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Dragons Lair use two RC cars kitted with claymore's when they run their CoD days. Much fun!

I-Spy Tank £45 posted ~ Maplin Live streaming video. Controlled by i-Pad, i-Phone, or Android. Yeah, it needs some armour against BB hits and maybe a cooler paint job, but how about it for looking round corners in CQB? Delivering pyros even...

And now for something completely different.

My local sight has a remote control car with ~9 remote dets & smokes on it and front and back cameras- really is awesome, I've not seen anything like it elsewhere.

The guns were in his bag along with the knife, if he had them out and waving them about there would of been two probable outcomes A ) shot by Firearms Oficers B ) arrested by Firearms officers and charged with S19 Firearms offence - Offence: A person commits an offence if, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse (the proof whereof lies on him) he has with him in a public place a loaded shot gun, an air weapon (whether loaded or not), any other firearm (whether loaded or not) together with ammunition suitable for use in that firearm, or an imitation firearm. Now having it in your bag because you were moving house/going to a skirmish/ going to a friends to take it to bits would be seen (hopefully) as reasonable. Having it exposed in public using those same excuses would most likely end up in arrest or 5.56 keyhole surgery. Edit: Removed the smily , which was kind of undermining my point

12rps is about average for a stock AEG with an 8.4V NiMh battery. You'll get 15-ish from a 9.6V NiMh. IMO 3 round bursts at 15rps are sufficient for most situations. 20rps is excessive but fun. More than that is asking for trouble from your gearbox and will ultimately cost a fair chunk either in replacing knackered bits or buying upgrade parts that can hack it from the get go. People often say that running a 7.4V LiPo increases ROF over an 8.4V NiMh, but this is not necessarily the case. Put simply more voltage makes the motor spin faster and more current produces more torque. But when people upgrade to LiPo batteries, they also often upgrade the wiring and swap to Deans connectors. Just doing that increases the ROF from NiMh batteries noticeably and, at least in the only build I have tested this, my VP Vapex 8.4V 1600mAh NiMh batteries produce a faster ROF than the Component Shop 7.4V 5000mAh 30C LiPo I bought as an upgrade. However, I then upgraded to SHS 16:1 gears and this was enough to bring the ROF with the LiPo up to about what it was with the NiMh's and the stock 18:1 gears, which I would guess at about 14-5rps but with a significantly faster trigger response for the 1st shot. The reason it works like that is because the chemistry of LiPo's ramps up from outputting 0mA to whatever they can deliver as a maximum much faster than an NiMh, but initially the motor requires a higher spike of current (mA) to get going than it needs once it is moving and LiPo's can deliver much more current as well as doing it faster (for eg I remember reading somewhere that, given low resistance wiring.and a battery that can produce it, a high torque motor can draw an initial spike of 67A, not mA, Amps - that's half again as much as an electric cooker with everything turned on!), so while the NiMh is still struggling to output 10A, a 25C LiPo has already delivered 40A. If you stick an 11.1V LiPo into a stock gun (and it works) you'll get 18-ish rps, which feels fast. It's not too fast to be unable to control burst fire just by how long you hold the trigger however and the same goes for the couple or three rps more you'll get from upgraded wiring, Deans connectors, and a MOSFET. Beyond about 22rps you can't get without combining high speed gears with higher voltage batteries and/or high speed motors. You need to think carefully what you want to do with your AEG though - if you don't mind stripping it down frequently then you may enjoy the really high speeds like 25-30+rps, but even if you follow somebody else's tried and tested plan, it's still to a degree a case of trial and error. To get higher than 30rps you need to short stroke the piston (which only works with short barrels) and also choose the lightest piston and piston head (people drill holes in their pistons to shave a few grammes off), but these are ridiculous speeds... As a simple example a convenient top speed for a running person is about 10m/s over a short distance, so if you fire 20 rounds in a second across an arc which is 10m wide at the distance your target is moving, that gives 1 round every 50cm. Theoretically our running person could slip between them, but in practice neither their nor your movement is completely smooth and even, and you correct your aim if the 1st or 2nd, etc miss - it's just not credible that you could miss unless the target uses surprising evasive tactics, or you're so shit at shooting that you may as well go home. But ridiculous rates of fire can be used to intimidate people, especially in close quarters situations, and you can also suppress people and even make them just give up with a high volume of fire ricocheting around them, even though you can't actually hit them. Is it fair? I dunno. Is it fair that someone could turn up with a 2 grand tuned AEG and no clue whatsoever and still shoot the shit out of you from cover because they've got 10m of range on you and even an idiot can't miss when you need to run 1 second straight towards them just to have a chance to shoot them...? A word on high torque motors: there's a popular theory going around which pairs 13:1 high speed gears with a high torque motor as the way forward for a high ROF. This is because the lower the gear ratio, the harder the motor has to work to pull the spring. But high torque motors spin more slowly than most stock ones. Bear in mind that many guns are designed to use M120 or M130 springs, which are a lot harder to pull than the M100 or M105's that we generally use. Also motors such as the ICS Turbo 3000 can be powerful and fast. IMO it isn't necessary to use a high torque motor in the UK. Another way to increase your ROF is to fit a TBB, because this will increase your FPS, so you can fit a weaker spring to still get under 350 or 368FPS or whatever limit you're aiming for - I've just done it myself - M95 spring to get an AK with a 6.03x455mm barrel under 350FPS with the hop on. I also had to put some poxy shotgun spring (or something, I dunno it came in a job lot and basically it was the shittest spring I had) into a gearbox which has a Matrix double O-ring aluminium piston head and a plastic nozzle with an O-ring - because firing through a stock 6.08x455mm TM barrel was giving me 388-92FPS! I put an 11.1V LiPo on it for the lulz and skirmished it this weekend - this is with stock wiring, including a fuse, however and a TM motor, plus an ICS solid aluminium piston, so the ROF was about 20. It was a laugh and it lasted until about 15mins from the end of the day. I haven't even opened it up yet, but my guess is the pinion gear is chewed...

