[andrewthewookie]

Dragon1291, on 02 October 2012 - 06:02 PM, said:

Only thing to worry about is wear of Orings and regulator maintenance.

Why would o-rings or reg maintenance be any different or worse than on a normal Vibe? The difference is the valve, everything else in the gun could be almost exactly the same.

[Dragon1291]

andrewthewookie, on 02 October 2012 - 06:06 PM, said:

Dragon1291, on 02 October 2012 - 06:02 PM, said:

Only thing to worry about is wear of Orings and regulator maintenance.

Why would o-rings or reg maintenance be any different or worse than on a normal Vibe? The difference is the valve, everything else in the gun could be almost exactly the same.

I meant that in a positive manner.
I mean compared to current rental fleets that are sear trippers, maintenance of these "Mech Vibes" would be so much easier. No fear of the sear wearing down or bolt orings getting shredded due to the sear.

[andrewthewookie]

I gotcha. I thought you meant regular eNVys vs mech eNVys. Yeah, I totally agree. A mech eNVy would be easier to deal with than a Tippmann. I get to deal with all my field's rental Tippmanns every weekend, so if I had to deal with mech eNVys instead, I'd be a much happier person.

This post has been edited by andrewthewookie: 02 October 2012 - 07:17 PM

[bigx]

[tripp]

andrewthewookie, on 02 October 2012 - 10:41 AM, said:

I wonder if my field owner wants to send me to world cup...

i have a free offer on the table right now, and ive been thinking of turning it downive got free hotel and car ride, but need to cover everything else lol


this mech ion really makes me wanna go though

[tallsmallboy44]

Mech Ions for everybody!!!

[Jaccen]

andrewthewookie, on 02 October 2012 - 12:29 PM, said:

I seriously doubt it'll be a closed bolt. Also, I'd say Yoda popularized the whole mech Ion thing, but he wasn't exactly the pioneer.

Sorry, I should have more clearly stated the 2 distinct thoughts there.

First thought: I hope this new marker is pneu and closed bolt. It's unlikely, but I can dream.

Second thought: It would be nice if GoG gave props to the work of people within the pb community for the idea of a mech ion. Not only Yoda specifically, just the community in general. Ydna made the first one I was aware of, but I'm not even sure he was the first.

http://www.zdspb.com...dnamechion.html

Even if all they said was "we noticed the community coming up with pneumatic-only ways to use our markers and thought we'd take our spin at it" or something like that. Just a general acknowledgement that the idea was community driven--that's all.

[andrewthewookie]

But why closed bolt? It's not any better than open bolt, and just brings in new obstacles to the situation. I will admit that the closed bolt Ion project intrigues me, but that's because I know what I'm doing with a paintball gun. For someone just getting into paintball, you'll want them to have the most foolproof and easy to use gun they can get. They'll have to use underbored barrels, and having a closed bolt significantly decreases the time allotted to get a paintball in the breech. An open bolt gun is just naturally timed better for grav-fed and other non-forcefeed loaders.

This post has been edited by andrewthewookie: 02 October 2012 - 11:54 PM

[Cpt Bebop]

I think we may have a case of closed vs enclosed bolt misnomer

[andrewthewookie]

For it to be a spool, by definition it has to be "enclosed," which isn't the issue. We're definitely talking about open vs closed bolt.

[unfated33]

Cpt Bebop, on 03 October 2012 - 11:18 AM, said:

I think we may have a case of closed vs enclosed bolt misnomer

Could be, but it's a bit confusing if so. The Mech Ion conversion is already an enclosed bolt, and there is already an enclosed bolt marker in the low STBB market (The Tippman 98c/A-5/BT-4 type models). If the original commenter wants that, it's already available in a stock or modified manner.

But, giving him the benefit of the doubt, maybe he's just restating what many of us hope - that they're going to make their own version of the Mech Ion kit.

EDIT: Ninja'd. That's what I get for taking so long to write out a comment.

This post has been edited by Unfated33: 03 October 2012 - 12:10 PM

[erg993]

Andrew is all over this thread lol.

If this really is a mechanical spool for about $100ish, I'll be all over it.

[madsnipes]

wow

i hope this is what we think it is

[SOUP]

Single trigger, I think you guys are onto something here.

[mr.satire]

I would be curious to see if they offer a conversion kit, for current owners, since they are not all that common

[XxJellyFilledxX]

I approve.

[andrewthewookie]

Oh hell yes.

[bigx]

andrewthewookie, on 03 October 2012 - 04:40 PM, said:

Oh hell yes.

someone has a woody

[hillcow]

SOUP, on 03 October 2012 - 03:10 PM, said:

Single trigger, I think you guys are onto something here.

Where did you find this pic?

[SOUP]

Peanut butter nation