Halo board choice ?

[Deanomatic]

I have been looking at the diff boards out there, since im a sucker for new gadgets.

But heres my problem.

i use reballs 2 times a week, and the halo jams up a lot on those little bastards !

now the only solution to this problem is a board that doesnt lock up and needs a restart everytime it jams.

the only board so far ive come across that uses the jam/reverse feature is the TAG cheetah board.

now the reason im asking is simply, there are other boards out that feed just as fast and cost less then half of the cheetah board.

do any of you know of OTHER options that dont cost in the region of what i could get a new halo for?

(ive actually considered buying a vlocity just cos of the price on that board)

[thatguy!]

The only other option you have is the Victory. It's slower than the Cheetah, but it has some antijam features, unlike the Angry.

Honestly, if you want a Cheetah, buy the Vlocity.

[Airmack]

No, don't get a Vlocity. The Cheetah board will make your loader ridiculously fast and it will not jam at all.

[angelballer4life]

^
qft

my friend has a velocity and after talking to him about i found out its not spring driven, the motor is constantly keeping pressure on the ball, so it makes this wierd noise like a motor that is trying to spin but can't, which is exactly what is happening, so it breaks allot more than a halo

[Mavrick]

Keep your board and use the new Intellifeed when it comes out soon. See Trigga Nometries vid during his testing of the board. http://www.angel-owners.com/showthread.php?t=51560
He is using reballs. No jam, chop or errors. Just smooth ball flow.

[Deanomatic]

im actually not looking for crazy feed speeds, im looking for the reverse action thing, the place i reball at was one of the sites where they were developed and our reballs arent all nice and smooth so they jam and ONLY a reverse feature can clear those(or restarting but thats what im trying to avoid)

but if the intellifeed would work with a cheetah board id prolly go for that.. (would it retain the antijam feature if used in intellifeed config?)



:)

[Mavrick]

Yes I believe it would. Without getting into all the electronic stuff about the new Intellifeed as long as you hook it up per the instructions it will work in harmony with any supported board. So to make this simple, in a way it bypasses the loader eyes and sends a signal to the board saying a ball has passed by the eyes. But.... if the eyes sense without a trigger pull it will also run the loader. I know I just made a mess of explaining this. :yawn: ! Anyways what you end up with is the best of both worlds. It will read a trigger pull first and advance the loader. If your settings are off on the amount of advance the eyes will finish the job.

To be honest here. I think any board will do what your asking with reballs as long as your marker board settings for the hopper feed are properly setup. It will only advance for the balls shot and that is it.

[Deanomatic]

i think we are talking past each other here.

the "antijam" is when the board reverses the paddles to clear the jam.

as far as i know the ONLY board that does that on auto is the cheetah board BUT.. its also a hell of a high price to pay for that single feature ;)

and part of my question is IF i was using this board, in intellifeed, would it retain the "antijam" feature (reversing) ??

with normal paint these issues arent ever a problem BUT since i play reball 2 times a week it IS a major issue for me still :)

I hope its not getting too complicated over nothing hehe anyways thx for help so far

[whitepimp259]

Empire Upgrade kit ftw

[Mavrick]

Dean,
I think your missing my point lol. Yes that feature would still work as designed to answer your question. But... I don't think you would ever see it used! The problem when not using the Intellifeed is the hopper running away or ahead of the gun cycles. With Intellifeed they match exactly. No over or under running and that nasty lag you see. You can also fine tune the hopper to time with the guns board. So I think if you have it setup up properly you would never see a reverse on your loader from jams or overfeeding. That is what I am trying to say....

[Deanomatic]

ahh ok.. so the intellifeed does not override the reverse function in case of a jam.

But trust me.. they will jam no matter how well set up.

but hey if i can get the best of both worlds .. im in ;) although ill be needing the "do it yourself" kit as im eurotrash and sending the gun to any of the MTs would be the same price i can play a small tourney for hehe

[budda]

just get intellifed and it works and feeds when the marker wants it to.

[ithecho84]

Ya those reballscuase alot of friction with their surfaces and are prone to jamming, so an intellifeed would have a few jamming issues too.

[OK85ZX]

what about getting an egg just for reball... they're cheap.

[Deanomatic]

Eggs are ok but again.. with worn reballs the friction gets them, ok they dont jam up but they get so slow that its kinda pointless unless i only practice snapshooting :)

and i dont mean any offense by it, the egg just doesnt cut it, ive tried.

:)

[Trigga Nometry]

Ya those reballscuase alot of friction with their surfaces and are prone to jamming, so an intellifeed would have a few jamming issues too.I have run about 3 cases worth (about 6,000 rounds) of Reballs through the MT Intellifeed (I still call it the Master Technafeed lol) and have yet to have a jam in that set-up using a stock Halo board. Of course, I always keep my Reballs clean and do not let them get dirty so that probably helps.

I have a Cheetah too but I do not want to mess with that board until I can simply plug the new intellifeed into it. The prototype intellifeed I have right now is soldered onto the stock Halo board and I don't want to take solder to a $80 board.

When the MT Intellifeed is sold, it'll be a plug in with no soldering needed. When I get that, then I'll try the new system with the Cheetah and show you via video that the new MT Intellifeed still retains all the boards features.

[Deanomatic]

well that would be just perfect as always :)

And Trigga our reballs get used a LOT and are among the first to get out from the final batch so after 2 years of use for 2 teams and for rental use as well, they are .. quite worn and can jam any halo up at some point.. and usually when im about to bunker someone ;)

but as always top notch help from around here.

i know im asking a lot of questions but i have to plan out my budget for every PB purchase i make and if the factor is if a feature will work or not with a different secondary upgrade or not, then im gonna be a pest untill i know for sure ;)

and hopefully itll help others in the same situation or in a similar one. eventually

[OK85ZX]

you're just picky... i'd rather have a little slower egg than a halo that is jamming all the time. there aren't a TON of options.

[Deanomatic]

not being picky at all when i know its possible to get my halo to run fine with these things.

and the egg is too slow.. period. if it was at least consistently feeding then fine.. but it doesnt. there are a lot of "gaps" in the feeding of the egg with reballs that arent new and smooth, caused by the way it slings the reballs into the feedneck upper area..

Now it may be fine for you but preparing for a tournament how am i supposed to practice things like laying breakpaint at 1/3 of the feed rate in an uneven pace ? the eggs feeds the first 4 balls fine since they are in the neck already.. then it goes to poopsville :P

[OK85ZX]

so when you're practicing for a tournament, it's a necessity that you shoot as fast as you would in a tournament or else it's not a good practice? lol..

[Deanomatic]

so when you're practicing for a tournament, it's a necessity that you shoot as fast as you would in a tournament or else it's not a good practice? lol..
I really dont get your arguments at all, it seems like youve never had to do specific drills at all, or that your even tried to read anything ive put in my posts.


It just seems like your trying to defend that the egg for what ever reason.

but hey you try and do more then snapshooting drills with a loader that feeds less then 3 BPS which IS the actual rate an egg feeds at in drop tests with reballs that arent new and smooth.

Why try to explain something when all youve done so far is troll and do the typical negative input posting anyways, this isnt PBN ya know.

[OK85ZX]

lmao, who's the one being negative?

[pbviper420]

I'm with you dean, eggs are hella slow and break prone but i would try the intellafeed when it comes out. i've heard it's wicked i'm waiting for it to come out so i can put it on my tadao.

[budda]

it is already out check with the MTs