Why is everyone so amazed with the Angel Speed?

[TheJester]

basicly it's an IR3 w/ out all the bells and wistels. so it's an econ version of the IR3. I played a game last week with an IR3 and when i was talking to it's owner he suggested the speed instead, just because you don't need everything that's on the IR3.

this is why everyone likes the speed. (i did it as a zip file because it's a rather large, it's taken directly from the WDP website, but i didn't want the picture taking up 1/2 the page here. the original file was only 126k, but it's still rather large in size.)

[GT]

Well,
I was one of the few people that wanted WDP just to make an LED angel very simliar to the LED that they made years ago.

Cops sensi whatever you want to call it sux. Sell me an old school angel w/ a good ol beam break and ill buy it.

jb

[-=Squid=-]

Originally posted by Ov3rmind

How could it be an overpriced IR3 when it's cheaper than an IR3?

It's certainly not revolutionary, but there are reasons it is better than past Angel models: Cheaper, Lighter, Faster, Sensi has been working better than COPS.

Its overpriced because it costs the same as a standard IR3 but lacks several features.

[Automaggin2]

Originally posted by gtrsi
Well,
I was one of the few people that wanted WDP just to make an LED angel very simliar to the LED that they made years ago.

Cops sensi whatever you want to call it sux. Sell me an old school angel w/ a good ol beam break and ill buy it.

jb

I agree, I dont like any other Angel except the LED's.

[sniper1rfa]

Originally posted by CpSuPeRkId


#2 is the battery voltage. its like 4.8 volts. most solenoids work on like 5 volts. i dunno why wdp tried risking a 4.8v considering it has to power a solenoid AND light up a full LED display. anyways, the problem the low output causes is first shot drop off(FSDO). if anybody was on any angel owner sites they would notice EVERYONE complaining of FSDO. the common saying was "charge your gun, it says its full from the factory but its not, charge it fully and the FSDO will go away." well... it did for about 2000 shots. after that, the solenoid started suffering from a lack of voltage again and FSDO started occuring. when the gun was degassed you could even hear the first "click" of the solenoid was very quiet, then the following clicks were normal. so even after a full 4 hour charge FSDO is still present in lots of speeds due to the battery output being so darn low.

The angel's batteries have been 4.8V since the beginning. Always. The problem is that the smaller cells used in the speed (they needed room so they could move the LPR, whatever that did). If you want to make sure its the battery, and not just a sticky solenoid, watch the LED screen when you fire. If it dims at all, its your battery. I HIGHLY doubt the battery is the problem. I have had many sticky/defective solenoids that do this. Besides, solenoids just dont require much current, nor do LED's.