Leo Greer

Cali is a sinking ship. Let it die, folks. I’m just hoping they don’t bring too much of their crazy here as a result. (Texas, USA native here) It’s literally a max exodus right now. Interestingly I’ve never had any issue buying airsoft items off eBay, including replicas, fake suppressors, rails, etc, even parts that will fit real rifles.

Cool to hear you sorted it! I ran into the same spiral gearset or brushless motor debate on my most recent M4 build, but ended up going brushless and leaving the spiral set for another build. Do you have videos of either of these guns? They both sound like really cool builds, and I would love to compare the sound vs. my brushless M4!

Maxx adjustable nozzle = your best friend.

Do you know the old o-ring stretch trick? Your airseal would have to be freaking horrendous to lose 200 FPS at the piston head/cylinder junction. For reference, I’ve done some work on certain Lancer Craptical guns that didn’t even have airseal between the head and cylinder, and still got over 300 FPS (supposed to shoot 375). I’m not kidding here. When your nozzle is too long it can lose you FPS consistency, accuracy, feeding… usually not more than 10-12 FPS at max though. My best bet is that you’re getting drag on your tappet plate/nozzle, if your tappet timing is off because of drag, it can easily cause that much FPS loss. Check for any friction between the GB shell and the tappet and the nozzle and the nozzle tube. Make sure you check with the GB screwed together tightly. Oh, and also check and make your nozzle is at the right angle—if it’s angled it can do that. Mag issues are a decent guess, methinks, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen mags do that—I’ve had feeding issues (darn you Lancer midcaps), and sometimes this causes FPS drop as well, but I’ve never seen 200.

Is the gearbox another Ares? If it’s not, chances are you have a misaligned gearbox, as boxes are absolutely not made to spec, especially Ares. Get an adjustable nozzle to check for nozzle length issues. Make sure your cylinder sits tight in the shell. Is this happening on full auto, semi, or both? What’s the ROF?