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Late flipper?

By PW79

11 years ago



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    #1 11 years ago
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    DAD

    PW79

    Inactive member

    US Wentzville, MO

    12y 102K 7,501 6 6

    This happens on several of my games (I have 7 currently).

    It's Multiball, things are crazy, switches tripping everywhere, lights flashing, insanity....

    Then a flipper sorta lags once or twice out of 50 flips during the insanity. I swear it's always when a VUK is firing but I could be wrong.

    Never to happen again... Until the next stupid long jackpot multiball fest. Not every time, not often enough for me to diagnose, just enough for me to post about it lol.

    Anyone else have a flipper glitch out sometimes?

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    #2 11 years ago
     
    RND

    RawleyD

    Pinside member

    US Roanoke, VA

    14y 67,650 3,243 36

    never had this happen

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    #3 11 years ago
     
    MVM

    markmon

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    US Hillsboro, OR

    13y 98,300 13,010 21 81

    Assuming this is on one of your sterns, I would replace your leaf switch on that side.

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    #4 11 years ago
     
    ???

    soren

    Dots and Loops

    DK Copenhagen

    13y 80,050 1,377

    Please let us know what games you see this on.

    I think I know what it is though. From aprox 1992 and up the flipperbats have been CPU controlled. For good and bad. Good for ease of maintainance and fun stuff like Thing flips. Bad for player control.

    I guess what you see is CPU response lack due to the heavy load of a frantic multi-ball.

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    #5 11 years ago
     
    SMR

    cowman57

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    US Clintonville, WI

    12y 37,900 582 9

    OP
    Quoted from PW79:

    VUK is firing

    What is a VUK?

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    #6 11 years ago
     
    ABC

    Crash

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    12y 141K 14,138

    Vertical Up-Kick.

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    #7 11 years ago
     
    ARN

    Acampero

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    US Thousand Oaks, CA

    11y 47,900 1,027 6 8

    From Pinwiki:

    Vertical Up Kicker (VUK)
    An area that captures the ball and launches the ball vertically by way of a plunger and coil assembly underneath the playfield, typically through a wireform or off a scoop back onto the playfield or a ramp.

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