Variable mass piston for Silverback SRS & TAC-41 - Energy / mass chart

INTRUCTIONS: select you configuration by clicking on the blue cells. Fill the orange cells to obtain the energy chart and determine the more efficient piston mass. For better results, fill the full chart. The trend curve require at least a velocity test
per configuration.

Tutoriel video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf4Fv1X3gc0

mass [g]

Piston head standard - black 7.6 Piston Mass [g] depending configuration #
Piston body aluminium body 19 140

Piston end TAC-41 10

120
BBs 0.36
100
Unit fps

Spring (for reference only) 80

Mass [g]
hopup rubber (for reference only)
60
barrel (for reference only)
40
QTY Steel

energy [J]
QTY Alu.

velocity 1

velocity 2

velocity 3

velocity 4

velocity 5
20
config. #

mass [g]

avg. vel.
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Configuration #
1 0 0 26.6 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL

2 0 1 34.8 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL

3 0 2 43 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL Muzzle Energy [J] depending piston mass [g]
4 1 0 50.8 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL 12.00

5 0 3 51.2 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL

10.00
6 1 1 59 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL

7 0 4 59.4 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL 8.00

8 1 2 67.2 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL

Energy [J]
6.00
9 2 0 75 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL

10 1 3 75.4 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL

4.00
11 2 1 83.2 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL

12 2 2 91.4 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL 2.00

13 3 0 99.2 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL

0.00
20 40 60 80 100 120 140
14 3 1 107.4 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL
mass [g]
15 4 0 123.4 FILL FILL FILL FILL FILL

AUGUST 2021 - CREATIVE COMMONS RIGHTS

 PISTON HEAD Head mass PISTON BODY
standard - black 7.6 aluminium body
airbrake short - orange 8.6 steel body
airbrake medium - orange 8.7 aluminium flyweight
airbrake long- orange 8.8 steel flyweight
advance plug 30.2
advance short AEG 31.3
advance medium AEG 31.5
advance long AEG 31.7
advance short GBB 31.4
advance medium GBB 31.8
advance long GBB 32.2
Body mass PISTON END End mass BBS Unit
19.0 SRS 12.0 0.20 m/s
55.1 TAC-41 10.0 0.23 fps
8.2 0.25
24.2 0.28
0.30
0.32
0.36
0.40
0.43
0.45
0.50