Goggles ffs! They don't search the internet, do they!?!

Ladder covers? That's just a start, you can get the XTMs and XTM handstop kits. I mean the stock is RS for starters, if it weren't for the fact I wanted an extended slick-type forend it'd have matching plastic handguards and if it were a GBBr the pistol grip would match too. F***, knew I'd get a detail like that wrong. Back to the drawing board.

I actually really like it. I really like stuff like this too.

Dude, everyone knows that all the worlds elite paint their guns yellow now.

PE staff trained by an nationally renowned expert on weight training quoted to us his take on "growth stunting":"To stunt the growth of a child with weights is a simple task. You start with a child of two or three,and start training them...you increase them to lift many times their body weight...yeah,you could stunt their growth." Bear in mind that this is the guy who is called upon in court and for autopsies when somebody dies of a weight training related accident. Lift all you like brah.

You googoly-eyed fuck!

Too true!! I'm going to try and deconflict as best as possible with other events. Might take a rain check on August, it's probably better for us anyway to be honest as it gives us more organisational time , plus my business partner should be settled in his new job by then and be on a settled rota back in this country. Completely understand about the MoD policy and thats a risk that everyone takes when using their training areas, but it's worth it when it all comes off. From what I've just had explained to me over the past couple of weeks they have had a rethink on how they treat civilian users now and whilst they can still be bumped, the opportunities are fewer, which can only be a good thing I suppose. Should have a few dates by Friday anyway so I'll do some research on other events and try and negotiate a date that doesn't clash with anything

If it has a camera I'd say it's a valid target It is fun when sites add these little touches

Eureka! I have identified the problem (fingers crossed!) It's the cylinder head nozzle, its split right down the middle and its chewing up and misaligning the air seal nozzle. I noticed black shavings in the barrel when i cleaned it. Now that I'm looking closer I have also noted that the cylinder isn't sitting square in the gearbox. Can anyone recommend a cnc machined, reinforced 9mm v2 box? Preferably with a quick change spring guide.

Not been there while it is operating but I have seen the demo on their website. It is electric powered so not too noisy.

The G&G mosfets really do not like high discharge lipos as well. Keep it at 20c 25,absolute max. At a recent game one guy's top tech mosfets burned out from use on a 35c 9.9v Life. Should give an idea of the quality we are dealing with here. I'd never use an 11.1v lipo without some internal tuning TBH. With the exception of Lonex,most guns do not come with the angle of piston engagement corrected. With the high rof gained from an 11.1,the piston will not last a very long time. Bear in mind these are also V2 gearboxes which just love to crack from High stress,so sorbothane padding is also necessary. A good mosfet is crucial for a good build too,unfortunately G&Gs pre-installed mosfets seem to suck balls,aside from preserving contacts long term if you sue low discharge batteries. The whole point of a mosfet is to allow you to use high power batteries reliably for a long time and to increase the efficiancy of the guns electrical system.

