Remember the NOVA? (not the car)

[Mink06]

All I know about the Nova is that my friend got one & when he gassed it up, SUPRISE- ALL THE INTERNALS SHOT OUT THE BARREL (the barrel almost went w/it too, 2of3 pegs broke off), so he returned it & a little while later the recall happened.... I wouldn't trust them, and to the best of my knowlege the recall was cause' the reg was milled wrong on x amount of markers.....

[This message has been edited by Mink06 (edited 07-17-2001).]

[MajorDamage]

On their website it said they went out of business because a company made a part for them, and made it wrong. They had to do all kindsof recalls, and went out of business trying to fix all the guns or somin.

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Remember the NOVA? (not the car)

The company that made them went out of business. I don't know much about them, other than they claimed to be the only "Truely" pneumatic paint marker.

I imagine the folks at AGD know about how their markers worked. How about you guys? Was it a good design? Have any experience with them?

I just was thinking...that's all.

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[mykroft]

ACI is now selling a Nova-based gun, the company didn't actually go out of business, it just withdrew from paintball.

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[RoadDawg]

I thought I heard something about a paintgun like that, that shot the barrell off after so many times of use. Not sure if this is the gun or even that it is true.

[gt90]

i think that teh company went bankrupt but someone might of picked them up not sure i'll give you all the info later to lazy to find it now

[Chris]

As a nova owner, I feel that I can answer most questions on them...I have had one of each type made...700, Super, and ET.

First off, there was never a design problem with the nova series, the only time there were problems was when the person who purchased the gun failed to put the sightrail screw in. It is marked very clearly that the screw must be in place...if people followed the directions, no problem every would have occured. Not only this, but for the back of the reg to blow out, three very unlikely things had to happen:
1) Overpressurise the co2 tank
2) blow-off valve has to fail
3) Sight rail screw not installed
Because of one persons stupidity, and a failed blow-off valve, people thought that the Nova would explode in your face...fact is that it is one of the best designs around, and I never once had a problem with any of mine.

As for being the first truely pneumatic design...this is true. The nova used a spool valve, operated on an advertised 95 psi (in reality mine shot 280fps @ 60 psi), and ran excellent on CO2. As an example, I was able to take my Nova ET (electronic trigger) and use an entire 20 oz tank without any freeze up. I was pointing the barrel at the ground so that I would run liquid, and shooting as fast as I could. The gun body got frosty, very very frosty but the gun never once stopped shooting, nor did the velocity go up more than 8 fps. Talk about awesome.

As for what ever happened to Airstar (the makers of the nova), there has been talk...and I am not quite sure what ever did become of the company. I do know that the Matrix uses the same spool design as the Nova, and ACI makes a clone of the nova now.

If you ever want a backup to your mag, or just want something that will use co2 with out problems, be extremely quiet and consistant(which leads to accuracy) try out a Nova. I guarantee you, it will be the best gun you have ever owned.

-Chris

[rt_81]

i dont know chris. i just have a problem with the way the barrel slides back and forth like that. when i picture it in my head i see(while fireing quickly) the barrel floping around. i mean when its not screwed into the gun like other guns it stands to reason that there is going to be quite a bit of play. iv heard bad things about their accuracy. dont get me wrong, i have never played with one in a game, only seen one. im not trying to bash your gun, just my thoughts on the matter. im building a cocker, i bet half the people on here have more than a couple four letter adgatives to describe them.

RT

[~WarpedRT~]

Cocker huh? Something about that back block flying around back there scares me. Thats why I own a mag. Besides, on a Nova, you probably won't see the barrel move. By the way, It said on Airstars website that they disolved the company. I don't think they exist anymore. Not even outside of paintbal. The Mayhems are different, but I heard taht the maker of the Nova made that as well.

[MajorDamage]

Novas are cool! I want one. Can you still get that problem fixed on them?

ENDO!