Side curtain calcs to add to our thought process:
.25" valve would be .125" radius, with a circumference of 0.79 in^2
.35" valve would be .175" radius, with a circumference of 1.10 in^2
For the .25" valve:
At 1/16" travel we get an area of: .049 in^2
At 1/8" travel we get an area of: .099 in^2
For the .35" valve:
At 1/16" travel we get an area of: .069 in^2
At 1/8" travel we get an area of: .138 in^2
Now, the older cockers had a .25" hole in the body, giving us .049 in^2
Not sure on the newer bodies.
So even the smaller valve potentially hits a saturation point at 1/16" of travel?
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I am thinking we might try and do full calculation. Like, we add up energy in the hammer, the poppet valve area, side curtain, poppet spring tension, available chamber volume, volume of valve/ball/barrel and see if anything start making a fun curve.
Anybody game on this? Like, hammer energy with a couple different springs. Would need to weight some hammers (and the cocking rod) and get rates on the spring. Maybe figure out a way to get velocity (I have 960 fps on my phone)? or calculate what it should be?