Problem with Breaks. Ego or Paint.

[Scars]

Originally posted by Trems
I think the hoppers get away with murder and people are too quick to blame their gats....

My hopper was acting straingely and i think this was due to the batteries, at the time i didnt link the two but when youre shooting high rates of fire an erratic feed could cause soupage (technical term)

On the ego the batt showed 1/4 full at the end of the day, however at room temp in my house after they showed 3/4 full, now bear in mind that the bat in the ego has the warmth of being held in your hand for most of the time and surrounded by rubber grips, whereas the hopper batts are surrounded by cold air and thin plastic, i didnt have a multimeter to hand but i'd bet money the output of the batts was abysmal!

If i play in such temps again i have bought some little hot pad things that heat up when you open them and last for 7 hours, one is going in place of the foam block in my hopper and the other in my pocket to keep the trigger fingers warm and supple...£1.99 for a pack of 2

Your other option is drop yer battery pack down yer kegs! Keep it relatively warm, its also a good excuse for a scratch about

 

[Trems]

You just like touching balls....and not necessarily your own either!


(word of warning to all, at tournies and training alike, be it cold or hot scars WILL try to hug you...)

 

[Scars]

hey if i found a lump you'd be thanking me,

Besides Paul... your just sooo dreamy i can't help mself!

 

[mugged44]

Change your battery

how does this help ball breaks? not denying it doesn't, just wondering how it helps....

 

[Scars]

lowers the pulse to the solenoid meaning the gun wont cycle 100%

 

[Trems]

At the end of the day you gotta think that all modern gats use sophisticated electronics and software that calculates using super fast logrythms and operates timing functions to a tenth of a millisecond, if the voltage supplied to the board is fluctuated or too low it will probably effect the operation of it and possibly give problems...and when your cycling at high rates and firing something as fragile as a paintball there isnt much room for error.

 

[mugged44]

Aha! That'll explain the soup-like firing my Ego was doing on Sunday

 

[Skeet]

Originally posted by GASMAN1
flameteks try

http://lambchop13.co.uk

this is the guy who makes them

OI! I'm a trusted seller in your sig, but not worthy to supply the Flamtek bags?

Yeah...im cheaper tho!

 

[Equinox]

again, Thanks all for your Valuable Input...

ive changed my battery, and Detents (courtesy of paintball budgie. cheers m8) but i found the problem in the end..

the Paint.. went out today in my local wasteland to try a theory.
My Ion (whitch a m8 borrowed at the same event with suposidly the same paint and fired fine..) was a soup cannon with it.
My Warsensor fired soup.. and my mates JT fired soup with it.
however, with other paint, all 4 guns were ok..

i must have had a bad box at the training day

again, thanks all for your help..

 

[Skeet]

Apparently..Nicky T says that most breaks are due to paint...normally, your HALO is squishing them too much, fracturing them..as soon as you shooty the ball, you just blast it to bits in teh barrel.

This also gives teh effect of balls exploding in mid air, a few feet from teh barrel...which looks quite cool in a string..