How far is the top hat moving back?
I have recently added an oring behing the top hat. I tested the condor and with gap at .087 and on pw 6 it shot at 765 fps. I then moved the power up to pw 10 and it shot at 845 fps. I then adjusted the top hat to .090 on pw 6 and it shot at 845 fps…pw 10 was 966….pw 11 was 1014 fps (at the speed I want but trigger pull is too heavy). So i’m assuming that the more I turn the power wheel up, the more I squish the oring down. I want to shoot at 1000 fps at a low power wheel setting and wondering if turning my top hat out somemore would render the oring useless? How far out is too far out? As a experiment, I set the tophat at .110 with wheel set at pw 6 and got my desired 1000 fps but the fps where eratic so I’m figuring the tophat and oring combo is working not as well at that distance. I’m mainly just trying to lower the trigger pull, acheive 1000 fps, and have a consistant shoot string.
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I’ll reply just because I’m wondering the same thing and I haven’t even shot a Condor yet, but here goes…
You can’t. Reason being there are too many variables to meet your criteria of consistent.
If you set the PW at a given setting then you have eliminated 1 variable – rate of spring force against the hammer.
If you regulate your tank then you could eliminate 2 variables – pressure for filling the volume behind the pellet AND counteracting pressure against the valve spring via the surface area of the valve stem end.
There ia a 3rd variable set and that is time of which the valve remains open to pass air.
I’m waiting for a good machinist to get his lathe going and crank out some “Z TaC Reg” adapters, to eliminate of these variables.
http://talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19846
I’m presently trying to create a simulation of the multiple pressure volume combinations, just for the fun of it, but don’t hold your breath for any defined chart of PW to Pressure to FPS settings.
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Yep, I was kinda thinking that I have to keep the powerwheel set up high to get get enough hammer punch too keep the shot consistent. Hopefully they will come out with a lighter pull trigger. I thought of a heavier hammer but read some reviews and decided against doing that. So far, I am loving my condor and have shot it more than all other rifles combined. My only wish now is a lighter trigger.