Personally, I'd get the G&G and use a 7.4v LiPo in it. IF the original MOSFET goes pop then change it for something better (like a Gate Nano).

Something I've always wondered - why is Dyslexia so hard to spell? Just seems cruel and unusual to me!

I think the statement PAS have made regarding the G&G mosfet is a bit of arse covering in the light of some failures in guns using 11.1v LiPos. +1 on the NanoAB Mosfet though, I have one in my M4 with a 7.4v LiPo and (when it's working) it's fuggin' great!

Last few pmags have arrived, no need to worry about them being out of production anymore

Well, Loz, yeah better wiring, Deans, and a MOSFET in general does improve trigger response and ROF, but not by as much as PAS are claiming. I used my modified TM GB as a drop in to skirmish Sabine my tac AK this weekend - I haven't got around to sorting the wiring out yet, other than Deans because all my batteries have them, so it's stock including a fuse (the 25A one burned out with a 1300mAh 25-50C 11.1V LiPo so I replaced it with a 30A). The ROF was about 20-21rps, but the trigger response was very quick (which is what I was after). Compare that to Jetta my G36: a 7.4V 30C 5000mAh LiPo with 16:1 gears and 16AWG wiring, Burst Wizard KK MOSFET and Deans which produces a quicker trigger response than an 8.4V NiMh, but a fractionally slower ROF, at about 15rps. I can recommend Gate NanoAB MOSFETs. I have 1 in my Skorpion and it has made all the difference to the trigger response even compared to with just a 7.4V LiPo (there isn't room in it for heavier gauge wiring).

Thank the gods that stories like this a few and far between in the UK, seems to be every other week it happens in America

Holy s***! Dude's huge

Can you measure the diameter of the internal thread on your gun? If it's 11mm internal CW threaded then you can use one of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/11to-14mm-Barrel-Adaptor-for-WE-Hi-capa-G17-G18C-G23-G25-G27-G34-G35-Airsoft-GBB-/191010433444?pt=UK_Sporting_Goods_Paintballing&hash=item2c791be9a4 which are usually for pistols but should do the job. Again, check the diameter of the thread first!

bear in mind though that the man is a tank and the gun only LOOKS small in his hands!

I imagine he was charged with possession of an offensive weapon (knife) and the manufacturer of RIFs was a charge added after questioning as he wasn't charged originally with a firearms offence. You have to remember that the Police don't know every law and offence so I doubt even they knew about the manufacturing of RIFs

You need to try reading it again then.

Comedy aside - "Google" is only called that because they were originally going to call the site "Goggle" but misspelled it.

I used Andy Bourne for mine ( http://www.tacticaloptician.co.uk/ ). Lovely chap, glazed an ESS ViceRx insert for me £35 +£5.95 return postage. Personally I wouldn't trust Specsavers to tell me the correct time let alone get my prescription right (simple short sightedness prescription that they have managed to fuck up every time I've used them).

No worries Nick

ARES UMP 45 Mid cap (finally found a place that stocks them!)

He was charged. What we need to know was whether it was under the VCRA or the Firearms Act. How on earth did he manage to be found guilty though? I mean yeah, he is obviously a cock, but he did originally gain a place at college so we can assume at least that he can read and string a few thoughts together... and what kind of dipshit is this Mrs Lish his lawyer? How can she possibly have let him say anything in court that cast doubt on whether he had a defence? I was part of an amateur theatre group... yes, my mates and me... never did put the play on... no money to hire a venue... cough... I smell something mendacious about this story. There must be more to it than what has been reported.

my M4A1 SOPMOD Block 2 is very nearly complete: perfectly skirmishable as it is, but I'd ideally like to stick a decent functional PEQ 15 on there and maybe a torch too.

Dyslexia is my enemy I'm afraid

Get an L, they take m4 mags. Unless you're seriously into loadouts an H is just unecesssry extra weight and impractical mags.

Google and Youtube are your friends... as is punctuation

if your plate carrier is too heavy take some stuff off it! exercise wise though, CORE: sit ups, plank, leg raises, side raises, tuck jumps, v-sits. Push ups and pull ups will help too, but to a lesser extent.

A new site in Chesterfield! Went along and played the trial day on the 3rd, here's what we thought! http://airsoftoperator.com/black-hills-airsoft/ More details of the site on their Facebook Page

I'll trade you my LE stock for it, then you have a stock to sell with that gun

Love the 556, lovely example.