flow coefficient?

Cannons powered by pneumatic pressure (compressed gas) using a valve or other release.
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Say, what I is the flow coefficient of a 3” coaxial piston valve?
I need to know for GGDT. Thanks all for answering all my questions.
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Do you have a cronie? Otherwise i'd say 30 - 40%.
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No but I wish I did. Do ya know where I can get a cheep cronie? thanks
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They usually run about $70-120
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ya well I’m to cheep to pay that much. Guess I’d better start look at the flea market.
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but where do you get them (a site would be nice). I will go check ebay now.
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www.Froogle.com, THE best place to look for a product.
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ok, thanks. how much do they go for at paintball stores?
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Generaly, I use about 50% for coaxial piston valves.

I don't know how accurate that is, and it's not exactly backed up by crono data... but 30% is way too low, and the HVPL-01 is giving me numbers in that vicinity. (samewhere between 55 and 80some%)
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what does that flow coefficient mean ? Dont understand ...
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I was wondering this last night, when I put in a higher number it says that it's optimistic but is 100 an achievable if this is how much flow is there with out using a burst disk.
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Squishy, I'm pretty sure that even a strait section of pipe has a flow coef. lower than 100%.
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As I said in the other topic, it's about 65% for straight pipe.

What 100% represents, I don't know.
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O, but WTH does it mean ?
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