Pseudotectonic

Motor heats up because of high current High current because of high load High load because of difficulty to spin Difficulty to spin could be because motor is too low torque and/or too high mechanical resistance Too high mechanical resistance could be anything in the gearbox If it is new, I would try adjusting the motor height and see if it spins easier

cut off lever spring?

I am just saying, you definitely need "evidence", because that is what VCRA says The wording "sufficient evidence [...]" is that of the concept of evidential burden of proof which is not exclusive to VCRA and there are tests for "evidential sufficiency" in other areas of law that we can triangulate with If you don't try to interpret the law yourself, you are at mercy of judges making wrong interpretations

Ackchually VCRA specifies "sufficient evidence to raise an issue" to be the standard for testing So you would need some sort of evidence

Why would a retailer expect harsher punishment? VCRA does not discriminate

The way he waves it around tells me it's a bloody plastic spring pistol

You can import an RIF if you have UKARA. But ring your airline if they allow such items. You will probably need to put them into cargo as a checked luggage (not carry on). The size restrictions might say you need to pay a fee, depends on the size and shape of your box or bag. If they get inspected you can give them your UKARA number as proof of defence.

The law is very clear, selling an RIF is illegal unless you have sufficient evidence of defence. It does not matter if you are a retailer or a private seller on a forum, the law is exactly the same. UKARA is just one example of evidence of defence. You can choose to use something else other than UKARA to be your evidence of defence. But UKARA is most commonly used. (It has absolutely nothing to do with any duty of care / negligence, which is a civil matter. Meanwhile the VCRA offence is a criminal matter.)

Section 161 is titled "Penalties for causing certain kinds of danger or annoyance". It is mainly to keep the highway safe and free of distraction. Specifically it prohibits the actions of "lighting" a fire, or "discharging" fireworks or firearms. Fire itself can be dangerous and highly distracting/annoying, but it is the action of starting a fire that is illegal. Fireworks and firearms can also be dangerous and highly distracting/annoying, but it is the action of firing that is illegal. Coming back to airsoft, the mere sight of someone waving a realistic looking gun shaped object by itself doesn't qualify for Section 161. It is the firing of airsoft that got them done in. Airsoft can also be loud. Stray BBs can be dangerous. It's exactly the type of danger or annoyance Section 161 is written to protect highways from.

uh oh could be the problem

To cover the blue, you need to have evidence of you playing airsoft: Name of the site (needs to be listed on the UKARA website) Your attendance at this site This could be booking receipt/email, plus a selfie photo of you at the safe zone with an identifiable logo or sign, or something like that.

what gears?

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/161 "and in consequence a user of the highway is injured, interrupted or endangered" Unfortunately this might stick

Can you post a picture? What sort of location is this? No paint is really able to withstand constant wear, even cerakote can wear out over time So instead of looking for something that last forever (which doesn't exist), maybe you need something that can be applied easily, like a paint marker pen that you keep in the bag Or 3D print a replacement part with a different colour plastic

If you google "gun room interior design" there are loads of impressive looking examples, the vast majority of them seem to follow this formula: Cabinets lower half Display racks upper half Colour / material coordinated Integrated lighting In your case maybe it is a matter of organising what is below the slatboards, maybe with some cabinets Maybe convert to a vertical gun rack for better efficiency Or even remove half the wall rack and put in taller cabinets, since half of your wall rack is stuff that shouldn't be on the wall anyway

I concur With 13:1 this will get you to just under the PME ceiling which is optimal Btw I was thinking those x ms delays in brushless may be related to the software denouncing method, and there is a way to completely remove this delay if they change the code to "register immediately upon voltage detection and ignore input for the next x ms" rather than the usual "wait x ms for the voltage to stabilise before registering"

i wonder if a bolt cutter can cut it

If the battery and wires were heated up, first of all there is a short or jam that caused it, and secondly your battery might have been overdrained during the heating so it's gone flat

How was the weighing done? I mean are they certain the accuracy of the scale is within ± 0.001 g? Also sample size = 30 is often used as rule of thumb for statistics, it's usually good enough to locate your normal distribution i.e. central limit theorem

It appears to me that UKARA has a monopoly of lobbying power because they hold the secret sauce data of the airsoft market. However because they are not really an airsoft association they do not have the capacity to take on the role of one. A full fledged airsoft association should really be doing a number of stuff even during "peace time", e.g. PR and promoting safety and improving the hobby etc (see suggestions from GPT above). So that the public perception of our hobby does not depend entirely on external factors such as whichever party is in charge. In other words, the toy gun illuminati might be too good at being secretive it is unintentionally trapping the hobby in the fringe zone it originated from.

@Asomodai While I do not doubt your credibility, is there an "official source" where this info can be checked? BTW I just noticed a fun fact, UKARA charges a £300 annual fee from each of their retailer members, there are 64 retailers on their website so this is a ~£19k fund annually for maintaining the database. So I assume this is all going to Fire Support?

Amazingly the story of UKARA is truly becoming lost history because their operation is so obscure. Here is a brief mention of it being an Excel file sitting at a site called Ironfoot Airsoft that used to exist (near the GCHQ site), but the farmhouse is now demolished. So there is really no solid up-to-date information of exactly who and where and how UKARA is maintained.

In the spirit of larping we can actually wargame this out: In what circumstances would the VCRA be amended to not allow RIFs being sold to airsofters? (I'm surprised GPT actually came up with some half decent answer, for comprehensiveness I'm editing collating the key points below) Can you suggest actions airsofter can take to prevent these items This AI is not bad

This is going back to the discussion of having an association/federation/facebook group Who should be keeping track of and able to pull out numbers about the airsoft economy

Melamine foam (aka magic erasers) might be a good alternate It has rather high NRC and is also in some brands of acoustic panels With PU foam there are many grades and weights and whatnot and not every type is good for absorbing sound (some are), whereas melamine foam seems to outperform even the acoustic grade PU foams especially towards the higher frequencies, which is what we want Magic erasers are rather cheap and easily available, and it is safe to handle and very easy to cut to shape, just get a pack and cut out some round sections and stack them You can even scrub dishes with it