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by SSCBen
Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:15 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Water Cannons [formerly Launchers] - A New Class of Weaponry!
Replies: 91
Views: 17093

You will get far more than 80X output from this, even at 60 PSI or below. I did my 120X shot on SuperCAP at only 60 PSI. The internal diameter of the pressure chamber is the same on both water guns, so given that the surface area on the water is the same, the power will be similar. 100 foot distanc...
by SSCBen
Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:59 pm
Forum: Modifications
Topic: My Next Mod Project - Inspired by XN
Replies: 5
Views: 1444

Ok, without making myself sound like too much of an idiot, I'm gonna go ahead and ask the question that's been burning me up for weeks: What's the big deal with PC-swapping? I can't imagine that spherical PCs differ in quality between generations...so why do it? What advantage does it give? I'm pro...
by SSCBen
Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:51 pm
Forum: Water Blasters
Topic: Who has a CPS 2000?
Replies: 17
Views: 3534

That is interesting, but it would give you one hell of a kick if you were the one shooting it, as LRT expands 850% its normal volume. On sscentral, it is recommended that you replace the bladder cover with PVC if you do that. No, not really. The user reported little or no noticable change in perfor...
by SSCBen
Tue May 30, 2006 5:23 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Homemade on www.sscentral.org
Replies: 8
Views: 2288

That's interesting because I was under the impression that COPPA is required for all websites that could potentially collect information from children. That's the impression I was getting at least from the forums I've read on forum administration. Then again, I've been reading this link which state...
by SSCBen
Sun May 28, 2006 8:07 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Homemade on www.sscentral.org
Replies: 8
Views: 2288

If he's talking about the COPPA form, then emailing it to me wouldn't be legal. You have to mail it to me and I have to keep it on file. That is a federal law and is not my choice. iSoaker is supposed to follow US federal law because his server is located in the US, but he doesn't, so you can go he...
by SSCBen
Sun May 21, 2006 4:14 pm
Forum: Water Blasters
Topic: OUR CPS REBELION! - Make a stand.
Replies: 8
Views: 1757

Petitions don't do a thing. Neither do letter or email campaigns. It seems that we revisit this with new members each year. You'll need thousands of signatures before this petition actually adds up to a sizable portion of those who buy water guns. We don't even have 1000 currently active members of...
by SSCBen
Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:42 pm
Forum: Modifications
Topic: Arctic Shock, Oozinator and CPS2000? - Modifying, heh heh heh
Replies: 6
Views: 2493

No offense, but this sounds like a terrible idea and a definite waste of a CPS 2000. The water can be cold in the CPS 2000, or any water gun for that matter, without using the Arctic Shock's parts. The Arctic Shock would be limiting in the total water capable of being cooled anyway. All the Arctic ...
by SSCBen
Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:31 am
Forum: Water Blasters
Topic: 1977- first ever Airpressure water gun - Cosmic Liquidator
Replies: 4
Views: 1417

I remember that there was some discussion at WWN about this. I had seen an online vintage toy store that was selling a few of these as well. I've also seen the patent for this water gun and I'll pull it up if I come across it again. I don't believe they sued Larami for making an air pressure water ...
by SSCBen
Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:13 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Repairs
Topic: CPS 2000 repair! - PC has a hole in it
Replies: 8
Views: 1772

I very highly doubt that a rubber pressure chamber can be repaired by putting a bike inner tube on the inside of the pressure chamber. In my mind, that can only get close to occuring when the bike tube's outer diameter is exactly the same as the CPS 2000's PC's inner diameter. That's not going to h...
by SSCBen
Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:51 pm
Forum: Water Blasters
Topic: How much is enough? - Power, output, etc.
Replies: 38
Views: 7228

