Taipan .177 from hell strikes yet again!

[cwcarrera]

I think this is my problem, too.

Yup, I think you found it.

 

[Hoytwon]

Same situation on mine!!!

 

[jwrabbit123]

vent always needs to be centered of the 2 orings so it can vent . i made my own with the ones I used the humas require shorter spacer \\pn my vets

 

[Cannonball]

The Huma plenum spacer is too long as others have mentioned. You can cut it to correct length, but I would contact Talon Tunes first. He might have a correct length plenum spacer and could send it to you.

 

[miksatx]

How long is the spacer? i’ve got a huma for my mutants and it has a 38mm spacer. Yet at huma site the mutant regulator image doesn’t show a spacer or mention it.
ooooops grabbed the wrong reg bag was wildcat reg sorry guys

 

[KyPop]

I think this could be a clue... I don't think there is any place to screw a machine screw into a Huma reg on the downstream side. If you screwed a machine screw into the little brass nub, the regulator was installed backwards.

I put the screw in the large end not the small end. It's facing the same way as the Taipan reg.

 

[KyPop]

The Huma plenum spacer is too long as others have mentioned. You can cut it to correct length, but I would contact Talon Tunes first. He might have a correct length plenum spacer and could send it to you.

Is the spacer aluminum? If so, I'll put it on my lathe and trim it.

 

[Cannonball]

Is the spacer aluminum? If so, I'll put it on my lathe and trim it.

It should be. I would cut it too since you have a lathe.

 

[Motorhead]

Yup, by pics ... vent in air tube needs to fall within REGS o-rings. not centered necessarily but +/- either one.
Spacer issue ...

 

[elh0102]

I remember this issue discussed previously. Seems like Huma would have corrected such a basic error by now. I know that Tony installs them frequently, so he can probably exchange or modify it. But if you have a lathe, better yet.

 

[KyPop]

I remember this issue discussed previously. Seems like Huma would have corrected such a basic error by now. I know that Tony installs them frequently, so he can probably exchange or modify it. But if you have a lathe, better yet.

I sent him an email a minute ago.

 

[jarmstrong]

would the Taipan plenum spacer work with Huma reg?

 

[JimD]

Does the spacer control the size of the regulated air chamber? So a bigger one = more regulated air and higher potential fpe? Seems like there is limited ability to vary this due to the vent holes but for lower power and higher shot count spacer should be as small as possible, right?

 

[KyPop]

would the Taipan plenum spacer work with Huma reg?

No. It's too short.

 

[KyPop]

Does the spacer control the size of the regulated air chamber? So a bigger one = more regulated air and higher potential fpe? Seems like there is limited ability to vary this due to the vent holes but for lower power and higher shot count spacer should be as small as possible, right?

As far as I can tell, the spacer serves to line up the vent hole in the air tank with the vent hole in the regulator. Depending on the configuration of the regulator, you might get a plus or minus in shot count.

 

[KyPop]

Tony is sending me a correct length spacer so that gave me the nerve to cut the one I have down to .8 of an inch. I did that and after a lot of work I got the two ends of the cylinder co-planer to about .0005. I'm not sure how accurate they have to be but it seems to me that will be fine.

 

[KyPop]

Reassembled rifle, filled to 250 bar about 2.5 hours ago and it's still holding so I think this particular problem has been solved.

 

[JimD]

Great! Hope it shoots the way you want too.

 

[Hoytwon]

Cut my spacer down tonight, got it shooting around 890 very accurate with h&n barracuda match 10.65 grains reg set to 100 bar...

 

[KyPop]

Cut my spacer down tonight, got it shooting around 890 very accurate with h&n barracuda match 10.65 grains reg set to 100 bar...

Now that's what I'm talkin' about!