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Trying to find a starting point were I can adjust my smartparts custom ion board settings?
So i have a smart parts ion (one of the original ones), i have made some customizations of my own: Black cell basic body kit, black cell longbow stock w/ air-thru, orange ion unicorn nano bolt, black heart board, Warrior Paintball Ion Roller Trigger and i have both co2 and hpa tanks. So now that you know what my gun consists of i am looking for good general board settings for OK D-Day 2010. I live in a small town and can only get co2 refills but when i go to D-Day i understand they have hpa so hpa settings would be preferred, if not both co2 and hpa. My gun works pretty good now but when i shoot the balls like to veer of to one direction or another, my psi gauge shows 185 to 200 psi when hooked to C02, if that helps any.
You shouldn't be using co2 with an Ion. If liquid co2 were to get inside the gun, it can destroy the solenoid. And since the 'noid is attached to the board, you'd have to replace the whole board (unless you're good at de-soldering & re-soldering, and can find a cheap solenoid). Co2 is also unstable, commonly causing pressure spikes. When you say the gauge reads between 185-200 psi, that's bad - it shouldn't ever vary that much. It should start out at one steady pressure, reduce a little when you fire shots, then the needle should come right back to the same steady pressure. Make sure the psi never goes above 200, because the excess pressure could also damage the solenoid, blow internal hoses, etc.
Plus the stock regulator just doesn't like co2 - you'd have to get the tank anti-siphoned AND use a co2-friendly reg like a Palmer Stabilizer.
Board settings don't need changing because of the gas source, and there's no optimum setting for different situations UNLESS you're required to change the rate of fire or if you're allowed to use tourney modes or ramping. You can reduce your dwell a little because of the Nano bolt, though, maybe lower it by 5 flashes or clicks.
If you're wondering how to limit the rate of fire to a specific balls-per-second, check out this link: http://www.zdspb.com/tech/mguide/ion/adj_electronics_bh.html
It explains how to change the rate of fire in relation to the dwell, since changing it on the Ion isn't as simple as telling it you want so-and-so bps. It has a Recharge setting instead, which would have to be set to a specific number in relation to a specific dwell. Go to that link & scroll down to RECHARGE for a better explanation.
As for the paintballs curving, that can have a few different causes:
- The co2 causing pressure spikes. When pressure spikes, so does the velocity. That can launch the paintball above the legal limit (300 fps). While there's the danger of serious harm above those speeds, there's also the side-effect of paintballs losing accuracy - since they're essentially gel capsules filled with paint and not real bullets, they follow a different set of physics.
- Bad paintballs. Old paintballs, dimpled paintballs, bad paintballs, etc, simply won't fly straight no matter what you do.
- Wet barrel. It's cold, condensation builds up wherever there's moisture, it can collect inside the barrel. It creates a slip-n-slide for paintballs, and a paintball just loses control traveling on a wet surface at about 200 miles per hour (the rough translation of about 300 feet per second).
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