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by **ShowNoMercy** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:52 pm

I was thinking of designs for a new cannon and I have a supah valve and was hoping to use it in a Coax design. Any suggestions?

by **Freefall** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:05 pm

I'm confused...how do you plan on doing that?

by **ShowNoMercy** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:17 pm

Thats what I was wondering. Do you think its possible?

by **shadowscion** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:27 pm

Okayyyy....so what would be the point in doing that. The only thing you could use it as in a coax would be the exhaust right? That would be a waste...

by **ShowNoMercy** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:52 pm

Maybe I am using the wrong word to describe my thoughts of this gun, by coax I mean that the barrel runs through the tank and then a valve connects the two spaces. So therefore a Supah valve would still provide the benefits it has. I got the idea from this site, http://www.advancedspuds.com/pneumatic.htm and want to replace the sprinkler valve with my supah. Is that plausible or worth it?

by **Freefall** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:52 pm

I can think of ways that it might work, IF the Supah is configured a certain way. It might be possible to use the piston-end components in a plain coupler with a minimum amount of extra work (just drill a few screw holes in the coupler).
Since I don't know the details of the Supah internals, I can't really help yet.

However...
If any forum member does have reliable information on the internals of a Supah (photos of a disassembled valve), please contact me via my listed e-mail. (Sgort?)

by **ShowNoMercy** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:58 pm

Well my plan as of now is to get some right angle pieces and have it basicaly imitate the one coax above. I am gonna wrk on the details in a few.

by **An Apple Pie** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:07 pm

Here is a link to one of Joel's old launchers that uses a Supah in a coaxile setup.
http://web.archive.org/web/199601010000 ... /9302.html
(copy and paste the whole thing into the browser URL bar thing)

Freefall- There are some pics of the internals here
http://www.spudfiles.com/spud_wiki/inde ... upah-Valve

by **shadowscion** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:14 pm

Whoa that looks pretty cool actually(the launcher)

by **ShowNoMercy** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:25 pm

yea my thoughts exactly, that answered all my questions, thanks a lot!
Btw would you happen to know how that gun functioned?

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