I need a short tank
Hello fellow TAGers:
I’m new here, I’ve had a TalonSS for a few years now and have recently rediscovered how much fun it is.
I’ve ordered Wokbutt 1 and Wokbutt 2 and am anxious to try them out.
I’m wondering if anyone of you out there have modified your Talon/Condor to use shorter smaller diameter tanks. I’m trying to shorten the lengh of pull for my son, additionally it would be nice to see how small a package I can make for packing light.
At first I thought JDSairman’s 13cu in. tank would do the job but it seems his tanks have the wrong threads on them for Airforce valves.
Any ideas on who makes them or who sells the tanks and valves?
Thanks in advance
Talonsam
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That is the next thing on my list. Make a valve with a 5/8-18 thread so you can use standard paintball tanks. actually, all i would really need to make is the valve body, and use that standard valve internals.
looks like he’s using a custom valve with smaller tank threads to keep the OAL as short as possible. Course, I could be wrong.
Hey baz, in the second picture, is that a standard valve? I didn’t think M18x1.5 threads would fit into 5/8-18 threads.
How small do you need one to be?
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I am working on that at the moment.
Catalina Cylinders supplied a special tank with weird threads on it specially for airforce. What I am working on is a steel adapter that has male 5/8-18 threads on one end, and female M18X1.5 on the other end. So you screw this adapter into JDSairman’s tank, and the valve into the end of the adapter. It will only add about an inch the the length of the tank.[/i]
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The bottle in the picture is a 100cc or 0.1 Litre. It has a thread size of 14 x 1.5mm the adaptor is a 18 x 1.5 male thread with a 14 x 1.5 female thread. I made these parts for a Tog member who lives in Belgium, I sent him a message to say it was ready if he wanted it, but so far he has not replied, so I decided to use the valve myself for a Bulpup conversion. I know Luppy has recently had a valve made with a 5/8 thread, but I know bottles with metric threads are usually 14 x 1.5 or 18 x 1.5 and they are available in 100, 200, 280, 400, 500, and range from 4 1/2″ / 12″ long for the 500cc bottle thats fitted to the Stelth as standard. A good choice for a youngster to start using would be a 400cc as its 2″ shorter than the standard and the standard valve would screw straight into it.