Going tankless?

[Jose Fabian]

Hey everyone, nice to be a part of these forums.

So I've been thinking the last couple of days about how to get rid of pressurized tanks, everything from motorized belts to pistons and whatnot.

I finally came up with this, and I haven't worked out the numbers, nor am I in a state of mind to do it, but I'd like to post it to see if anyone thinks it's worthwhile:

How about using the principles of a coil gun to propel a hammer that pressurizes air

A) for each shot
B) stores it in an internal tank that transfers it to a valve.

I haven't thought about practicality yet, it's late here and I haven't had much sleep. Does it seem feasible to make a kit that would modify existing markers to use this system? Or does it seem better to create a new one? I would just go for a personal model and could make a prototype with the right amount of advice shopping for components. Would be open for any future enterprise and have some capital :D

[Jose Fabian]

Actually worked it out, and it could be done but very badly.

I think the alternative would be have a compressor and use a pressure, closer to what's needed for a single paintball shot, and have enough for 30 effective shots. Have that whole assembly in the stock of the marker

Then have a good enough rechargeable battery to be used for 1 refill of the tank, and put that in the magazine and have contacts on where it connects to the marker, so that changing magazines would effectively be changing batteries. I think it would be a good and ideal approach to a milsim marker, limited shots to 30 or such a number per magazine, and no huge tanks to carry around.

[Ydna]

Sounds sorta-kinda like the Evolt concept...though I don't know too much about their specifics. Well not the coil gun part, but the charging for one ball part. lol
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[Jose Fabian]

yeah
i abandoned the coilgun, and am just looking for a compressor.
i actually want to charge for several shots.

[jwigum]

I suspect you'll be hard pressed to find a way to do it that's safe, convenient and desirable.

I try not to think about how much energy is sitting under my forearm when I'm running around playing paintball. Compressed gas is pretty effective, and very reliable.
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[betasniper]

Instead of trying to go tankless, I would try to figure out a way to make the energy density of something greater than compressed air. Propane is an example of that but has it's drawbacks.
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[FirePro84]

like the fact that it's flammable? heh.

didn't the tippy C3 pump claim something ridiculous like 50,000 shots on a 16oz propane tank?
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[Surestick]

More like the heat generated when you burn it.
Too much heat and you'll have problems with the paint, I believe that's why Tippmann made the C3 a pump.
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