sprinkler valve question

[thespeedycicada]

After my ballvalve pneumatic cannons got belittled umpteen times i am moving on to sprinkler valves but all i have is a 1 inch valve and i want to make a golf ball cannon will the 1 inch valve affect peformance and if so how much? sorry im quite a noob with pneumatics.

[Panzerfaust]

Affect performance as compared to what? Any sprinkler should give much better performance as compared to a ball valve. There are things better than a sprinkler (If you can get a QEV that should be even better) but a sprinkler is a fairly easy to use and readily avaliable option that will give good power.

[thespeedycicada]

no i mean will having a valve smaller than the barell effect perfomce as opposed to one the same size as the barrel

[paaiyan]

Well, logic dictates that a bigger one will work better, but compared to your ball valve, even the smaller sprinkler valve is better.

[sjog]

ball valves suck
springler valve will work better, there is no doubt
just do it

[thespeedycicada]

ball valves suck
springler valve will work better, there is no doubt
just do it

i know that i was just asking if the 1 inch valve im using for the 1.5 inch barrel would efect performance as opposed to a 1.5 inch valve i think paaiyan answered that though. but more details would be fine!

[hi]

you know with long barrels ball valves are acually better than sprinkler valves because of the high flow.

i have used both and i personally think they are about the same. of cource my ball valves are all spring loaded and open so fest you cant see what happened, but i worked the same.

[thespeedycicada]

where can i find out how to spring load my ball valves?

[frankrede]

^idiot/
Its quite a simple concept kid.

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

Its quite a simple concept kid.

The concept is simple but actually putting it into practice involves some pretty heavy duty engineering, especially on a scale larger than 1", it's more challenging than modding a sprinkler valve. I think the latter would be the best solution in this case.

[hi]

its not hard and if you cant figure it out you shouldnt build it. its litterally just a spring that pulls it open.

[thespeedycicada]

yeah i figured it out but im just gonna mod the valve.Dont Know why i couldnt figure it out.