Aluminum Classic Valve

[going_home]

With the NXL starting a mechanical division, can you see AGD making an aluminum, non reactive, classic valve to satisfy their rules?

It will probably not be a blip on the radar, the large majority of mech players play woodsball not speedball.



So yeah, no one cares.

[nak81783]

With what I think they're trying to accomplish, I still say "gravity hoppers only" is the easiest way to go.

[Spider-TW]

Sounds like they need a "Blowback Division".

[nak81783]

Define reactivity. A classic valve still uses air to reset the trigger. It's just regulated air, instead of unregulated air like an RT/X-Valve. Changing a classic valve to aluminum wouldn't change this. I would think with lower input pressures and tuning the on/off pin length, on/off o-rings, and trigger rod on an RT/X-Valve setup, all the bounce could be taken out of any of them. I cannot get my mechanical Automag with stock X-Valve to bounce with 800psi input. Change to a quad o-ring and up the input pressure, and that's a different story.

Unfortunately, I think it would be easy for some to skirt the rules (admittedly, I haven't seen the rules) and get an Automag to bounce after it's been checked. I think a traditional mechanical disconnect is required (blowback) or an Autococker or other mechanical pneumatic where the pneumatics simply don't allow the marker to fire without a complete trigger pull and reset (that I'm aware of anyway).

[Carnage reigns]

I think UWL rules disallows 'Mags as a whole. People seem to believe that will be the template. A non reactive valve seems to be the answer and a lighter one may bring some customers.

[rawbutter]

Can you put a classic on/off inside an x-valve to eliminate reactivity?

[vintage]

it would be nice but I figure Tim will try to lobby them to allow X valves.

[blackdeath1k]

Nope. But stranger things have happened.

[Carnage reigns]

With the NXL starting a mechanical division, can you see AGD making an aluminum, non reactive, classic valve to satisfy their rules?