Skara
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Hey I'm wanting to go for these options for an upgrade.
Skara replied to Yashy's topic in Electric Guns
Go in this order: pick hop rubber pick barrel fix possible air leaks pick spring. You'll be amazed at how many FPS you can squeeze out of a M90 spring when your compression set is air tight Hop rubber wise, first choose a bb weight you're comfortable with, it could be anything from 0.25g to 0.32.. I personally use 0.32s for everything except my Well minigun (0.25s, it's a rather expensive gun to run), regardless of the situation/field. Then pick something that will actually lift the desired weight. I personally use Maple Leaf Super Macarons in 70° hardness, 60s do work well too, 50s are too soft and cause issues. MRs can work too although I had issues with them. Next, don't pick an ultra tight barrel (6.02 is borderline too tight imo) otherwise you'll be at higher risk of jams and mayhem inside the gearbox. In my experience 6.05 is the best diametre. Sort any air leak and replace components accordingly (most likely the nozzle, buy one with o-rings, keep it polymer though). At this point you can change the spring to match the desired power output. -
This aged like fine wine. Receivers (yes, both) are badly bent, I knew there was something off but didn't pay too much attention until yesterday night. Upper is not compatible with other brands as it's 3/4mm longer. Buying a replacement from King Arms is ludicrously expensive because of postage and import fees (€70+, not even counting the price of the receiver set itself) which makes it cheaper to just buy a new gun. At this point there is a whole new gun I'm looking at.... Stay tuned for more OCD autism
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CYMA MP5 has died of death after motor adjustment - any ideas?
Skara replied to pyromancer6's topic in Electric Guns
Sounds like your motor is too low, so it just barely engages the bevel gear (read it's chewing it away). Whenever you adjust the motor height, you should: a) plug the weakest battery you own to minimize emotional collateral damage; b) start with the motor HIGH, that way should anything happen it'll just stop instead of shredding something. Keep adjusting (read unscrewing) by a quarter turn at the time until the sound is crisp/not as scratchy, if you keep going you'll hear the sound change to a low-ish note of scratching, this means you've gone too far and the motor is now too low. Find the sweet spot in the middle. Cut-off is not near the motor, it's next to the trigger and doesn't affect noise.. You probably meant the anti reversal latch, which engages the bevel gear, but that generally doesn't do anything apart from wearing itself out at a stupid angle. A worn anti reversal is recognizable because every time the gun stops firing you'll hear the gears slowly spin in reverse under tension from the main spring and the next shot will be a double feed. -
Find one that isn't yours nor the site's, you'll have a pretty good measure of which one is busted. If you're in the market for a new one, then you may look at the Acetech 5000, it's essentially the good ol' Xcortech mk3200 but in a different casing and with a few more functions.
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Did you chrono on 0.28s at home? Some guns do lose an awful lot of energy by switching to heavier BBs
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Very strange, a mosfet shouldn't in any case interfere with the mechanical operation... Could it be the LCT gearbox being "speshul"? The same way E&L boxes are slightly off spec?
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Is the FCU board scratched?
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Receiver on the KA PDW is bent to all fuck. Knew it was but haven't noticed HOW MUCH until now.
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Noticed Well, no Steyr AUG for me then
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Aww, that's pretty bad! Are you 101% sure you didn't mess up the shimming while installing the Aster? Because if care was taken in doing so there is no chance a single board mosfet like an Aster would affect the tappet plate movement. Care to take a longer, non slowed down video of semi&full auto fire? Full auto is actually better for the trigger contacts than semi, there is indeed a voltaic arc whenever the two blades are close enough, but once they touch they're "safe" until the circuit is opened again, whereas semi spam will repeat the voltaic arc part once every pull of the trigger (one long pull to let off 30 bbs is better than 30 pulls to let off 30 bbs, 29 less arcs for the same result).. Also motor blah blah battery blah blah, but it's irrelevant to the topic at the moment
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Lonex flash mags. They fit pretty much everything. I prefer the metal stanag ones because they also happen to fit in EVERY M4/5.56 pouch out there, whereas the polymer ones don't.
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Now THAT would be interesting to have.
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My king arms pdw is out of commission because of a ssssssploded bearing.. So now I have yet another Retro Arms gearbox coming along with 8mm steel bushings and 3 SHS double bearing motor towers.
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Just got back from the first (and most likely only) night game of the season, took the opportunity to try out the new 5" abomination and the new thermal optic. I'm genuinely impressed by the rifle, I didn't expect such degree of consistency from such a short barrel, in many occasions I literally threaded the needle by making silly shots through tiny gaps in the foliage. Thermal delivered as expected, maybe a bit too much at first as the screen was overwhelmed by heated rocks and roots that had sat under the sun all day, making the image a bit confused, but once we went deeper in the woods where the sun didn't roast the ground as much.... Well.... It kinda felt like cheating, in one game I completely mopped the floor with the attackers, spotting them from far away and letting off small bursts when they were in range.. so much so that in the last two games I didn't even turn it on as it didn't feel right to be the only one who could see.. In any case, I will use it again next time, gotta understand and exploit its potential and most important, its limitations in different scenarios. One thing I didn't do (not on purpose) was to take some time and teach new people how to approach night games, while it's preferable to not walk on clear paths during daytime, at night it's the opposite, way less noise generated and unless skylining it's very difficult to actually see someone without nods/thermal/torches.. Kit used: Belt kit Small pack Lightweight summer hiking trousers Short sleeve shirt
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https://imgur.com/a/sightmark-mini-wraith-thermal-xFhianx link to the album where I may or may not upload more in the future
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Santa came mega early this year... Sightmark Wraith Mini Thermal riflescope.
