Z board

[Snowfire]

Ok. I used an empire today, and it shot soo much faster on my speed, making me think wtf is wrong with my egg. The guy I got the egg from SAID it was a z board, and it shot faster than my OLD egg w/o the zboard. But it still seems slow. It doesnt use a button to turn on, but a switch, plus it doesnt have the speed adjustor nob. Plus I am afraid that if it isnt a zboard, and I put one in, the egg will fall apart, cuz all of the screw holes are shatering. So, is this a zboard, or a weird board?

[Ronin Samurai]

it sounds like th ez board, maybe ur running out of battery. the z board is always pumping at 22bps so it doesnt have a adjuster knob. it gets slower when it starts runnign out of bat.

[Snowfire]

I replaced them and it still runs slow. Maybe just a bad board.

[dahvaio]

Z-Boards don't have the speed adjuster knob.... Replacement shells are relatively cheap like $20 or so...

Z-Boards also have the battery saver.... it should spin for a second or two when you turn it on and then stop until you pull the trigger and it senses that balls are being shot...

[Snowfire]

It spins fast with a bal there, then only slowly when no ball. BUt no adjustment nob.

[Paintballjc]

It spins fast with a bal there, then only slowly when no ball. BUt no adjustment nob.
zboards dont need a nob... they speed calibrate themselves.

[Horarik]

It spins fast with a bal there, then only slowly when no ball. BUt no adjustment nob.


Z-Boards also have the battery saver.... it should spin for a second or two when you turn it on and then stop until you pull the trigger and it senses that balls are being shot...


So yeah when it slows down its just the battery saver. If you throw in some paintballs and turn it on it will ripp em out until they are gone then it will gear down and go slow....

[dahvaio]

The Z-Board that I had... would stop... and would not spin until I pulled the trigger on my gun... and then when I stopped shooting, it would spin for about 2 seconds and completey stop..

Once the hopper was completely empty, it would spin for 2 seconds and stop... I've never had my Z-Boarded Egg, "Gear down and go slow" after emptying a hopper.... if the hopper was empty it would completely stop...

[Horarik]

hm..thats what mine and my friend's does....

how does the hopper know its empty?? technicly wouldnt it not notice a ball and keep trying to feed them??

[Major Morningwood]

Dahvaio, the Z board does gear down and run slow when the balls are not feeding in the neck, it will continue running until a ball passes the eyes at which point it will increase speed until the feedneck is empty or the balls stop completely. Initially, when the balls are loaded into the feedneck it will speed up for 2 seconds and then it will stop. I have never seen a Z-board or even a Y-board for that matter act the way your Egg is.

Snowfire, first of all, you do have a Z-board since you do not have the adjustment pot. Secondly, you obviously have the early style shell which had the weak screw connections, I would definitely recommend upgrading the shells and maybe the feedneck as the newer shells are extremely thick and more sturdy. Once thing I have noticed on several eggs is the poor design of the dual 9 volt connector. This thing causes so much resistance due to the poor connection that it eats batteries quickly and as you are shaking the hopper the batteries will move enough that the voltage will increase and decrease to the board and motor. I have done this fix for many friends as well as myself. Take two 9 volt battery connectors, (you can get a 5 pack from Radio Shack very cheap) and cut the black wire on one connector and the red wire on the other connector about 1 inch from the connector. Solder those wires together and cover with heat shrink tubing. Open your egg and remove the three prong connector that is connected to the battery board used for the egg. Cut both wires on the connector about 2 inches from the black plastic connector. Solder the remaining black and red wires from the 9 volt clips to the corresponding black and red wires attached to the 3 prong connector. Once you have finished, orient the plastic connector back over the correct leads on the Z-board noting the polarity on the board. Feed your battery clips into the battery holder and leave the original 9 volt battery board out of the egg. When you are ready to use the egg, just clip the connectors on each 9 volt and then place the batteries in the egg. The wires will feed back into the slot in the bottom of the battery holder and you will have a much stronger and no resistance connection. Without the spring clip circuit board in place your batteries will also fit in better and not put as much pressure on the battery door. This will prevent broken doors and broken shells. If you need more information or further explanation, PM me.

[dahvaio]

My bad, I assumed that most people wouldn't be firing if the hopper was empty; therefore, when my hopper was empty, I stopped firing, the hopper spun around a few seconds and stopped...

[Horarik]

My bad, I assumed that most people wouldn't be firing if the hopper was empty; therefore, when my hopper was empty, I stopped firing, the hopper spun around a few seconds and stopped...


I dont get how it stopped. It should keep spinning right?? Just like major said... maybe im missing something.

Major: im gonna have to try that when i get my new egg. Thanks for the idea.

[Snowfire]

Hmm, interesting. Thanks for all that info I will have to try that after I get a new shell, and feed neck.