There are some simple ways to alleviate many of the drawbacks of Co2. An anti-syphon tube in your bottle will stop your gun sucking liquid Co2 but it needs to be set up correctly according to how the bottle is fixed in the tank. This will stop your gun freezing in all but the coldest weather. The addition of a remote hose between the tank and the gun will also help a lot. As for burst valves blowing, I've had one go in almost 30 years of playing paintball and that was caused by leaving it in the footwell of the car with the heater blowing hot air on it. It filled the car with fizzy vapour while I was doing 70 on the M56. The solution is not to leave your bottles in full sunlight or in the stream of hot air from your cars heater. If the burst disc does blow, they are pennies to replace and can be done easily in the field with the right size spanner.
On Thursday, January 23, 2014 7:01:07 PM UTC, Loic atFOA wrote: > > <http://www.fieldofarmortanks.com/v/vspfiles/photos/Tiger%20Side.jpg> > > > <http://www.fieldofarmortanks.com/v/vspfiles/photos/Tiger%20Turret%20Layout.jpg> > > <http://www.fieldofarmortanks.com/v/vspfiles/photos/Tiger%20Front.jpg> > Fellow Tankers, > > I have listed below my findings between HPA (high pressure Air) and CO2. I > know our hobby uses CO2 mainly. I just found out at great expense of time > that under current cold air in Utah, my CO2 feed did not work properly, > freezing/breaking paintballs and throwing dry ice through the barrel. > > I'm interested to post my findings on FOA website, but before I'd like to > share it with you guys, hobbyist with much more experience on the specific > field of "Combat Tanks". > > "Just for fun", I'm adding a few photos of the interior of our new > ABS/metal Tiger I. You can see the QLoader and the coaxial laser pointer, > which both work well. I have re-designed the T087 I took to Gettysburg last > fall, and would like to replace it with our new ABS/inner metal frame Tiger > I Ausf.E which photos I have attached. I will post videos of this tank > performance in the next few days. The laser works great, the paintball is > now fixed, and the radio has the two push buttons Tyng Tech suggested in > one of his "do it yourself" posts. > > The "new" T087 has: > MPSS Individual Suspension System > TTMS Motorization System > TTRS Turret Rotation System > TTES Gun Elevation System > CLPS Coaxial Laser Pointer System > ECS Electronic Control System > QLoader Paintball Feed > > Cheers from Utah > > HPA (High Pressure Air ) versus CO2 > > CO2 > > - Cost effective > - Smaller tanks than HPA > - Lighter tanks than HPA > - Easy to refill (Paintball shop, Sporting Good Store, and Fire > Extinguisher Refill stations) > - Do not require regulators > - Do not require re-testing and re-certification > > Drawbacks > > - Cools at it expands - affecting accuracy on extensive rapid fire > - Cannot be used in cold weather - noticeable dry ice flying from > barrel > - Bottle is inclined to avoid liquid CO2 in marker, freezing O-rings > and solenoids. Paintball will break easily when frozen. > - Danger of bursting the relief valve if the tank is exposed to Sun. > Valve will have to be replaced. > - Should not be overfilled. > > Estimated Shots per tank > > Shots per tank depends on the velocity of your marker, barrel length, and > outside temperature > Size > > Weight > > Aluminum > > (lbs) > Shots 3.5-oz 0.2 150 9-oz 0.6 350 12-oz 0.75 600 14-oz 0.875 700 > 16-oz 1.0 800 20-oz 1.25 1100 > > > > HPA (High Pressure Air) > > - All-weather performance > - Regulator (allows to know when the tank is full) > - Can position cylinder in any position > > Drawbacks > > - Lack of refill stations (Paintball Shops & Scuba Fill Stations) > - Larger tanks than CO2 > - Heavier than CO2 > - Fewer shots per tank than CO2 > - More expensive to purchase > - Re-tested and re-certified every 3-5 years ($20-$40) > > Estimated Shots per tank > > Shots per tank depends on the velocity of your marker, barrel length, and > outside temperature > Size > > (-cu) > > Weight > > Steel > > (lbs) > Shots (psi) 3000 4500 45-cu 2.7 450 675 68-cu 2.3 680 1020 88-cu > > 2.3 > > Carbon Fiber > 880 1320 96-cu 960 1440 110-cu 1100 1650 > > > > -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
