Posted by: BodyByHostess on June 13, 2003 at 11:03:34

If you were using any valve other than the Tornado valve (or the Maddman Rocket), I'd agree completely with Vampyr. However, I believe that the Tornado (and Rocket) valves are designed differently from other valves and are intended to be fully open on each cycle and are closed primarily by air pressure rather than by the valve spring. That's why the normal sweetspoting you would do with other valves doesn't work as well on these valves. It's also why AKA recommends using your input pressure to adjust velocity rather than your IVG. (This is pointed out on Ravi's site where he talks about sweetpotting).

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