MQ automag Valve - Sick of waiting - Got my Summer project all lined up.
Well I've been waiting for the MQ Mag valve for some time now. Quite some time. 
Long enough to finish picking up my degree in Mech/aero Engineering. So what good are skills if you can't use them for fun? ("Girls only want guys with skills" - N.D.)
I have decided to build my own Electropneumatic marker from the ground up based on the Mag platform. I have the marker layout almost completly designed in Pro-E.
I love mags - but they have their shortcomings. This marker will eliminate the sear operation, Have lower input pressures, Have NO EXTERNAL HOSING, Vert grips, Possibly eyes, Level 10, and no more rail. My biggest fear at this point is the fact that it may resembe an ION if poor milling patterns are chosen. As i do not own an MQ valve yet, I have based my design on assumptions from what i have heard about the MQ valve from others and how the MQ operates in an autococker.
Here are my assumptions Please correct me if I'm wrong:
1)the MQ valve can deliver high pressure air kind of like a cocker poppet valve, except its directly electronically controlled. It can deliver enough air fast enough to accellerate the mag Bolt forward and fire the paintball while shutting off and letting the mag spring return the bolt in the sub 40ms range (25 CPS).
2)the Level 10 should still wok as intended.
3)the input pressure should be somewhat inversly proportional to the dwell times for the valve. Higher pressure=lower dwell.
4)The valve ONLY requires he use of a controller board and a 9V. Because we have a spring return bolt, the valve will extend the bolt like a normal Mag valve and the spring will return it.
5) because we are using the valve to overcome the bolt spring and not fire a burst of propelling air, the dwell time will be significantly longer in the mag than the cocker. This increased dwell time may require the use of a small volumizer sitting directly behind the the valve. I assume the valve can take the extended dwell times.
My first marker will be a pre-prototype. probably look just like a mag with a replaced valve. The second marker will be the newly redesigned platform.
At this point all's that I need to finalize the design and post up my marker is all sorts of specs/dimensions/stuff about the MQ valve. Later on...A sweet machinist.
Coments, questions, Corrections?
Long enough to finish picking up my degree in Mech/aero Engineering. So what good are skills if you can't use them for fun? ("Girls only want guys with skills" - N.D.)
I have decided to build my own Electropneumatic marker from the ground up based on the Mag platform. I have the marker layout almost completly designed in Pro-E.
I love mags - but they have their shortcomings. This marker will eliminate the sear operation, Have lower input pressures, Have NO EXTERNAL HOSING, Vert grips, Possibly eyes, Level 10, and no more rail. My biggest fear at this point is the fact that it may resembe an ION if poor milling patterns are chosen. As i do not own an MQ valve yet, I have based my design on assumptions from what i have heard about the MQ valve from others and how the MQ operates in an autococker.
Here are my assumptions Please correct me if I'm wrong:
1)the MQ valve can deliver high pressure air kind of like a cocker poppet valve, except its directly electronically controlled. It can deliver enough air fast enough to accellerate the mag Bolt forward and fire the paintball while shutting off and letting the mag spring return the bolt in the sub 40ms range (25 CPS).
2)the Level 10 should still wok as intended.
3)the input pressure should be somewhat inversly proportional to the dwell times for the valve. Higher pressure=lower dwell.
4)The valve ONLY requires he use of a controller board and a 9V. Because we have a spring return bolt, the valve will extend the bolt like a normal Mag valve and the spring will return it.
5) because we are using the valve to overcome the bolt spring and not fire a burst of propelling air, the dwell time will be significantly longer in the mag than the cocker. This increased dwell time may require the use of a small volumizer sitting directly behind the the valve. I assume the valve can take the extended dwell times.
My first marker will be a pre-prototype. probably look just like a mag with a replaced valve. The second marker will be the newly redesigned platform.
At this point all's that I need to finalize the design and post up my marker is all sorts of specs/dimensions/stuff about the MQ valve. Later on...A sweet machinist.
Coments, questions, Corrections?
If I knew more about the MQ and air physics I would help, but that is not in my list of skills.
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