I'm not sure if you've read kashmunni's adjustable hop up but you may all know that in a bbmg the rubber will wear away extremely fast. So I've thought of another way to build a hop-up that is durable and adjustable. Doing this will probably slow down the rate of fire but it should increase the range and power.
Just a picture of what the hop-up looks like. Basically the ball bearing sits on top of the barrel with a quarter of the bb hang down into the barrel. The blue stopper is the adjustable bit wear you push down on the spring for more hop-up and vice versa.
How to make it adjustable? It works as the spring becomes more compressed the harder for the bb "leaving the barrel" to push it up (it's common sense). The ball bearing used should be much denser than the ball bearing that's being fired for obvious reasons.
Why does it get more power? It's just theory but when the bb becomes jammed the pressure is built up until the spring cannot handle the pressure causing the spring to push up and bursting a small amount of air out. It's probably better to position the hop up but it's just an example.
Just to see how the thing works from this link on spudfiles.
http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/viewtop ... caca4e710f
Opinions on this idea? Was going to use it for my next cloud.
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