im curious to how a new board would increase air efficiency.

better design and dwell capacity you can fine tune it more

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i liked the APE board i had in my mini... but i've never used virtue, so its really not a valid opinion i guess.
on a side note- my main reason for getting agitated with, and in the end, selling my mini... was that i was damned tired of counting LED flashes of various colors while pressing and holding the buttons trying to tweak this, save that, adjust this and access that... the stock board is fine and much simpler to navigate if you ask me.
it was a pain in my ass.

dwell- i understand. if you can fine tune dwell, but most (if not all) stock boards allow dwell adjustments to the ms. i suppose that being able to adjust dwell down to the decimal, maybe. but how much air could be saved/per shot with a dwell adjustment of .xx. see what i mean.

design- still dont see how that would help increase efficiency, unless by saying the board design meaning dwell adjustment.

my thought is simple, most stock boards allow for just about the same fine tuning an aftermarket board does. i use aftermarket boards more for the adjustablity of the ramping options (for cfoa), and debounce options (which most stock boards dont have).

and please dont take my comments as "attacking" in any way, because i love to use aftermarket boards *(btw, i like virtue over APE, for the simple fact ive never used APE).
i was just questioning how a board could increase air efficiency, nothing more.

I'm not knocking anyones boards but consider this...

If you take and list side-by-side, each of the boards functions and then decide whether or not you'll actually delve in to adjusting the dwell or timing to tens of thousandths of a second or need trillions of options... If you feel that you have the need, expertise and/or guidance to actually make and notice the difference in spending 80-90 bucks on a board, then spend it. If you're playing rec once a month, save the 80 bucks and spend the money on paint next month

The stock mini board was designed by a very well respected, top-level board mfr (trust me) and is fine with the level of adjustments initially inatalled. Simon wouldn't have it any other way!

As for efficiency; the bolt, poppet, input pressure, reg consistency and paint-to barrel matching is about as good as it gets. After all of the mods available are in, you might get, maybe, another 30 shots per tank.

Old wise man say. "It's not only about what you have, but how it's used".

Be well and Happy 4th.

Greg

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well i shoot a fusion easy board to adjust just flip the switchs to what you want

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thats an excellent point, and although i failed to convey it clearly, it was exactly my thoughts as well. the APE board has a bazillion potential combos... but it was more of a hassle than anything. i enjoyed the stock board for its simplicity. it does most everything the avg player would need.