how does a paintball gun work, co2?

Subject: how does a paintball gun work, co2?

Date: Thu Jan 4 08:45:14 2001
Posted by Kevin Hiden
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: No school entered.
City: Fulton State/Province: Md Country: USA
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 978615914.Eg

Message:


I would like to find out how the gas is
released from the CO2 chamber and then what happens to accelerate the
paintball out the barrel.  Is it a spring or rubber diaphragm that releases
the energy or gas?


Thanks, Kevin

Response:


Re: how does a paintball gun work, co2?

Greetings - Your question was not submitted to the
MadSci Network for the following reason:

Please provide further specifics. As it stands it would be
difficult for us to find an answer to your question. Questions may
be resubmitted via http://www.madsci.org/submit.html

What is it you want to know?  How the paintball is
accelerated?  How the trigger works?  What?

	John Link, Admin
    MadSci Network

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