee through it. I find that unless it is a really bad break that is usually sufficient cleaning to finish the game. For more thorough cleaning between games I remove the hopper, spray water through the breach and down the barrel then squeegee it a couple of times and dry out the chamber as best as possible with rags and firing air shots.

(I don't know if you can do this with the Cyclone on a 98 though. Which is why I don't have Cyclones on my 98s.)

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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 3:16pm

Mack wrote:

(I don't know if you can do this with the Cyclone on a 98 though. Which is why I don't have Cyclones on my 98s.)

Actually probably easier on a 98 than an A5 as the Cylcone actually swings away from the marker similiar to how the stock feedneck does.

Posted By: thefletch55
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 4:06pm

Thanks guys just tried it by taking off the hopper only and the squeege works. btw i have the x7. thanks everyone

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-thefletch55-