txaggie08

pballa thats a little....well hit and miss


Electronic guns are just that, electronicaly operated in one of three ways.

1. Sear tripping solenoid. Most commonly used in guns not designed to be purely electronic. An electric solenoid applies force in the same manner as you pulling the trigger would. It either pushes back, or pulls down on the sear that releases a hammer(or in the case of an automag works the on/off....rare exception) and opens , generaly(again not in the mag), some form of poppit valve. This can also be acomplished pneumaticaly with a spring return ram in place of a solenoid.

2. Electro pneumatic/blowback hybrid. These guns, such as the wrath or BKO, use a small airsolenoid to drive a ram forward with air from a low pressure regulator to open the valve. a spring then returns the ram/hammer to battery.

3. Fully electro pneumatic. These guns are designed from the ground up to operate only with an electronic solenoid providing air to a ram. There are several different version of this system, but they all operate off the smae principle. A solenoid valve allows air into a piston(or ram) assembly and drives the bolt forward. When the bolt enters "battery" the valve(be it poppit or spool) fires a ball, and the solenoid reverses the flow of air to the ram, driving it to the rear. That design is standard for all higher end guns. IT gives greater effeciency, lower kick, and potential for higher speeds.

There are some variations from those basic setups.

An Autococker for example, utilises not only a sear/spring return hammer combination, but also utilizes pneumatics to recock itself. That comes from its own unique history and evolution, it started life as a pump.

Another hybrid is the E-mag, and its home-brew relatives. It is one of the few sear-trippers(sear tripping solenoid) that does not release a hammer, but releases the bolt and pushes the on off assembly.


There are also other variations liek the MQ valve, wich i have naither the experience, nor technical understanding to adequatly explain to you how it works.


All these designs are actuated("set off" so to say) via the same basic method.

When the trigger of an "E"-gun is pulled, a microswitch, either optical,magnetic, or mechanical, is actuated that tells the gun to fire. This switch transmits a signal to a controller board the same way a mouses button, or a keyboard would. That board then activates the guns firing cycle.

Several things determine what goes on there that determine wether the gun fires, and how many shot happen per-trigger pull.

The Dwell setting on a board determines how long the solenoid stays activated(ie, how long it stays in the "on position").

The "mode" determines how many shots a gun is capable of, how many will come out per trigger pul etc. There are "ramping" modes that will begin to add shots as you sustain a certain trigger pull speed. There are also "ful" auto modes, as well as bursts, and a mutlitude of other "extra" modes, some of wich are legal in certain tournaments and fields, and require special consideration of the rules.

De-bounce is a mode common to many boards that helps keep extremely sensitive triggers from bouncing and setting themselves off while the gun is firing. This is necessary to stop runaway full auto.

"eyes" on and off. As far as i'm concerned, eyes are the greates thing to come out of the "E" gun generation. These are optical sensors in the breech of the gun that detect wether a paintball is in the breach. With them equipped and turned on, the gun will not fire unless a ball is in the breech ready to fire. Its allowed unholy rates of fire to be possible without balls being broken by the action of the bolt.


There are many variations on "E" guns, and that is by no means perfect. Ask for clarifications if need be, I definetly do not mind answering.


BTW, and im by no means inplying THIS, but something like this should be stickied as an explanation for these kinds of questions in this forum. just a thought

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