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Flash Flood Nozzle Modifications
by Aqua Flash
(07/05/07)
The Flash Flood while not being great, is good if you get a reliable one (lucky me). There are a few things you can do to its nozzles to improve it slightly. This is being done on the 2005 green SoakerTag Elite Flash Flood.
What you need:
Flash Flood (obviously)
Drill and drill bits that go up to 7/64"
2cm of 1/2" CPVC
Hot Glue
Pliers
Flash Flood Nozzle CPVC Modification
First off, on a lot of Flash Floods (I've noticed it most with the earlier edition SoakerTag Elite Flash Flood which I have), the 'Flash Flood' nozzle spreads out and isn't too concentrated. You need to take out the mesh screen on it with some pliers which is an easy job, however some might end up coming out more messy than others. Once you've done that you'll notice the stream is better, however I still thought I could improve it and make it more consistant in terms of a focused while rioty blast, as with the screen off it still acted a bit unpredictable with mine.
This is where the CPVC comes in. You need to get some 1/2" CPVC (I received it as part of a Nerf gun trade a while back from the US, so since CPVC is more available in the US with more US soaking enthusiasts it might be easier). The CPVC on the inside is around the size of the 'Flash Flood' nozzle hole itself and the outer wall should touch in with the wall that is on the outside of the 'Flash Flood' nozzle hole. You only need to cut out a 2cm piece of CPVC anyway. I no longer Nerf if anyones bothered, not really my taste. Smoothen it out so its not wonky when its fits on to the 'Flash Flood' nozzle. Now use hot glue and seal it on, make sure its tight and it should hold up fine.
  There, all finished on that, mine isn't the smoothest at the moment but it does the job still. You should now get a much more focused 'Flash Flood' beam with good range and still the riotness that makes this gun great. The CPVC basically acts as a support or a guide to make the stream much more focused.
Main Stream Nozzle Drill
Now, onto the lower 'Main' stream nozzle. Nothing special here as a lot of people have already done this to their Flash Flood anyway. Basically, I found the stream pretty small and not to my liking, so make it bigger. Basically, your drill piece sizes and preferences may vary. You basically use smaller sizes of drill pieces to drill and enlarge the nozzle until you get the the piece you plan to finish it with (I stopped at the 7/64" drill bit, again you may want to go a little larger, however you don't want to wipe out the lamination wall and leave the nozzle useless). Be careful when drilling, its always best to use smaller sizes and gradually work up, as it puts less stress on the plastic and the drill piece in some ways. If you use larger sizes sooner then you might wreck the nozzle making it messy and the stream useless. There you are, finished, as you can see its turned into a pretty nice sized nozzle which now produces a solid, soaking, good ranged CPS stream. Shot time is lost (duh) however its much better and this gun can now rely on its 'Main' stream more instead of its 'Flash Flood' nozzle all the time, as its worthy of soaking quickly now. I haven't done output measurements or any statistics like that yet (lack of time at the moment) but I'm estimating the nozzle size is now around 2-3.5x instead of the tiny 1x from before.
Now a round up, the gun how it is now. Not much different, but you should get a bit better performance out of it.
 Now, I believe without performance pictures this modification isn't fully proved, so, without further ado, here we are.'Main' Stream  'Flash Flood' Nozzle   
Stats
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| Range
| Level
| 45 Degrees
| Output/sec
| Shot Time
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| Main
| 8m - 26.4'
| 11.5m - 37.95'
| 114mL - 4oz
| 3.5 Seconds
| Flash Flood
| 9m - 29.7'
| 12.5m - 41.25' | 400mL - 14.1oz
| Around 1 Second
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It should be noted that the range on the 'Flash Flood' nozzle is slightly less than how it is without the piece on with the screen off (around 0.5m). This is due to the tubing restricting the stream a little due to the added wall to laminate it. The output is also about 20mL less than how it is without the tubing on with the screen off. Again its due to the tube slowing things down a little so a little more water is left inside. Don't let this put you off though, it really helps the stream if you want it to be more practical in a battle, and the difference is barely noticable. The main stream is actually worth using a lot more now.
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