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aznazsnipr
03-23-2005, 06:34 AM
I just recently installed the Z Board into my eggy.. After I put it together I realized that it does not have the Speed adjuster knob like the Y board... is this normal or did I get a defective board... Thanks a lot guys
1boobfromSector 7-G
03-23-2005, 08:13 AM
they do not have a speed adjuster knob, I own two and niether of them do.
El Pirata
03-23-2005, 05:09 PM
Yup that's exactly it. My first one I noticed this and thought I had not lined it up correctly and took the thing apart only to find a lack of the adjustor knob. After a little research I found that they did not use the adjustor knob.
Angel4boy
03-23-2005, 06:18 PM
put your finger in the feedneck and poke it in and out (with loader on) and you will hear a change in speed...it goes faster when it detects passing balls to keep up with your gun..so there is no need for the adjuster..
Major Morningwood
03-23-2005, 07:29 PM
A potentiometer is basically a variable resistor. As the knob is turned up the resistance is lessened, hence more power gets to the motor and therefore it is faster. As the pot is turned down the reverse happens. The only problem with pots is that you cannot have a variable resistor yield no resistance on its highest setting. They had to remove this otherwise some voltage would have been lost as most people kept it turned up to the highest setting anyway.
El Pirata
03-23-2005, 09:48 PM
put your finger in the feedneck and poke it in and out (with loader on) and you will hear a change in speed...it goes faster when it detects passing balls to keep up with your gun..so there is no need for the adjuster..
Must be nice to have any finger that is small enough to do that.
Angel4boy
03-23-2005, 09:52 PM
hehehe pinky..a stick or paintball can work too...w/e can break the beam..
Sparco
03-23-2005, 09:57 PM
Too bad VL didn't send some sort of plastic or rubber plug for the hole on the side of your loader now. I remember the first week I had mine before I get it plugged I took a direct hit there and paint covered the board inside.
Angel4boy
03-23-2005, 09:59 PM
anything messed up ??besides the mess ??
El Pirata
03-23-2005, 10:20 PM
hehehe pinky..a stick or paintball can work too...w/e can break the beam..
I knew about sticks, battle swabs etc... I just thought it must be nice to have an option of using a finger.
aznazsnipr
03-23-2005, 10:55 PM
Too bad VL didn't send some sort of plastic or rubber plug for the hole on the side of your loader now. I remember the first week I had mine before I get it plugged I took a direct hit there and paint covered the board inside.


Thanks alot for the info guys... I was really worried .... Sparco I am worried about the same thing... did it mess up the board from all the paint getting inside ??
Sparco
03-23-2005, 11:34 PM
Fried the board actually, don't know how. I sent the whole loader to VL, they replaced the entire thing and plugged the hole for me.

That was almost 2 years ago, though. At the time my roommate worked for JT so he got it done for me. Don't think they'd do the same now.
aznazsnipr
03-24-2005, 06:07 AM
I guess a peice of tape will have to do... thanks anyways
El Pirata
03-24-2005, 12:26 PM
Piece of tape, sticker, super glue, etc... There are many things you can use to plug the hole or just leave it open.
Ronin Samurai
03-24-2005, 02:27 PM
its amazing because after u putthe zboard in it looks like its not that much faster, but aparently it is because i put up the setting of my speed and it still could keep up.
GusTopher
03-27-2005, 08:44 AM
Glad to hear that, I am throwing a Z in my egg soon...