Fame for M2 at last!

5th January 2005, 11:52

I like the pink armour!

**anukhet** · 5th January 2005, 13:18

Theres hope yet

**knightrous** · 5th January 2005, 13:25

Now youve done it Paul, Philip will have a pneumatically operated ball valve on his FP featherweight now

Im deading the House of Carnage weekend :sad:

**m2xt** · 5th January 2005, 14:03

Pink! thats hardox rust. Talking about pink armour, Ive just ordered a pink Zeobot shell for my daughter, what is it with girls and pink?

**anukhet** · 5th January 2005, 14:15

Youre not a girl so you wouldnt know. Check my profile for an idea of my new look that will probably debut at Brighton.
I also hereby use my perogative as a girl to change my mind at very short notice......now where did I put those bunny ears?

**maddox** · 5th January 2005, 15:48

Oh no.... Karoline in Sailor Moon style....

That would cost a fortune in plastic chirugy.

On the other side, I can imagine you would have a following of drooling boys.

Paul, why the choise for a dual pressure system?You need low pressure to operate the ballvalve.
Isnt that a pity of the weight?
Also, with the size of the ram compared to the buffertanks, I think a valve like that, with the 22mm let trough overall, youre not winning much compared to 2 burkerts parallel.

Oh well, it will work beautifully.
And I still think the next generation of sremechs will be augmented with gyrostabilizers, steering fins, parachutes and trusters.

**m2xt** · 5th January 2005, 16:34

Mario, yes the ball valve system weighs more than a single solenoid valve but performance is many fold greater - so worth the weight. I have run many calculations optimising flowrate, buffer tanks and geometry and this set-up offers by far a better performance than two Burkerts but it is only theory. We will just have to wait and see what happens in practice. Did I mention it is also variable pressure, I can set the flipper pressure from 10 to 50 bar from the transmitter during the fight - so I get lots of M2 flips at lower pressures or a few Gravity style flips when I want them.

**maddox** · 5th January 2005, 16:39

Gravity III had a lot of flips in it. Thanks to the use of buffertanks,and the measures undertaken not to inject liquid in the ram itself.
The use of 2 2 kg bottles didnt hurt in itself either.But that took needed space and weight.

But the adjustable power can come in handy, when running in less than all out arenas.