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Found my speedsoft gun boys. Gonna have to DSG it.

AEP for winter then...

Need a backup pistol there bud.

Hey all. Need to get some time away from the big smoke and go back to somewhere closer to my roots for a while. I have tentatively secured a place to stay at St Agnes near Newquay. I have identified Tank Trax and Tier 1 CQB in Truro as the only sites I can visit by public transport and get back before the last bus. I am hoping to play at Holmans Test Mine in Cambourne as well. Though I will need to camp out after. Any other sites that I might possibly be able to get to? Are there any AFUK members in Cornwall I may be able to tag along with? Cheers!

Changing the motor wont be took difficult, get an SHS/Rocket 16TPA neo (Which is more of a balanced motor) and that should help it feel more snappy. Consider using a 9.9V LIFe Battery as well, that will really help it along too. As it's your only rifle, I wouldn't take a gearbox apart as of yet. Most AUGs come with plastic hop units and they are perfectly fine and very easy to access and take apart. Just change the hop rubber to a Guarder Clear or Prometheus Purple, clean the barrel and you'll be fine. Getting a replacement outer barrel assembly is quite difficult. I would suggest just using it with the current setup, even the long barrelled AUGs are still quite short rifles.

Grabbed me an SRC XM8C from these very forums! Would never have paid full whack for one. But the price was too good on this one to miss!

At least my F2000s kinda work.

I don't know what the hell I am, but I wouldn't want anyone else to go through what I do.

You need to pull the bolt back every time. You need an AEG to be able to compete at an Airsoft skirmish.

I have had bad canted sights from both E&L's and LCT's. The worst being on an LCT TKMS which had to be returned it was so bad!

Raven are even worse then the WE mags you were complaining about in the first place. Good luck.

No. But It's the same as any other standard type 0 cylinder.

Just picked up the just released Ares RDB to go with my KSG. Its... an interesting rifle that is probably not worth the hassle.

Heya all. I just picked up one of the new Ares Kel-Tec RDBs. This is the first and probably only generation of these AEGs. I am always loathe to be the first to buy a brand new just released rifle ever since the KWA Tavor GBBr disaster. But... It's a bullpup, and I must have it. With the Ares RDB I was mostly right to be reticent. Looks: Great, the box is similar to the real Kel Tec rifle ones. The Replica looks fantastic. Quite accurate to look at. The Plastic is of very high quality Nylon Fibre. The metal feels like standard Ares Pot metal. Internals: Usual Ares Trash, not that I expected any less. This essentially took the standard Ares Soc-AR gearbox, Quick change spring system, Ferrite motor, innards and mosfet, replaced the cylinder with a one piece cylinder/cylinder head type and called it fine. To be fair the Ares Mosfet is a monster, hall sensors everywhere, whilst it has no real additional functionality, it is made of quite substantial components. The proprietary hop unit is.... meh. The plastic used is sturdier then it's orange appearance would have you believe. Unlike other Ares hop units, this one probably wont adjust by itself upon firing. Sadly the arm has a built in plastic nub, so you will need to modify it to use a rubber nub. The standard bucking is the usual ultra soft Ares rubber which tears easily. I replaced this with a Prommy Purple straight away. Hop adjustment is made in the magwell (So have to remove the magazine) by a small flathead screwdriver supplied within the RDB's pistol grip. The stock barrel is an awfully made 450mm brass barrel with a small hop window. This was changed out for a ZCI 420mm straight away. Fit and Finish: This is where the problems were very close to me returning it. The Outer Barrel and gas tube/Top Rail do not align, much like the 1st gen G&G GK5's and 1st gen Krytac M4's. I had to take the outer barrel apart to align it close enough to shoot straight. Sadly this also means trying to get the handguard pin back in is a nightmare as the pin hole on the gas tube/outer barrel bracket is now at a slight angle. I suspect this is actually an inherent design flaw rather then something specific to mine. If you want to see if your RDB has this issue, just look from the top down at the front of the rail and see if it aligns with the outer barrel extension, my extension is cockeyed to the left. I cant get the flash hider off from the barrel extension. Its stuck on fast and I need to get the heatgun out to see if that will shift it. The gearbox shimming is awful as per usual for Ares. the motor is weak, but the mosfet bullies the AEG into having reasonable performance on 11.1v. As per usual I will be replacing these bits ASAP. Performance: It's not particularly awful, I need to spend some time with the hop unit to get it working as best as it could, even with the prommy purple and ZCI barrel, its performance is lacking a little, range falling short of most of my other AEG's. ROF is fine. FPS was 330 out of the box with a stock M90 spring, dropping to 320 when I installed the shorter ZCI barrel. It's a quick change spring system so I put in a spare M95 to bump the performance up to 347 fps. At least it shoots straight after being beaten into shape by yours truly. Would I recommend it?: Like most bullpups, you have to love the system, be prepared to invest some physical labour and Teching to get it working to an acceptable standard. So for your average user... no. I do LOVE the look of the rifle and the way it feels in hand. If you insist on buying one, try seeing it in person beforehand to see if it has the barrel misalignment issue that I had. Frankly, it's Ares, and I got what I expected, good ideas, good on paper, but woefully implemented. Dissasembly Guide: ARES/EMG KEL-TEC RDBを分解していきます（分解手順、バレル、メカボックス内部紹介） | エボログ (evolutor.net) Here she is, along with my KSG.

6.02 Its the standard full cylinder on any AEG. If you want to run heavy ammo with consistency, best go shorter to 402mm. It might even drop the FPS enough to 350. Though its more like you'll need a M95/M100 spring. Warfet has pre cocking and other options. Perun basic lacks those features. In truth you can pick any mosfet that does not require to be housed in the gearbox.

I think the hop unit is supposed to be pretty bad... and proprietary. Otherwise the rest of the rifle is pretty solid.

How high of an FPS is too high? An M95 should do the job. That length barrel is pointless as the stock barrel is too long for even the full cylinder that is in the gearbox, you will be undervolumed. I put a ZCI Tightbore 407mm inner barrel in my Tavor with no issues, it could also bring your FPS down enough to not worry about changing the spring. Proprietary gearbox so optical mosfet is out, use either a Warfet for Pre-cocking or a standard basic Perun (Like myself). I use a Prommy Purple and nub in my hop unit to good effect. However I had to replace the stock arm with a better M4 style hop arm to get enough lift to use .28's. The gears on the hop unit are also pretty crappy, so replaced those too. (It's a proprietary hop unit, so you cant just replace it). There are a couple of bolts on top of the gearbox that attach to the sprung EBB plate. Just remove the bolts to disable EBB.

Sounds like it either needs a bit of lube on the slide, the nozzle is sticking, or the nozzle return spring is a little weak. Only use Green gas or 144A in the strike warrior. The detonics slide is so lightweight you'll just destroy it.

I am not sure what you mean by stopped cycling. What do you have to do to get it cycling again?

Get the Tokyo Marui M45A1 mags. They hold more gas then the standard TM MEU ones. They work great in my Strike Warrior. Considering how limited gas capacity is for 1911 types like the Strike Warrior. You need to invest in proper TM mags over anything else. I believe Army Armanent mags will work, but they piss gas if you look at them funny.

Green gas will be fine. ASG ultra air if you want a cheap gas that works well enough.

Correct, it will not fit. It requires lots of filing/dremeling to get it on. If you dont want to do that, you need the Madbull rail with an ICS Adapter.

Admittedly I did get a brand new one of these in Italian Vegetato recently for £25 off Amazon. Problem is, it's a really crap vest. The pouches are barely big enough for M4 mags. Very awkward to use.