After spending a long time admiring the simplicity that makes a Mag work and trying to think of a way to improve on design, l came up with an idea that could work. It's not quite teh same but beares enough resemblence it could be called a Mag.
I don't have a cad program but I'll try to explain it as simple and complete as posible. Maybe I'll plague you all with a beutiful MS Paint drawing later.
Loking at the mag design the only limiting factor in the ROF i could find is teh bolt cycle since the air used to fire the ball is also used to move teh bolt theres that soft point when the air escapes the power tube and the spring returns teh bolt. So the idea is how to keeping the General Mag style, but get the bolt to cycle independandly of the air used to shoot the ball.
Basic idea is to make the bolt one big solynoid. you put a magnet(s) in stem of the bolt or more likely outer ring, then have the power tube of the valve have an integrated wire coil. thus the bolt would cycle fowrad with electricity being applied to teh coil in the power-tube and return vwith a reverse polarity. It would still keep a return spring, although one much lighter than current there so there wouldn't need to be a constant current on the coil to keep the bolt in the return position. Depending on design factors teh Stem of the bolt could either be kept solid or hollowed out to allow free air movement through the bolt.
The on/off assebly would simply be acuated in reverse, by a selynoid conected directly to teh on/off pin. when the bolt is in the return position, the on/off will be off, then as it cycles fowarad it will on for (Dwell) time allowing the air to travel directly around/through the bolt to the ball.
Then switch the regulator from high pressure to low add a micro switch some silicone and a little coding for timing and VWALA! a new marker Mag Style.
Oh yeah and with no foraward pressure on the bolt in the rest position theres no sear either.
I don't have a cad program but I'll try to explain it as simple and complete as posible. Maybe I'll plague you all with a beutiful MS Paint drawing later.
Loking at the mag design the only limiting factor in the ROF i could find is teh bolt cycle since the air used to fire the ball is also used to move teh bolt theres that soft point when the air escapes the power tube and the spring returns teh bolt. So the idea is how to keeping the General Mag style, but get the bolt to cycle independandly of the air used to shoot the ball.
Basic idea is to make the bolt one big solynoid. you put a magnet(s) in stem of the bolt or more likely outer ring, then have the power tube of the valve have an integrated wire coil. thus the bolt would cycle fowrad with electricity being applied to teh coil in the power-tube and return vwith a reverse polarity. It would still keep a return spring, although one much lighter than current there so there wouldn't need to be a constant current on the coil to keep the bolt in the return position. Depending on design factors teh Stem of the bolt could either be kept solid or hollowed out to allow free air movement through the bolt.
The on/off assebly would simply be acuated in reverse, by a selynoid conected directly to teh on/off pin. when the bolt is in the return position, the on/off will be off, then as it cycles fowarad it will on for (Dwell) time allowing the air to travel directly around/through the bolt to the ball.
Then switch the regulator from high pressure to low add a micro switch some silicone and a little coding for timing and VWALA! a new marker Mag Style.
Oh yeah and with no foraward pressure on the bolt in the rest position theres no sear either.
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