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11-23-2019, 09:56 PM | #1 |
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Band suggestions
60” gun, 160cm 8mm shaft, 135mm of band stretch. I’m thinking three 14mm small is bands but I’m not sure what % to cut them to.
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11-23-2019, 10:00 PM | #2 |
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Re: Band suggestions
Start at 360% and assess from there. I would think 360 would be more than enough. You could go as high as 380 but, I believe it’s better to start lower. You can always make em hotter if it’s not working for you. As Spearq8 has demonstrated, having an enormous amount of power can take away performance.
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11-24-2019, 01:43 AM | #3 |
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Re: Band suggestions
for abellan gun 160 8 spear is fired by 2*15 mm 370% so any band combination giving the same power value it should work ,In high stretch value band relaxation is a main problem ,you will notice after the first dive your power getting low , you need to re-cut your bands ,this happen when I bought the violet sigal rubber ,for me I prefer the old classic school 4*14 regular 360% .
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11-24-2019, 02:25 AM | #4 |
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Yea I’d rather not run super high 380+ stretch values. That’s interesting that you run four 14mm at 360
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11-25-2019, 08:50 PM | #5 |
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Hi, Go with 14.5mm Small ID 28", 29", 30" is HOT or 29", 30", 31" is less hot. I think this is for the 155RH?
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11-27-2019, 01:33 AM | #6 |
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8mm shaft loves 14.5mm small ID bands. Start at 360% and if you can push them to 380% ... all the better. If you have 135cm of band stretch ... that will be very close to Terminal Velocity of the 8mm shaft at 380% ... so I would go with that rather than put on a 3rd band. A 3rd band won't give you that much added performance unless you move on to an 8.5mm shaft. I would avoid using 4 bands as with that many bands they tend to interfere with each other and you really have to design the gun so that the band paths are totally free from each other (easier said than done).
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11-27-2019, 01:38 AM | #7 | |
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Bands will always stretch out if new, but after the first stretch they will stabilize. You can either over stretch them about 20% and after a few firings they will drop to the level you want ... or of course if you can do it safely, just load the gun and wait a couple hours and unload it ... and cut one end and retie. By the way the Sigalsub violet bands are terrible when compared to the Primeline small ID bands. Although those purple bands are made by Primeline, I am not sure why ... but they have don't have the elastic stretch that the normal Primeline bands have. It could be an admixture that Sigalsub requested to be added, or maybe the temperature when those bands were made was too cold ... but they certainly don't perform like the regular small ID bands from Primeline. For the purple bands I found it extremely difficult to even load at 350% while usually 380% on the normal Primeline is quite easy at 14.5mm small ID. |
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11-27-2019, 11:37 AM | #8 |
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Re: Band suggestions
If you want my advice, start at 300-330%.
You can always cut some more...
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11-28-2019, 07:36 AM | #9 |
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Re: Band suggestions
I run 4 x14 and have found it to be really smooth yet powerful. It’s also easy to load.
I haven’t tried the small ID bands yet because I’ve been so happy with the performance of the regular 14s. My gun has been working so well I’m afraid to change anything. |
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03-10-2020, 10:06 AM | #12 | |
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