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Originally Posted by soccerjacks12
Old news, but I guess the specs are new.
Why can't it just be full ep! I don't like it anyhow.
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You're thinking of it as if it were a Wrath; stop now.
In reality this marker appears to be similar to a Mag; except instead of having a standard on/off assembly there is an MQ in the bottom tube, which when on supplies gas to the top tube and thus moves the bolt forward and fires, with the spring returning the bolt to the cocked position. Unlike a mag however, there doesn't appear to be a sear, which means that the only thing that holds the bolt back is spring tension and a lack of pressure pushing the bolt forward, at this moment I would like to point out that for this reason this marker is likely to run at relatively high pressures and have a very high-flow version of the MQ valve. Furthermore, if you take a good look you can see that if the only thing in the bottom tube is an MQ valve that there is a massive amount of room to act as a dump chamber/volumizer, which is likely a good thing as the marker probably needs a lot of air to fire.
My predictions:
- This marker will be innefficient
- This marker will have almost no kick
- This marker likely has a copy of AGD's Level 10 bolt (the best ACS bolt ever made)
- A mechanical version likely will appear if Deadly Wind ever gets past patent issues with the hAir trigger
An autococker MQ, so people understand what I'm reffering to:
How to make this marker EP:
(assuming they don't redesign the MQ much)
Now, to answer to soccerjacks original question (which I will answer as if it weren't rhetorical), it can't be fully EP because that would require either a more complex solenoid assembly than the existing one, or another solenoid altogether, either way the amount of gain would be negligible.
To make this marker EP you would have to remove the solenoid portion of the MQ and replace the back end of the valve portion with a slug with a hole drilled and tapped in it, and a QEV placed in this hole and a LP hose leading down into the frame. Then the spring would have to be removed from the top of the tube and a tapped hole would have to be made with an LP hose routed through a QEV leading down to the frame (and the bolt would likely need modification to ensure that it seals correctly). Then an ION board/solenoid could be placed in the frame, with both the LP hoses being routed into the output of the solenoid with a "T" fitting, the input could be plugged as it is no longer needed (as the gas in the MQ would supply pressure to the front of the bolt as well, although the passage through the MQ poppet might have to be widened). The result would be that the venting of the solenoid would drop the pressure in the LP hoses and thus actuate the QEV's, which would vent the pressure in the fore section of the bolt and the aft of the MQ.
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