Fatboy40

@Skullchewer was this at Red Alert between Newbury and Reading? (I'm playing there this Sunday 13th, with my son and his buddy and his dad) I've been spoilt by lovely comfy "safe zones" so not sure how to best handle running out the back of my estate car (other than bringing a fold up table and chairs, and dressing appropriately to keep warm).

What a very securely wrapped package... https://i.imgur.com/e1CGurK.jpg ... with a nice selection of weights to try... https://i.imgur.com/iMuL9Zv.jpg (Roll on 13/11/2022 when I'll use 0.32g BB's in my AEG)

11.1v 3,000 mAh Li-Io's from either Titan or Valken.

If any DE M900 owners are interested I bought a couple of these as I was off work last week relaxing at home... https://www.ak2m4.co.uk/internal-parts/motors-parts/xt-high-torque-motor-22tpa-long-fan ... and wanted to see how they'd effect things (one for me to play around with and another for my son's upgraded G&G Firehawk that has as stock an M130 spring). DE have said to me that the stock Chaoli motor they use is 19,000 RPM, but not at what voltage of battery and what its TPA is, so I put one into my M904E which is currently running an M105 spring. Just turning the stock Chaoli and XT motors pinions with your fingers there's a massive difference, with the Chaoli turning very easily and the XT requiring substantially more force with its strong magnets. RPS only slightly improved, I wasn't really interested in that though, but the trigger response on semi is substantially better with all that torque available (and I run a Maxx Model Advanced Trigger so have set a very short trigger pull as well). I play most of the time at a semi only site so will definitely be getting my first shot off quicker and will be able to merrily spam the trigger if I'm in that sort of mood. For a while I was tempted by a 27,000 RPM Warhead Base motor, but with the trigger response now so good I'm not sure if it's worth it (plus I'd be worried about PME and I don't want to play around with gear ratios to be honest). For only £33.50 it's a cracking upgrade

I think you've covered the only UK one with Patrol Base I'm not sure if 8Fields is distributed in Europe by Taiwan Gun or if it's actually a brand they own (it was this site that made me think they actually own them... https://8fields.com/ ), but they're the only ones I known of who stock their full range.

Looking at Patrol Base, from your image, that's an expensive gun where it seems all the money was just for the cosmetics and no features that improve performance, but it's all about what makes you happy Everything online seems to imply that such an expensive gun has just a mechanical trigger like this... https://www.ak2m4.co.uk/internal-parts/trigger-switches/ec-trigger-switch-v2-rear-wired ... so if you can afford it a Perun V2 Hybrid / GATE Aster / Gate Titan would make a huge difference in trigger response but won't be cheap (however you'd gain other things as well like cycle control which would prevent double tapping if you did also move to a better motor).

I've had plenty of trouble with ML Omega nubs not being centered 100% correctly, even slightly off gives a left or right curve that becomes more pronounced when shooting at distance (I need to tweaks my son's RIF again before we next play due to this). I went the nuclear option to say goodbye to this forever, with a Maxx Model M4A-PRO hop unit and the solid metal nub which acts like a TDC.

It's starting to look like a Quake 8 with 615 primers and a Deadly Customs holster 🤔 (better guarantee to go off, and it would only be getting used on solid surfaces (concrete and wooden flooring)) Is it bad that I get an evil grin thinking about the possibility of dropping one through an opening and scaring the shit out of someone 😈 (... and an even bigger one imagining dropping it into one of my teenage sons bedrooms on a school morning)

Stopped the selector plate moving that far with a nut and bolt through the receiver (also no site has ever questioned how I'm locked to semi only, just chrono'd me at the weight I'm using and trusted me (I shoot 0.40g and have never cheated chrono in any way)). @ak2m4 In the past I did try an o-ring nozzle in one of my DE M900's, with absolutely no difference at all (I think it was one of your XT nozzles). However the Maxx Model M4A-PRO + their own 21.25 nozzle with o-ring did give me extra FPS, so I'm wondering if the nozzle is just mating up perfectly with the bucking in the hop unit and improving the air seal?

