Well, I've only got about 2 more months of college ahead of me before they give me the boot. As is customary for engineers we have a senior project and I chose to design a paintball gun. The professor initially said no and asked why I am a violent person... 
Anyways, I suggest that it takes more skill to do that than some watered down research for the department, and who cares if it doesn't have any social value or make the university money. So I finally got the project approved and I start5 machining tuesday.
I'm basically designing a valvetrain to sit on an automag platform. The original concept (as seen in the animation) was to make the new valve "drop in" but I decided I might as well go the whole 9 yards and make it integrated. Pictured below is the final revision to the designs. The video is the original inception and shows the design principal.
Cocker threads and AKA feedneck. The sealed dump chamber allows for normal electro pnematic or even manual pneumatic operation (given that the shooter does not short stroke it). It's designed to operate off a 4 way valve @50psi, but a 3 way valve can be used with only a (calculated) 2-3 max BPS reduction because the rear driving area is larger than the front. The LP inputs are dual 10-32 ports underneaths and, true to mag form, it uses a stinless braided hose on the side. Given a light mag rail to sit on, it should easily be under 2 pounds. Construction material will be hardcoat anodized 6061-T6 aluminum.
Let me know what you think. I will post pics tuesday night of the progress.
Anyways, I suggest that it takes more skill to do that than some watered down research for the department, and who cares if it doesn't have any social value or make the university money. So I finally got the project approved and I start5 machining tuesday.
I'm basically designing a valvetrain to sit on an automag platform. The original concept (as seen in the animation) was to make the new valve "drop in" but I decided I might as well go the whole 9 yards and make it integrated. Pictured below is the final revision to the designs. The video is the original inception and shows the design principal.
Cocker threads and AKA feedneck. The sealed dump chamber allows for normal electro pnematic or even manual pneumatic operation (given that the shooter does not short stroke it). It's designed to operate off a 4 way valve @50psi, but a 3 way valve can be used with only a (calculated) 2-3 max BPS reduction because the rear driving area is larger than the front. The LP inputs are dual 10-32 ports underneaths and, true to mag form, it uses a stinless braided hose on the side. Given a light mag rail to sit on, it should easily be under 2 pounds. Construction material will be hardcoat anodized 6061-T6 aluminum.
Let me know what you think. I will post pics tuesday night of the progress.
Call it the QUAG!! 
------umf 
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