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  1. By OPDB
    month
    1
    name
    Flying Aces
    opdb.features
    ["Home model"]
    opdb_id
    G48DQ-MQwod-ARNzE
    opdb.images
    [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/9a8504c1-8d40-4e53-864a-e81c4c7f3208-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/9a8504c1-8d40-4e53-864a-e81c4c7f3208-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/9a8504c1-8d40-4e53-864a-e81c4c7f3208-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":706,"height":488},"small":{"width":250,"height":173},"medium":{"width":640,"height":442}},"title":null,"primary":true},{"type":"playfield","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/56504736-aafc-4ff3-91dc-b82fc7709604-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/56504736-aafc-4ff3-91dc-b82fc7709604-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/56504736-aafc-4ff3-91dc-b82fc7709604-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":493,"height":775},"small":{"width":159,"height":250},"medium":{"width":407,"height":640}},"title":null,"primary":true}]
    year
    1977
  2. By IPDB
    gameplay_feature
    Kick-Out Holes
    gameplay_feature
    Slingshots ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers ×4
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×2
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Sentinel Inc.
    ipdb_id
    4969
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/4969/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4969/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4969/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4969/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4969/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4969/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4969/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4969/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4969/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4969/image-10.jpg"]
    ipdb.model_number
    PH7730WA01
    ipdb.notable_features
    3 balls per play. Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Kick-out hole (1). Plexiglas playfield cover. Pressing either flipper button operates both flippers simultaneously. Uses 1 steel ball. No adjustment for 5-ball play. Tilt penalty: ball in play. Game measures approximately 46 inches long by 20 1/2 inches wide. The backboard is 53 inches high and the front of the game is 35 inches high. Pop bumper bodies appear to be 70s Bally units with a "100" sticker added, using one solenoid per two bumpers. Pop bumpers, slingshots and rollovers are "switchless," using the conductive properties of the ball to connect two electrical contacts. While a slight bit clunky for response, this made for a very low maintenance machine. Slingshot "rubbers" are actually metal springs, which act as contacts. Flippers are interconnected (non-independent), and powered by the same solenoid. Flippers also appear 3" long, but their fulcrum point is further inward than typical, making their action similar to a 2" flipper. Factory angle of flippers was very shallow, making their action awkward. Nonadjustable tilt mechanism is a small metal bell on a ball-strand chain, suspended within a metal loop, similar in function to, but generally higher in sensitivity than a tilt-bob.
    ipdb.notes
    Same playfield layout as Sentinel Inc.'s 'Wonder Wizard� CB Charlie' Sentinel Inc.'s 'Wonder Wizard� Demolition Derby' Sentinel Inc.'s 1977 'Star Explorer' but with different artwork. Same exterior cabinet.
    player_count
    1
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    theme
    Aviation