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Yep, 100% truth. Though it depends on how the gun is set up, in some cases (no electronics, giga fast motor, beefy battery) the gun may overspin and leave the piston somewhere in the middle of its travel. Usually switching to a weaker battery (say 7,4 from 11,1 or one with less mAh/c rating) does the trick. The procedure I mentioned is only "necessary" (read it's really not necessary) when storing for a looooooong time, to minimize the chance of poor quality springs being stretched/compressed permanently.
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Nah, as long as you don't leave it "cocked".. Remove the grip, manually pull the anti reversal latch and reinstall. That will also release any tension on the tappet plate spring.
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Did a bit of a revamp of my 10" M4.... It's now a 5" M4. Used a spare Specna upper receiver I had, got a new 5" carbon fibre barrel, moved the ARP-9 handguard from my AAP carbine, cut down and recrowned an old Guarder 363x6.02 barrel, replaced the cylinder (from 4/5 hole to 2/3), random spring (m100? m110? who knows) and now I have a very smol boi. Why? Because I want lightweight and compact for long tournaments, this horrid thing is very consistent in Joule output and spread (very surprising given the silly short barrel), plus I'll be strapping a thermal scope onto it at night, the more weight I can shave the better. Powered by a funny 7,4v 1800mAh 130/65c battery that gets me in the 25 RPS region (by sound, need to confirm via chrono). As always, functionality over aesthetics. P.S. G43 + FTC is on there just for show, I don't really use it.
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Cut off lever is installed, so it can't be a magnet, or at least said "magnet" isn't used to detect the sector gear's position, there would be two redundant systems that at one point would conflict resulting in silly things happening. That, my friend, is just the tappet plate cam, you can see it on the shs sector as well, although much smaller. Afaik there is only one system that uses magnets to track the sector gear and it's the Ares EFCS (electronic fucky cunty shit) and that would be a whole new can of worms, so yeah you're good to go, swap them gears and have fun
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Talk me out of buying a thermal please 😭
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disagree with the people saying you won't use it that much. you do have to be honest with yourself about that question. But I use my expensive stuff quite a bit and I know people that use it more. Playing at night with your mates all nodded up is as good as airsoft gets imo. I absolutely but hopefully politely disagree with the people saying to get random guns/gear/bs instead! thermal will actually change your experience of actually playing airsoft. most airsoft guns give you the same experience lets face it.
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Alright guys here's the thing:
I already have too many guns, all of them do the same thing with a slightly different flavour, some do it faster, some do it quieter, but the end result is the same, a BB is thrown against another person with a reasonable degree of repeatability. No point in having more, since I can only use one at the time.
Gear wise I have three rigs that get used regularly for different purposes, 4 if we count the smersh (that will be put up for sale soon). Same as above applies.
The only two things I have yet to put my mitts on are NV and thermal.
I'm not new to either and thermal is by far the most versatile of the two.
I've already looked at one option (Hikmicro thunder 2.0 model th35p) and Saturday I will have a closer look at the Sightmark mini wraith thermal, both units are 384 core, both units are around the €2k mark and have similar specs.
In any case by Saturday night I will own a thermal optic..
Regarding NV, I already have plans on getting some by the end of the year under a reasonable budget (say 2k, Alexi housing + nnvt gen 2+ tube), and then I'll figure out how to use it without having to wear a helmet or one of those medieval style torture devices.
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ALG Defense actually made a purple one.
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Two years later, I still haven't fielded it It's the only rif I have, bar the mk23, to which I haven't spent a fortune on so let's change that. Plan is to short stroke it and install a TTI hop unit.. both unnecessary but hey, who says no to shiny new things? Unfortunately the parts choice seems a bit limited compared to platforms like the AAP or Hi-Capa, the only two short stroke kits I can source are the nineball and the CCT ones, I wonder if the latter is decent enough to spend money onto. Comments? Experiences? I'm keeping the plastic slide for now, I don't see the point in crippling the awesome gas efficiency for "ReEeEeEealism" so there is that too. Next, I need a holster for it, I don't trust the CTM style ones that clamp onto the trigger guard, at the same time I mailed Deadly Customs who said they won't do it unless I send them the gun, which I'm not confident in doing because I'm positive it'll get lost/seized (read stolen).. at the same time I don't want to dish out €200+ for an AMS-6S.. any recommendations? Thirdly, I need more mags, I have these two Action Army mags that I don't use in my AAPs and wanted to convert them to TM spec, so I was thinking of replacing routers and valves. Worth it? And lastly, I may change a thing or two in the hammer mechanism, hammer spring seems a bit tired, I'm unsure if I should buy a TM one or a CCG 140% spring, even though I already kind of know the answer to this question.. Current state of the poor thing.
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@Rogerborg have fun
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It's an MP5, it does have an OEM mosfet called M System. Otherwise it wouldn't have 4 selector positions (we've all seen how well the VFC attempt at a mechanical 4 positions selector turned out). Knowing how picky TMs are, I wouldn't. But that's not my RIF and the OP can do as he/she pleases. Yes people have put warheads inside their NGRS, but how many of those guns are still 100% stock internally? I bet none.
