More brittle paint? 2 equtors instead of one?

[Carbon]

From what i understand a pball requires less force to break along the equator (pressure along the seam)than opposite the seam(polar region)

Why not a paintball with two equators perpendicular to each other. So instead of halves, there would be quadrants. Futhermore, the shell could retain the same thickness.

Has this been tried? Too complicated to manufacture?

[Jackel411]

I couldnt tell you the name off the top of my head.. but Severe used to (Or may still do) make a paint that has 4 seams.. sorta looked like a beach ball..

Never shot it so I cant say how " good " it was (is)..

[68magOwner]

wow, never thought of that myself, seems to make since, dunno how much harder to manufacture it would be

[SpecialBlend2786]

would probably have to heavily modify the gel encapsulating machines that they use now. But yeah, thats a pretty good idea...

you might also in turn make the paintball less likely to develop weird bumps?

[punkncat]

My thought would be towards the difficulty in manufaturing. I also wonder if the added seam would make the paintball less accurate than it already is?

[mag88888]

maybe it would be "too delicate?" more barrel breaks, hopper explosions? i really dont know, but seems like a good idea.

[Miscue]

It makes more sense to score the ball... such as having a barrel that slightly slices the ball when fired.

[master_alexander]

i would think it would make the paintball harder if it has more seams, if you feel a paintball it is thicker around the seam.

[ColdFuzion]

But it would burst easier, because under pressure, it would be forced out of the weakest spot, which would be the seam. I've noticed that most broken balls do bust at the seam... Yet, having four seams would make it inaccurate, unless they were made very carefully, as the paintball is nearly completely round... The seams on current paintballs mess with accuracy enough...

-Cold

[yakitori]

they wouldnt fly as straight because of more seems/imperfections.

[drg]

But it would burst easier, because under pressure, it would be forced out of the weakest spot, which would be the seam. I've noticed that most broken balls do bust at the seam... Yet, having four seams would make it inaccurate, unless they were made very carefully, as the paintball is nearly completely round... The seams on current paintballs mess with accuracy enough...

-Cold

The seam isn't necessarily the weakest part, just like a weld is stronger than the metal that surrounds it. Depends on the quality of the seam i would suppose.

[gc82000]

I know JT paintballs tried this and their balls sucked. Inaccurate and lousy fill. may have been kept in a bad area. used it about a year or year and a half ago.

But as for the amount of seams I think they had more then two and and I dont think that that balls were brittle at all, just would not shoot straight for the life of it.

Looking up the name of the paint......

[thecavemankevin]

i would think it would make the paintball harder if it has more seams, if you feel a paintball it is thicker around the seam.

think of it like this, if i strap your legs to a dump truck. Then stap your arms to a tanker truck. If i start to pull you apart, you're going to rip appart at the seems (joints) not your bones.

however, i would think it would be difficult to manufacture. because the basic way it works now is you have a sheet of liquid gelatin. a machine then cuts out a circle. That circle is then made into half off the paintball. That is then joined with another half sphere and injected with the paint.

So if how could you easily just talk 1/4 of the sphere and then join it with 3 more?

its a good thought, and in all likelyhood is possible, i dont see it being a cheap paint do to different manufacturing methods.