what do YOU think the next technology is?

[Python14]

Backpack loader would be cool. Especially for scenarios.

[Jonesie]

Originally posted by AGD
Run guns at much HIGHER pressures so you could make all the internal components smaller and more compact. This would lead to overall smaller guns with better efficiency.
Better efficiency means smaller tanks making the guns lighter and smaller overall.

I want this.

Originally posted by AGD
Built in crono's that maintain your velocity at exactly what you set it to even when your tank starts running below your working pressure. This would mean that even though you we shooting a "high pressure" marker you would use it to the bottom of the tank. In order to do this you would have to have a fixed barrel but since everyone has to waist money on replacable barrels this thinking would have to change.

And this...

Originally posted by AGD
Pre-load bolt systems that chamber the next round while you are firing the first elliminating ball feed lag.

And this...

Originally posted by AGD
Electronically timed millisecond on/off valves that would completely eliminate regulators. Lets see, we can take off the tank reg, then the vert reg and oh yea the LPR too. You would have to be ready to put all those manufacturers out of business.

This too!

Originally posted by AGD
And last but not lease an electronically timed, high pressure marker without regulators could plug into a laptop, test itself and tell you exactly what's wrong with it.

I'd LOVE to see this!

Seriously, I would love to see AGD put together a "concept" gun that would turn the paintball world on its head. The only problem is that with the current state of the industry, it would be deemed too radical and AGD would again be stuck with a bad stigma...

[hitech]

Originally posted by Miscue
Is there a commercially available backpack loader? I would LOVE to have one. Or, are there instructions on how to build one somewhere?

[TraXeR]

I think the next technology SHOULD be a built in talking system in masks so teams don't have to yell and and exhaust themselves more than they need.

I think the new technology WILL be a faster shooting marker. As long as there's people who think ROF=win, ROF will increase. Really sad actually.

[Tyger]

Ok, lemme go see if I can find Sgt. Splatter's "Auto-Loto-Balls"....

EDIT : FOUND IT!!!



Stolen brazenly from : http://www.ussjustice.org/pastevents/2003/spplat.htm from SPPLAT Attack 2

-Tyger

[NoFearPaintballer]

This is tech for agd
Software and cords to flash your own board and customize it!

[GT]

Originally posted by AGD
Trigger systems that would accomodate ALL of your fingers for "4 finger walking" pushing the fire power into the 30 BPS range.

that idea is ok. The problem here is trigger. I am still floored as to why we are still using a trigger. most finally tuned death machines have the trig set so light the weight of the trigger sets the gun off.

Why are we not using pressure sensitive pads in the grip frames instead of triggers?

[JuggaloDave]

Originally posted by NoFearPaintballer
This is tech for agd
Software and cords to flash your own board and customize it!

this has been addressed before. they run the risk of the flash stuff being altered by ppl and making they marker unsafe, plus, they prolly want to keep they software to themselves, cause god know what would happen if say, sp or the like got ahold of it.

[spantol]

Tom, with every last bit of due respect, there's a reason those notions are widespread--marketing. Similarly, there's only one way that those notions will ever be overturned--more marketing.

If you build it, and you properly market it, they will come. Indeed, the theme for such a campaign could very well be "Challenge your assumptions."

Aside from that, all of that stuff sounds good to me. Are you taking pre-orders?

Originally posted by AGD
Well if everyone were to suddenly give up their preconcieved notions of what is good and bad about a paintgun then this is what we could do NOW.

[JuggaloDave]

Originally posted by gtrsi


that idea is ok. The problem here is trigger. I am still floored as to why we are still using a trigger. most finally tuned death machines have the trig set so light the weight of the trigger sets the gun off.

Why are we not using pressure sensitive pads in the grip frames instead of triggers?

i would like to see something like this. like a tap screen, like they have compu screens at work that touch(heat) sensitive, only problem there would be gloves, and if you got the screen dirty, it could be to tempormental, but it would be vary cool

[Tyger]

Originally posted by gtrsi

Why are we not using pressure sensitive pads in the grip frames instead of triggers?

I think the old "Tournament" rules committee said that a button was prone to noise, and the rates of fire would be too dangerous.

Oh, wait....

Seriously, they were going to TRY a button trigger, it was nixed by rules committies for some reason. I might be right on too...

-Tyger

[Joni]

Originally posted by AGD
Built in crono's that maintain your velocity at exactly what you set it to even when your tank starts running below your working pressure. This would mean that even though you we shooting a "high pressure" marker you would use it to the bottom of the tank. In order to do this you would have to have a fixed barrel but since everyone has to waist money on replacable barrels this thinking would have to change.

Well, looks like it's already patented

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=paintball&s2=gardner&OS=paintball+AND+gardner&RS=paintball+AND+gardner

edit: I didn't even notice at first. It's a SP patent!

[luke]

Originally posted by AGD
Well

Run guns at much HIGHER pressures so you could make all the internal components smaller and more compact. This would lead to overall smaller guns with better efficiency.

Better efficiency means smaller tanks making the guns lighter and smaller overall.

Built in crono's that maintain your velocity at exactly what you set it to even when your tank starts running below your working pressure. This would mean that even though you we shooting a "high pressure" marker you would use it to the bottom of the tank. In order to do this you would have to have a fixed barrel but since everyone has to waist money on replacable barrels this thinking would have to change.

Trigger systems that would accomodate ALL of your fingers for "4 finger walking" pushing the fire power into the 30 BPS range.

Pre-load bolt systems that chamber the next round while you are firing the first elliminating ball feed lag.


Electronically timed millisecond on/off valves that would completely eliminate regulators. Lets see, we can take off the tank reg, then the vert reg and oh yea the LPR too. You would have to be ready to put all those manufacturers out of business.

Very high speed two shot bursts where the 2nd ball would draft close behind the first ball for greater accuracy. The first ball would disrupt the air column and leave behind a turbulent wake. The turbulence would disrupt the laminar flow that leads to vortex shedding on the 2nd ball. Disrupt the vortex and improve the accuracy.

No real gun with any state of the art firepower shoots from a clip. Clips are so 1900's. Real guns in all the worlds militaries use a belt feed from a huge magazine. We still love our cute little pods and hoppers and fashion matched pod belts so we look good when we are posing on the field. Maybe someday we will get with the program and use a backpack that could shoot a case of paint non stop. Oh yea, we have that right now too but no one wants it.

And last but not lease an electronically timed, high pressure marker without regulators could plug into a laptop, test itself and tell you exactly what's wrong with it.



AGD

Tom, I DARE YOU to build this gun!

[Toranaga]

Not to bring up an old topic, but I would be really interested to see why AGD hasn't created this marker, at least as a prototype/one time model.

If you could preove these claims for a good price then I think that people would slowly flock to AGD.

Thanks

[WicKeD_WaYz]

Originally posted by Toranaga

If you could preove these claims for a good price then I think that people would slowly flock to AGD.

Thanks

the key words there are good price. I think that would be hard to do at this point. Take an xmag, add all of the above mentioned things, alter the look some, and tell me you could slap a somewhat reasonable price on it. I highly doubt it. Plus if AGD decided to do this and mass produce this kind of marker, considering the high prices, it would be a big financial risk.