I know you can anno Ti, but it wont have the same color spectrum. Try to anno a piece of 6061 AL, and 2024 or some other alloy, it wont have the same color. Ti will be similar. The alloys have to be the same to get a good match. But thats besides the point. I think raw or matte Ti would look pretty darn cool.
As for the flexing, if you remove enuff material to keep the same weight, you will have thinner parts, and there fore will be flexible, it may come out to be the same as the aluminum part. Ill have to look it up... I cant rememebr the mechanical characteristics off the top of my head.
But I just dont see the benefit. Aluminum is so nice to machine. Ti is more "interesting" and needs more care. Cost would go up, you cant use the less expensive tooling to cut it. Like I said before, I dont see anywhere where the benefits of the material come into use for paintball. Now the cool factor has it, but if you want really cool, there are better materials for that.
As for the flexing, if you remove enuff material to keep the same weight, you will have thinner parts, and there fore will be flexible, it may come out to be the same as the aluminum part. Ill have to look it up... I cant rememebr the mechanical characteristics off the top of my head.
But I just dont see the benefit. Aluminum is so nice to machine. Ti is more "interesting" and needs more care. Cost would go up, you cant use the less expensive tooling to cut it. Like I said before, I dont see anywhere where the benefits of the material come into use for paintball. Now the cool factor has it, but if you want really cool, there are better materials for that.
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