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Part Two - PaintballX3 Magazine, January 2015
• 1995: Pro-Line High Pressure Air
System
• 1996: Air America Raptor Nitrogen
System (3000 and 4500 PSI)
• 1996: Air America Tsunami Nitrogen
System (3000 and 4500 PSI)
• 1996: Air America/Fred Schultz Nitrogen System
• 1996: Govnair System
1995, Air America
Apocalypse 4500 PSI
High Pressure Air
System
1995, Springfield
Paintball’s Stopper
Netting
Once again it was Air America led by
Dan Colby that took the lead in high
pressure system design and engineering. To this point in time (Mach 1995)
high pressure air/nitrogen systems
were limited to 3000 psi (pounds per
square inch), which was a huge improvement in performance over C02,
but still lacked the ability to provide as
many shots as some players wanted or
needed. Enter the Air America Apocalypse 4500 PSI system, which was the
first of its capacity (4500 PSI) but also
the first system to use dual gauges
to display the tank pressure and the
output pressure. The Apocalypse, like
many systems that would follow was
available in 68 and 114 cubic inch (ci)
sizes, giving players the option to carry large capacity (for back players, big
game players, etc.) or smaller capacity
air for front players or those that simply didn’t shoot a lot of paint.
When Springfield Paintball began advertising their new Stopper Netting
in 1995 (Federal Trademark issued in
1999) no one knew how many uses
there would be for “spectator” netting
in the very near future. The first use
for spectator netting at a large paintball tournament was the Sup’Air Ball
International tournament in Toulouse,
France. Within a few years every major
series, league and event would be “netting off” fields for spectators. Springfield Paintball was not the only company to sell paintball netting in the 1990s
but they were clearly the first.
Early 4500 PSI Air Systems
Timeline
• 1995: Air America Apocalypse 4500
PSI System
• 1996: Air America Raptor 4500 PSI
System
• 1996: Paintball Mania Supply 4500
PSI System
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