Airborne
Capcom, 1996Hey everyone....
Picking up an Airborne in Allentown and was putting together a list of things to get her shopped out nice. In this video, its mentioned that they installed williams flipper assemblies in the game.
Is this a suggested mod, and also, which ones should I use?
Thanks in advance
Capcom end stops and link parts kind of suck and get blow out quick.
Plus the parts are hard to find and you have to order them from Australia.
Switching to WMS is a good idea if you need to rebuild yours.
My buddy Markmon switched the flipper mechs for me...it should have been easy but my link pieces were stuck on so he hacksawed them off and we put on new full assemblies.
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=172
Hopefully you don't need to buy the full assemblies.
Airborne is pretty cool and have settings for flipper strength in the OP menu.
I have heard of this, but I am not sure how it is done.
The Capcom ones on my Airborne are quite snappy 
Enjoy the game, it's great!
I am bringing mine for the free play area.
Chris
The general idea, as has been discussed in other threads, is to replace everything from the mounting plates up, except for the coils, with NOS Williams parts.
Granted, if all you need is the sleeves, the link & pawl, plus the coil stops, you will save money by ordering the coil stops from PSPA in AU. They're like $3 each but shipping is a factor so buy extra. I got a half-dozen so I'm set for like 5 years but if you play your machines frequently and like the flipper strength dialed up then I agree with pdxmonkey that they will wear out quicker than you'd expect.
thanks for the replies guys....I think what I will do is wait until I play it for a bit to see how they are acting...if they need a rebuild, I'll break out the hacksaw...
Chris, awesome you are bringing yours. Will be putting a few plays on it so I can see how mine should play.
Quoted from burningman:thanks for the replies guys....I think what I will do is wait until I play it for a bit to see how they are acting...if they need a rebuild, I'll break out the hacksaw...
Chris, awesome you are bringing yours. Will be putting a few plays on it so I can see how mine should play.
Good plan,
Again mine were messed up to begin so hopefully the hacksaw is not needed
If you need flipper-coil Capcom try with pinball ressource
http://www.pbresource.com/coilcap.html
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