Pseudotectonic

28+ TPA motor or warhead motor, 13:1 gears, good shim job, as big a battery you can get, mosfet, short stroke and harder springs, bigger wires, supercapacitors...

I find it hard to believe chucking solid blocks of aluminium at people is acceptable gameplay at all because you can crack skulls and disfigure peoples faces with it.

It's a zombie RIF, very illegal under Offensive Weapons Act 2019.

It's fine, as long as the inner barrel is still supported and not rattling around inside the outer barrel. If you have a drill you can try polishing the inside of the existing inner with some metal polish which might give you better result than getting a new one.

I think the other one is better looking because the wear pattern is more genuine. By genuine I mean you can basically picture his grip and the usage pattern from the wear marks. It seems you have tried to artificially recreate the wear pattern but, like many other similar attempts by other people, because it's not a real usage pattern, it doesn't look as good as the real ones IMO. I would argue the only way to a great wear pattern is to wear it off naturally. Maybe even choosing the paint that have better flake-off characteristics or something, because the real steel patterns (at least the better looking ones) seem to have more flaking/chipping offs than fading offs. So perhaps the secret is in the precision or resolution of the wear pattern, i.e. the sharper the better. But it also depends on the body material I guess. (Can't find good examples but this one has sharp flake offs:)

Sometimes I wonder if gold paint is not too far off from the various "RAL8000s" in rifles etc (especially the cerakote one)

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My first thought as well but multiple outlets seem to all report the same thing. But perhaps they bent the barrel by accident and so had to call it an imitation instead:

As already pointed out, "two-tone" is only the colors specified in the law (see below) so you will need to choose the actual two-tone spray paint option. Your parents should not be able to buy a black/tan without UKARA anyway because it is not "two-tone" legally speaking. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2606/regulation/7/made

It sounds like a thermal problem, you take the gearbox out of the rifle and try to recreate the problem, and check by touching if any part is heating up when the problem appears. Maybe the battery is heating up, maybe the wires is heating up, maybe the mosfet is heating up, maybe the motor is heating up.

From this page: https://www.devtsix.com/racal-frontier-ra5500-t15208.html But I suggest checking with some trial and error with spare wires and alligator clips before actual soldering.

Do you mean the rate of fire slows down after 7 rounds in automatic? Or do you mean the BBs are flying out with less velocity after 7 rounds? If it is the rate of fire, maybe the battery is bad, or the motor is bad, or your gearbox is badly shimmed, or the spring is too strong, so the amp draw is too high, and the battery cannot sustain the current, so the voltage drops as a result after 7 rounds. Or it may be the mosfet doing some sort of thermal management. If it is less joules, then it is probably something in the gearbox or barrel and not the battery.

It has got the best price tag for the luxury and prestige it offers, it's a status symbol. Like Gucci. You are buying for the exclusive experience to turn heads on the battlefield.

It depends

Re OP He is negative but at least he is honest about it and I find that rather entertaining. Although too much of a Warhead onlyist IMO.

IANAL but the spirit of the Highways Act is to physically protect highways and highway users. And this includes any kind of distraction within 50 ft. Someone seen (or, in case of real firearms, heard) plinking could cause a distraction, regardless of distance, but only within 50 ft you can be nicked for the Highways Act. The solution, solely for the purpose of the Highways Act, if you have to plink within the 50 ft, is not to be seen (or heard) as to not cause any potential distraction to a driver. If it is "completely out of sight" like you say then it should be fine.

16 TPA is not really high torque, for similar amount of money you can get a 28 TPA motor from aliexpress for about £32 shipped. There is also a 32 TPA £55 shipped. These will give you good efficiency and trigger response but low ROF. The 16 TPA will probably give you meh results. In my opinion brushless is actually a good upgrade for stock because it is relatively foolproof. It will not have cause torque/heat/amp issues, and no sparking issues so you can skip the mosfet. You don't need to worry about balancing torque and RPM like brushed motors so there is little possibility of mistake. The only downside is it may be too fast and gets you into PME territory (which is unlikely with stock gears). And may have compatibility issues with some mosfet/ETU (can't use active breaking etc) so that is a whole new area of problems. But for stock it is a rather good upgrade. Will probably feel a bit like switching from HDD to SSD and you won't have any money left for other upgrades, but you probably won't need them by now 🤪

35k might actually be too high speed if you want to keep RPS lowish for ammo/battery conservation or realistic ROF reasons. Any speed Warhead will have the torque (therefore trigger response) and efficiency (less heat). So all things being equal, you actually just want to pick the Warhead speed based on the RPS you are trying to achieve. It also depends on which battery you are using. I guess you can use this video as reference: From the video the 35k Warhead doesn't seem to increase ROF as much as it suggests from 27k at 11.1v so you might want to pick the 27k for better efficiency if you are using 11.1v.

Is that wire going to the left somehow pushing up the feeding part so it is rubbing against the nozzle? Because there are some marks on the wire too not sure if it's from magazine inserts.

That is clever, very clear too so no more guessing, and I agree it looks like it is just on the edge of PME!

Inside the assembled gearbox? How do you do that?

Wouldn't chamfering the mag itself achieve the same effect / help even more? With countersink bits £5 like these

(Sorry about steering off-topic into airsoft site design in general) The 2021 International Building Code (which is used in America and some other countries) have had updated to include "Puzzle rooms (escape rooms) are now defined and regulated as special amusement areas, requiring compliance with Section 411 and special means of egress requirements". (Which includes indoor airsoft sites) This would affect affect (new) indoor airsoft sites (outside UK) because it deals with fire escape routes markings and distances and so on (so cannot be an absolute maze or you have to be clever about it) and sprinklers are mandatory in indoor sites bigger than 1000 square feet, and voice alarm PA systems, and fire rated interior finishes, etc. Which I imagine would make it a little more expensive to start an indoor CQB site and you have to be more thoughtful about it, and in terms of gameplay it may have some implications on the complexity of layout you can design because now it should be simple and obvious enough to escape from in any emergency. Unless you come up with some clever contraptions to collapse certain areas to show an escape routes from the game area or something. So while our castle and church in Glasgow is in sort of a grey area (they are "buildings" but not really), I would assume building regs do still apply (as they needed planning application) and this aspect was probably covered by the builder/contractor themselves who are self-certified on the Competent Person Scheme. And by the looks of it it seems to be built at least semi-professionally judging by craftsmanship etc. So at the end of day I suppose as long as they are structurally ok, and safe in a fire (easy to escape / extinguishers etc) and safe to use (slip resistant chicken wires is questionable even though it is used elsewhere) etc it should be covered in terms of liability. They also can say the structures are only entered when there is real time monitoring by marshals standing at an observable distance so that by itself is a big plus. I suppose you guys need to sign a waiver to play as well? And I just thought of there are people airsofting in abandoned buildings that are clearly dangerous, so this Glasgow site is far from being dangerous all things considered. And arguably the uneven terrain surrounding the structures is more dangerous than the structures themselves.

Yes but they didn't build those trees!

Ok sounds like they have managed out the risks. Don't get me wrong I really do admire the structures. And it all looks very well designed and well built, just very curious if this sort of structure needs to meet certain standards on paper e.g. building regs. Is it because they are not technically buildings? Or are they classed as something like "playground equipment" (do they meet BS EN 1176)? Surely they needed planning application for it (found it). I envy you guys, the site looks amazing.