Originally Posted By peachy:
Interesting point. In theory you could sell solid end caps and end caps with different sizes of porting to control how much gas flows through the anulus.
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indeed. From watching the video on my (small) phone, there are two likely possibilities for how it works:
A:\ there’s a narrow outer bypass annulus that feeds into the adjustment thingy, and the gas has the opportunity to flow peripherally-centrally through the adjustable ports, and then forward and out through the peripheral ports and central aperture. Like the Helios, that’d make it a LBP can that can be converted rapidly to a normal flow-rate can.
B:\ the baffle stack has low bypass/normal resistance, and the gas is moving from the central bore into the adjustment device, peripherally through its ports, and then out through the central aperture and peripheral vents. Like any traditional can with swappable endcaps, that’d be a normal-gas silencer that can reduce the endcap’s resistance, like DA’s other cans with the E-brake, or a Rex can with their brake endcap. The degree to which this is effective is dependent on the resistance of the baffles. So, a .458 Rex can will show a greater delta than a .224 Rex can by switching to a less resistant endcap.
Originally Posted By Evintos:
Which brings the next question, is the ABD the same thread pattern as some of the other end cap accessories they have. If so, theoretically you can add the ABD to other cans in the Dead Air lineup.
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if it works the way I described option B above, then I think that’s likely. They seem to like parts compatibility in their previous cans. A third option is that it works like option A on the L6, but option B on a Sandman/Nomad/whatever.
Its an intriguing approach, that I’d like to look closer at.