So this little journey started with a TM AAA powered glock that was used for plinking in the house.
I decided to stick a lipo inside it and although there really isn't many parts, all of which are still there and undamaged, finding exactly how they go together again is not happening. Well it's together but not cycling or feeding BBS but does have power. Didn't work after a house move but was in the box which isn't crushed so no clues there.
I looked for teardowns of which there's endless vids but noone seems to have wasted their time on one of these bottom of the barrel cheapos that I can find. I thought I understood it but it seems not.
Anyone here managed to reassemble one of these and can offer some advise? I presume the gears are correct spot but not rotated exactly like they need to be, maybe. It's not important really but it's a shame to bin it when I could gift it to someone.
I can post a few pics if so but there's a few more pressing questions.
After this confidence crushing fail and a week or so of window shopping, I decided some retail therapy would help and replaced it with a Novritsch SSE18 which I really dig so far. I kinda expected much worse but I was close to buying a 2nd for some fun with my bro and a potential airsoft day with some other friends as my old GBB M90 is utterly useless in the UK weather. Dumping money into more mags for that seems retarded plus the gas running costs for that dire performance.
I ended up buying a couple broken CYMA glocks instead and they make so much more sense to strip than the TM AAA powered toy.
Thanks to a cluster of YT videos i'm fairly confident both issues are sorted and it's probably worth adding a FET and lipo of some description. Which brings me to the questions i'm hoping you guys can help with...
The SSE18 seems more powerful to me, does it actually have a stronger spring in the gearbox than the no FET CYMA offerings?
Or is the snappier action simply due to the lipo and or FET and added power is placebo? i'll grab a basic chrono soo but dumped enough cash for this month.
Is there a more sensible option than just buying the 13 euro Novritsch one and dropping that in? I don't need a faster full auto although it would be fun for giggles but I do want to dump the nimh and make it feel perky like the SSE 18.
Will this SSE18 FET run on 3S ok? I understand there would be more wear etc but electrically is it rated for it? I presume it's a CYMA board.
Does adding a FET stop any switch corrosion?
Can I just use molly grease in these gearboxes?
Novritsch won't offer any help regarding their gearbox compatibility and CYMA gearbox, switch, or if 3S will kill the FET board or not but is it compatible with the CM030 and CM127?
Is their gen2 gearbox a CYMA V3?
Any and all info much appreciated.
Thank you,
Liam