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This is probably a useless post but i have a 3/4 and 1 1/2 qev,,,and i got a 1 1/4 barrel for d batteries


Which qev would be more ideal?

I was thinking the 3/4 cause its small but convient a d battery doesnt weigh much ,,and i think the 1 1\2 is over kill

Opinions???

jsefcik wrote:over kill

What is this strange expression of which you speak

I just think its to much

The larger one is slightly too much, but the 3/4" one is far too small, especially if you're not using high pressure.

For the 3/4 id certainly use @ least 100 psi

You'll get reasonable performance, but remember that while it might be half the diameter, the smaller valve will be about 4 times less effective.

JSR has it right. IMO, the larger the better, but if it feels too bulky relatively to other parts of the gun it will... erh... be too large.
A case example: My marble shooter has a valve with an outlet 1/2 inch wide. I would like it to be larger (maybe 3/2 inches), but then it wouldn't fit in the other special valve I made which in turn needs to be sized to the caliber of the marbles (so it can't be larger; it actually could, but it would create too much dead volume, that is, space where air will stall and not propel the marble).

Dig makes sense,,,i have marbel barrel using 1/2 pvc it acutally sucks,,they get stuck in the barrel 9 out of 10 times,,ive used my 3/4 barrel and had better luck,,id like to find really good ammo for a 1/2 barrel i was using steel slugs but im running out lol

Was using lead balls but i lost my molds

Can't you make a mold by casting plaster around one of the marbles? After testing if that marble will fit into the barrel, obviously. Remember that marbles are made as toys, so their manufacture isn't much of a precision work.

jsefcik wrote:Was using lead balls but i lost my molds

It could have been worse, you could have been using lead molds and lost your balls

Darwin might have had a thing or two to say about that actually...

Dig_Gil wrote:but it would create too much dead volume, that is, space where air will stall and not propel the marble).

Possibly, but you may also be looking at it with an overly simple view of dead volume.

Dead volume can actually be beneficial. The valve is generally the main flow restriction - under these circumstances, the dead volume acts as something of a "capacitor" to store up some of the air coming through the valve.

This does reduce the initial pressure of course, but as the dead volume is generally less of a restriction, its stored air can allow pressures to be higher further down the barrel - this is the point that the projectile's picked up speed and is producing the rapidly expanding volume that needs higher flow to keep pressurised.

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As for choosing a valve, the accelerations involved are generally an important factor in how much flow is necessary.

For an example, GGDT predicts the 230 gram steel rod I used here as having a muzzle velocity of 67 m/s. Halving the valve diameter to 11mm gives a prediction of 60 m/s - about 90% of the velocity and 80% of the energy.
The 8 gram darts from these tests gives predictions of 265 m/s and 185 m/s under the same circumstances - this time about 70% of the velocity and 50% of the energy.

It's fairly simple. If the projectile's going to give you a long time to fill the space behind it, you don't need to fill the space behind it as fast.

For a D cell and 100 psi... well, that's never going to be setting speed records. Unless you're planning on also using considerably lighter projectiles than D cells, I'd say that using the 3/4" QEV won't hurt the performance much. Save the 1.5" sucker for a bigger project.

Makes sense,,,the 1 1/2 qev is set up mainly for golf balls and i got the 3/4 for free so might as well have some fun with it,,pvc is cheap,

Thats why i was wondering which one to use