Just acquired a Daystate Alpha Wolf .22 cal, 23 inch barrel, and cannot believe the accuracy of the rifle. Have had a lot of fun in the two weeks that I’ve had it but now it’s time to get serious about using more of its features.
When tuning the Alpha wolf in the advanced mode I have a few questions and assumptions to better understand and to feel more comfortable as to what the heck I’m doing. I understand that all the settings are interrelated and I will probably have to play around a lot to further my knowledge of the relationships. So:
My understanding of selecting the dwell time (HAMMER µS) the hammer stays on the valve is to allow adequate air thru the valve to push the pellet out the barrel.
My question is: does too little dwell time give insufficient air to achieve the velocity desired given that the other selected parameters are correct, and too long of dwell time just wastes air?
Next understanding the selection of voltage, and this is for how hard the hammer hits the valve, and my assumption of this is the higher the regulated BAR (pressure) is the harder the hammer needs to hit the valve in order to trip it and the lower the pressure the lower the voltage required to trip the valve.
Is this true or false, and does anyone have an idea (rule of thumb) of what a ratio of voltage to bar would be?
My last understanding is just regulating the amount of BAR (pressure) used to propel the pellet. In watching the video by Jared of AoA (3 year old video) the selected pressure recommended was 190 BAR but he chose 162 BAR and yet the rifle was able to achieve his goal of 900fps.
Question ? is there any rule of thumb as to minimum BAR required for weight of pellet, and yes it will probably rely of what is set by the other two parameters.
I understand that when all is done that once I have created a SET that if it doesn’t work the way I want it I will need to change something, more likely dwell time or BAR, but only one thing at a time. Would like to hear from anyone with their experiences or technical expertise programming this Advanced side of its capabilities.
Thanks,
Bill
When tuning the Alpha wolf in the advanced mode I have a few questions and assumptions to better understand and to feel more comfortable as to what the heck I’m doing. I understand that all the settings are interrelated and I will probably have to play around a lot to further my knowledge of the relationships. So:
My understanding of selecting the dwell time (HAMMER µS) the hammer stays on the valve is to allow adequate air thru the valve to push the pellet out the barrel.
My question is: does too little dwell time give insufficient air to achieve the velocity desired given that the other selected parameters are correct, and too long of dwell time just wastes air?
Next understanding the selection of voltage, and this is for how hard the hammer hits the valve, and my assumption of this is the higher the regulated BAR (pressure) is the harder the hammer needs to hit the valve in order to trip it and the lower the pressure the lower the voltage required to trip the valve.
Is this true or false, and does anyone have an idea (rule of thumb) of what a ratio of voltage to bar would be?
My last understanding is just regulating the amount of BAR (pressure) used to propel the pellet. In watching the video by Jared of AoA (3 year old video) the selected pressure recommended was 190 BAR but he chose 162 BAR and yet the rifle was able to achieve his goal of 900fps.
Question ? is there any rule of thumb as to minimum BAR required for weight of pellet, and yes it will probably rely of what is set by the other two parameters.
I understand that when all is done that once I have created a SET that if it doesn’t work the way I want it I will need to change something, more likely dwell time or BAR, but only one thing at a time. Would like to hear from anyone with their experiences or technical expertise programming this Advanced side of its capabilities.
Thanks,
Bill