@Stevobeavo About 6 months or so into owning my DE M904E I just wanted to start tinkering with it, nothing big at that point (it's radically different from stock now) but at least fully disassembling it and rebuilding it. I got an extra 5 to 8 FPS on 0.20g just from carefully cleaning an re-greasing it with Super Lube. The biggest gains I got though were from... # Replacing the Spring: The three DE M900's I have were all UK spec for power from the retailer, but the spring in each one was totally different from the others in strength, length and two were progressive and one was linear. Using well made springs gave substantial power gains, with no loss over time, and consistency when swapping them around. # Maxx Model M4A-PRO and Nozzle: In my DMR, a DE M908A at 420 FPS on 0.20g, I recently installed a Maxx Model M4A-PRO and their 21.25mm Nozzle, and had a big FPS gain (I noted what it was but can't find it, something like 10 to 14 FPS). Was it the hop unit, was it the nozzle, both together?

Unexpectedly HMRC has given me money, how nice of them, so I've a small amount to spend, but I'm torn about how to waste it... # A Tectonic Innovations Quake 8 (I don't push much, prefer support, but each skirmish I end up in at least one a situation where a bang would help sort things out). or # A second hand GoPro (not for YouTube, just my own consumption and reminiscing). ... both would make me happy (and one would would make me and my team happy, but the other I can watch back on rainy Sunday's and laugh about).

Apparently it's the Ukraine soldiers not talking their hits. (I've read that they're using modern / Western manufactured plates in their rigs, and Russian ammo and AK's just can't penetrate it at all)

So it's someone with retail premises then 🤔

The video popped up yesterday for me in Facebook, very interesting but it looks somewhat over-engineered to either solve things that common sense can deal with or just better quality components? I suppose it all comes down to the price, if anyone knows what this may be in the UK?

If we're talking full on CQB, the sort of stuff like they play here... https://zedadventures.co.uk/ ... then personally I've always wanted one of these... https://bombupairsoft.co.uk/products/ares-amoeba-tactical-m4-am-003-tan ... and if I ever get the money I want to buy one to use as the sidearm to my DMR 😈

My M904E is almost completely different from stock apart from the receiver + handguard + gearbox shell + gears + motor + Falcon controller, everything else has been replaced with a mixture of parts from www.ak2m4.co.uk + Maple Leaf + Maxx Model + PTS. My M908A has had various upgrades / mods to run as a UK site allowed semi-only DMR, shooting 0.40g (I've still got loads to do though to get it to my satisfaction, but bugger all money to do it). My son's M906C hasn't been tweaked too much, just Maple Leaf bucking and nub + ZCI rotary hop unit + GearParts M100 spring + PTS EPS stock (all my money's gone on pimping out his G&G Firehawk with a GATE Titan and a few other bits and pieces).

What i_need_help57 said on Reddit is probably the most accurate reply to you so far, in that a motor that powerful will probably give you more negatives than positives in what in all honesty is a rifle made to a cheap price point (the gears, piston, ETU / controller). The stock Chaoli branded motors are undoubtedly dirt cheap and using ferrite magnets, so really inefficient and we've absolutely no idea who many turns there are on them. Even the Warhead Base models are quite expensive, and have will have huge amounts of torque compared to the stock Chaoli, so maybe start with a... https://www.ak2m4.co.uk/internal-parts/motors-parts/shs-high-torque-motor-16tpa-long ... and ask @ak2m4 for some advice? 👍

Didn't we already cover this on Reddit a few days ago?... https://old.reddit.com/r/airsoft/comments/xrd8iq/warhead_motor_on_stock_m904g_double_eagle/

None of the ones shown there, mine are the Viper Tactical Recon Gloves, much more like the Mechanix.

Ouch, if you have a husband or wife don't let them find out 😆 Just a GATE Titan BASIC, a Warhead Industries Base motor and a Maxx Model advanced trigger would have turned your Defender into a beast.

They're actually very good, mine have had masses of abuse, are covered in dirt / blood / snot, and are very comfortable.

From the above I'm assuming you're using the same tappet plate + nozzle + hop unit as before? Also what was your previous gear ratio? (I'm assuming a stock Nuprol Defender so maybe 18:1?). It would seem sensible to start with checking your air seal in general as, in theory, the parts used should not negatively effect anything (and I'm assuming that the GATE Eon piston head has a bearing, so the spring would be compressed further and that in itself will give a few extra FPS). What FPS /. Joules were you getting on your chrono before and after?

I'm as certain as I can be that Patrol Base buy a lot of their stock from Taiwan Gun (aka "Krakman" https://www.taiwangun.biz/en ), and their DE rifles come from them (however not all stock of DE rifles in the UK come from there).

I've now a new object of desire more than any pew... "The Catalog" 🤩

Worth noting that all the M900's have the same internals, so those with the 400mm+ inner barrels are running a 3/4 cylinder so a bit under-volumed 😒