Anyone else super skeptical of this thing? I'm curious to see the internals because the only ideas i have is something similar to slingshots, the airowgun, and the slug's caliburn for nerf. All of those are either huge or impractical to make electrically driven.
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For outlaw as kids, not having to deal with air fills would be awesome. I remember charging airsoft packs at home was easy, but getting a CO2 fill was a 25 minute one way drive - not my parents' favorite.
I'd expect a small compressor filling a reservoir, not a sector gear slinging a piston. A large reservoir at 35psi (like a tire) would be plenty, so we know the tech exists.Feedback
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I'm more interested in the hopper!My Old Feedback (300+) https://web.archive.org/web/20180112...-feedback.htmlComment
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Maybe I'm imagining this, but I seem to remember a battery powered paintball marker from the mid-late 2000s that had a sort of dual wheel pitching machine style system in it. It had two soft-ish wheels that would fling the paintball instead of being air driven. I swear there was a video of it, or maybe just mock-ups...I don't know.
Anyone else remember that?
Anyway, I just don't see how this will improve the industry in any way. As a source of innovation it is great, but I think the tech would need to come a long way for this to be practical for anyone that plays on a serious level.Comment
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You're either thinking Hotwheels or Nerf. I don't think there were ever any paintball guns with flywheels.Originally posted by SteelJester View Post
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Precisely this. Getting tanks filled can be a hassle when you're young, or when you live far away from a field or shop. Getting rid of the tank would be a huge stepchange in paintball technology. If they can pull it off, I think it would be the biggest thing since the original shocker.Originally posted by flyweightnate View PostComment
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If it shoots FSR and is moderately quiet, it might be worth it. But otherwise, I'm unenthusiastic. Especially since I greatly dislike .50cal for anything but pistols. It's a great pistol round. But I'm a .68cal truist until I die.Comment
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It was definitely paintball...but coulda been a fever dream it was so long ago.Originally posted by Toestr View Post
A few kids will do that to a man's brain.Comment
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There was this thing. Not sure how it worked, though.Originally posted by SteelJester View Post
https://madpaintballer.com/nps_evolt.phpComment
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The E-volt wasn't flywheel driven, though. The motor pulled back a piston against spring tension and then released it, the piston slamming forward and generating a blast of pressurized air. ZDSPB.com has an animation of how the mechanism worked, at least conceptually. -
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MrBarraclough, thanks for that. I was unsure how it actually worked.
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Ditto. Paintball is incredibly location dependent. If you aren't near a field, getting air fills is a huge pain. If I didn't live 10 minutes away from a scuba shop where I can get a big tank filled for $10, I'm not sure I would still be playing. The nearest field to me is over an hour away. If I played at all, I would probably only go once or twice a year. So if there was a product that can shoot paintballs without having to go for air fills, that widens the market considerably.Originally posted by Magmoormaster View Post
Not saying I would get one, personally. But I can see why Valken would invest in something like this.View my feedback or read about my Virginia woodsball club.
Let me make you something. I build pneumags, auto-response frames, and wooden pill cases.Comment
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