Uh, sorry, Doom, but you're making a few physics flaws, too. Velocity of a stream leaving a soaker is positive (unless the wind blows it backwards), but acceleration is negative. Also, the car example isn't right since force does not equal zero. If you are hit by a car, your mass ends up accelerate...
by SSCBen
Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:13 pm
Forum: Water Blasters
Topic: How much is enough? - Power, output, etc.
Replies: 38
Views: 7228

How much is enough for me? Only more than what the competition has. :;): Sarcasm aside, I'd like to see (and have seen) water guns that shoot over 60 feet. Output doesn't matter too me, in fact, I would prefer lower outputs for the shot time benefits. A flinch still will happen with 2X. Will we see...
by SSCBen
Sat Apr 08, 2006 1:45 pm
Forum: Water Blasters
Topic: Buzz Bee Toys Updates - 2006
Replies: 37
Views: 6139

Didn't the ARM XL break some copyright, resulting in the makers getting sued? Just wanted to bring that up, because I'm sure Super Soaker has some sort of copyright over it. I see your point though, because Water Worms are basically cylindrical bladders attached to a nozzle, with a check valve at t...
by SSCBen
Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:20 am
Forum: Water Blasters
Topic: Buzz Bee Toys Updates - 2006
Replies: 37
Views: 6139

Hydro-Power is sadly flawed in design, and will always be in CPS's shadow. It never will be better than a CPS system for several reasons, namely the drop off and lack of linear design. Both of those problems can be fixed somewhat, but a cylindrical rubber CPS PC wouldn't have those problems to begi...
by SSCBen
Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:55 am
Forum: Water Blasters
Topic: Retail Large Cannon design proposal/suggestion thr
Replies: 44
Views: 7038

Everyone should forget CPS. I've been waiting for another Super Soaker 300. Air pressure is simple and while some may believe it is obsolete compared to other systems, it sure isn't. Drop off can be avoided with a good design. There's plenty of things you can do on top of that. Summary of my demand...
by SSCBen
Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:58 pm
Forum: Water Blasters
Topic: Latest Soaker / Water Blaster
Replies: 779
Views: 241300

Latest homemade water gun: Supercannon II, hopefully soon to be completed.

Latest non-homemade water gun: original XP 150 from last summer.
by SSCBen
Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:14 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Repairs
Topic: Max-D 5000 repair
Replies: 3
Views: 1062

We do have articles on most trigger valve repairs, but none on Max-D repair. M's site does have another article with pictures if the one here doesn't help you Croc: http://www.geocities.com/m15399/rubberband.html
by SSCBen
Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:00 pm
Forum: Water Blasters
Topic: Soaker suggestions for a newbie
Replies: 6
Views: 1548

The Water Warriors Blazer and Super Soaker Flash Flood both are excellent choices. Pick one (or both since you have the money) and you can't go wrong given the choices this year. eBay also will get you older water guns, but as iSoaker said, they will be overpriced essentially to the point where the...
by SSCBen
Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:11 pm
Forum: Water Blasters
Topic: Protector: New Storm soaker?
Replies: 14
Views: 2682

That page has been up for over a year. It does appear that they have updated the images however. The other water gun shown does appear to be new, but then again, we do not know of most Storm water guns so it can be hard to say definitively whether or not a water gun is new.
by SSCBen
Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:58 pm
Forum: Tips & Tactics
Topic: Soaker-Terms Schemes - looking for consensus
Replies: 13
Views: 2304

That's not what I mean. I meant that actual statistical calculations are done to determine where a water gun stands against all others, not just the CPS 2000. I merely used that as an example because it probably is the 100th percentile for water guns. That is fairly close, but not very close becaus...
by SSCBen
Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:17 pm
Forum: Tips & Tactics
Topic: Soaker-Terms Schemes - looking for consensus
Replies: 13
Views: 2304

All of these classifications sound good. The only thing that might need adjustment would potentially be the ranges of each class, but it looks like you have every possibility covered. This whole idea brings to mind a neat idea: graphing where most water guns stand in each statistic. To the best of ...