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Gyroscope

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Aug 11, 2002
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I don't have an animation, but it is so simple.

Air goes in from the tank to the inline reg. The inline brings the pressure to a reasonable level. Now, the air goes to the LPR and the valve. The LPR makes the air pressure even more reasonable, and sends it on to the solenoid. When you pull the trigger, the solenoid switches the air path. Without pulling the trigger, the air always goes to the front of the ram sleeve. That pushes the ram back. If you pull the trigger, the solenoid switches, and sends the air to the back of the ram sleeve. The ram sleeve is that part that is in the lower part of the receiver body, right above the grip frame. When the air pushes from the back of the ram sleeve, the ram slides forward. It smacks the valve and lets air go up into the bolt. Since the bolt is attached to the ram, it has moved forward also, and pushed a ball into the end of the barrel. Now, that air which didn't go through the LPR goes up through the bolt and pushes the ball out the barrel really fast. Then, after an amount of time determined by the programming of the circuit board, the solenoid again routes the air to the front of the ram sleeve.

So simple, it shouldn't work half as well as it does.
 

dr.strangelove

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Sep 14, 2002
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Only diff. is that Impulses and Bushmasters have air passages milled into the body (making for, IMO, a better, more stable gas path. Not to mention a smaller body), and the timmy has it's solenoid basically slapped on a Spyder body with hoses like the ones on the front of an autococker.
 

Gyroscope

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It isn't slapped on! It is stuck on with really high quality gum, chewed by union workers!

The amazing thing is how well these guns work. They shouldn't. They look really shoddy when you take them apart, but they perform as well or better than most any other gun, with less maintainence than most other guns need.
 

H

Wizard, of sorts...
Feb 27, 2002
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That's whats putting me off an intimidator... all the ones i have handled never have had a particually good 'feel'. They just feel a bit cheap, plasticy and as if they are going to fall apart soon. I think in my next marker i'd like somthing that is a bit more solid and feels classy.
 

stark

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Apr 25, 2003
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Originally posted by TheBroz
They just feel a bit cheap, plasticy and as if they are going to fall apart soon. I think in my next marker i'd like somthing that is a bit more solid and feels classy.
So you want a nice heavy Matrix then :D

Timmys are nice guns, couple of guys on the team have them. They get loads of attention from the gun marshals ;)