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Below is a brief overview of what happens during the Etha

firing cycle. The location of parts discussed in the text

below can be found on pages 56-59.

Assuming the Etha is gassed up and turned on,

fiGure

shows the marker in its idle position. The

bolt

is held

back under the tension from the

bolt spring

, with the

bolt

guide

filled with pressurised gas directly from the

inline

regulator

. The

firing poppet

is held in its forward position by

the

firing poppet spring

, keeping the

bolt guide

sealed.

When the

trigger

is pulled an electrical signal is sent to

the

solenoid

which directs a supply of air to the rear of

the

firing poppet

(See fiGure 5b)

. The force of this

gas is greater than the spring tension pushing the

firing

poppet

forward, and the

firing

poppet

is pushed back to its

rear position. In the

bolt

guide

this opens the exhaust port

to the

bolt

and seals off the supply port from the

inline

regulator

The gas pressure in the

bolt

guide

forces the

bolt

forward,

overcoming the spring tension from the

bolt

spring

, this

pushes a ball into the breach and closes off the

feed

tube

The internal

stem

of the

bolt

is pushed out of the

bolt

guide

, which then fully opens the exhaust port, allowing the

pressurized gas in the

bolt

guide

to exhaust through the

bolt

propelling a ball

(See fiGure 5c)

As the

bolt

guide

volume empties, the force pushing the

bolt

forwards decreases and the

bolt

spring

starts to push

the

bolt

back into the

bolt

guide

exhaust port. The spring

continues to push the

bolt

back up to its rest position

against the rear

bolt bumper

(See fiGure 5d)

The

solenoid

continues to hold the

firing

poppet

in its rear

position until the

Dwell time

expires. When this expires the

solenoid

exhausts the supply of air from the rear of the

firing

poppet

, removing the force holding the

firing

poppet

in this position. The

firing

poppet

spring

forces the

firing

poppet

forwards, closing the exhaust port and opening the

supply from the

inline regulator

(See fiGure 5e)

The

bolt

guide

begins to fill with pressurised gas. The Etha

has now completed a full cycle.

FIG 5A

FIG 5b

FIG 5C

FIG 5d

FIG 5E

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