WaterWar.net

Online I've seen a lot of knock-off CPS blasters over the years. (I've never seen any in person.) Some are reportedly good with CPS power, or nearly so, though perhaps have worse build quality and durability. The only way to know for sure is to buy it. However, this knock-off is probably bad. The la...

Hi, welcome to WWN. I don't recall anyone making a bladder from liquid latex before, but I do recall discussion of the idea. I would suggest trying it and reporting the results. As for the material, latex is probably used because it expands a lot and can return to essentially how it was before. Othe...

I haven't had as much time as I wanted to work on this, but I knocked out something very basic today. Simple forward Euler time stepping (which is inaccurate but fine for a demo). It passes a spot check, but I haven't done any detailed tests. I think we can start with this. See if you can make sense...

Wow, it's really unfortunate how bad the performance is. I flipped through all publicly available US patent applications with Hasbro as the assignee and didn't see anything matching this, so perhaps the patent application isn't public yet. I was interested in what they wrote about why they made this...

Nice finds. I'm curious what the water capacity of these blasters are. Interesting that Hasbro is going for QFD blasters. I'd guess that using QFDs could be a cost-saving measure, as they can replace the pump, some valves, and the reservoir with the QFD. I can't say I'm a fan of QFD-only blasters un...

Sorry for the delay. I've been busier than I had hoped. As I said on Discord, I need to make a Python implementation that you can convert to JS. It'll probably take a day or two for me to get it right, maybe more. I'm on leave from work right now but have some more pressing priorities. I'll get back...

Without opening the blaster, it's hard to tell. Open it up and let us know what you find. The bladder is fortunately one of the few components that can be replaced with off-the-shelf components. And they do tend to wear out, so replacing the bladder's probably a good idea even if that's not the issu...

Welcome to WWN. Yes, I think superglue should work fine if you sand off the old glue. Congrats on the classic find. Let us know if the superglue doesn't work and we can help figure out what to do next.

eBay sold items suggest that recently a CPS 3200 with backpack goes for $171.88 to $225. Gun-only is considerably cheaper at $45 to $48. Please note that these are just recent prices. Prices tend to spike in the summer and decrease until the next season. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=super+so...

Glad to see people still building! I should really redo the APH page, as the costs need to be updated and I would make some changes to improve safety. I wouldn't recommend cellular core pipe for the pressure chambers. And the 3" to 2" reducers I used originally (same ones you're using here) usually ...

i dont know if this information would be useful for you guys but i plan on posting the total cost the APH once all parts are bought. That'd be useful for me, thanks. I've been meaning to redo the guide I have online and update the prices, which are 15-20 years old at this point. the idea here is si...

Thanks for posting. Glad to see these sorts of battles are still happening! That's the biggest concentration of classic CPS blasters I've seen for a while. Hopefully Spyra will eventually release something with more capacity.

Welcome to WWN!

Nice pixel art. I've thought that cold water was underused, so I encourage you to try this out. As for what type of pressure chamber to use, I would suggest trying whatever is easiest for you. That's probably some sort of bladder, whether balloons or latex tubing.

Interesting, I hadn't heard about this. I assumed it was the same as the SpyraLX when I first saw the topic. The range is particularly disappointing. I think typically more water is needed to get good range. There was an interesting series of tests by iSoaker over a decade ago where he looked into w...

It used to be easier in phpBB to make a poll, but they've hidden the option now. In the forum you want to post in, click on the New Topic button. At the bottom, there are three tabs: Options, Attachments, and Poll creation. Click on Poll creation and you can make a poll. According to the admin CP, y...

Can you provide more information? I don't know why you're having that problem, so here are some questions that will help: What's the error message? Can you provide a screenshot?

I think once a poll has been created, it can't be edited. Make a new poll if you want to add an option.

I like some blasters like the XP 150, which have larger pumps. I'm not sure how a 3/4" pump would work on something more powerful, but I think I'd get used to the difficulty of pumping eventually. So I voted for 3/4".

Hi, welcome to WWN. As I suggested to you via email, you can check some reviews for detailed statistics: http://www.isoaker.com/Armoury/Analysis/1998/super_soaker_cps3000.php http://www.isoaker.com/Armoury/Analysis/2000/super_soaker_cps3200.php Some other reviews worth considering: http://isoaker.ne...

Probably, but I don't know much about that. You should look into making a pump for your homemade blaster.