Is there a viking schematic anywhere? Can someone explain how it works?

[BigEvil]

"Mr. Smooches"???

[Ken]

don't rag on the smooches. I was pretty popular with the girls when I was younger and that was a pretty fitting title 6 years ago.

[Steelrat]

If I am reading this correctly, one of the bottom tubes on a Viking is just a large air chamber and empty? Or am I completely wrong?

NO. The air chamber on the left houses the air post-lpr that is fed to the ram by the solenoid.

[FallNAngel]

Thanks. So it does work like I think it does... meaning the angel is almost the same thing.

Yep, when you get down to it, Angels, Intimidators, Vikings, Bushmasters, Impulses all work the same exact way.

I'd imagine the excalibur just works an extra ram and solenoid in there to operate the bolt forward/backward independantly of the valve. Prolly uses up some of the volume chamber, which would be why the excal is thought to be "slower" than the vikings.

Yep, there's just an extra ram and solenoid to control the bolt.

[Steelrat]

Yep, when you get down to it, Angels, Intimidators, Vikings, Bushmasters, Impulses all work the same exact way.

Well, pretty much the same way. Whereas the viking used milled air passages, the timmys use those plastic hoses to route the air. And there are significant difference in build quality.

Yep, there's just an extra ram and solenoid to control the bolt.

Also interesting to note is that the two rams in the excal move in opposite directions, which helps to cancel out the motion from each other, leading to the "smoother" feel that excals seem to have.