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sprinkler valve question
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:02 pm
by 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.
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:05 pm
by 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.
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:09 pm
by thespeedycicada
no i mean will having a valve smaller than the barell effect perfomce as opposed to one the same size as the barrel
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:11 pm
by paaiyan
Well, logic dictates that a bigger one will work better, but compared to your ball valve, even the smaller sprinkler valve is better.
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:14 pm
by sjog
ball valves suck
springler valve will work better, there is no doubt
just do it
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:47 pm
by thespeedycicada
sjog wrote: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!
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:17 pm
by 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.
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:21 pm
by thespeedycicada
where can i find out how to spring load my ball valves?
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:55 pm
by frankrede
^idiot/
Its quite a simple concept kid.
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:02 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
frankrede wrote: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.
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:02 pm
by hi
its not hard and if you cant figure it out you shouldnt build it. its litterally just a spring that pulls it open.
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:05 pm
by thespeedycicada
yeah i figured it out but im just gonna mod the valve.Dont Know why i couldnt figure it out.