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My go-to? A Platatac Peacekeeper MK1. Can carry 6 7.62 mags or 9 5.56 ones plus pyro, water, the whole 9 yards. Not cheap though. Also - you haven't told us what you use, what sort of games you play etc.

Instructions unclear, dick stuck in suppressor cover.

Unfortunately most airsofters wouldn't know a Newton-metre if it stole all their apples. While motors don't work in C they do respond differently when the supply current is governing their performance; if a battery can't supply enough current quickly enough then performance will suffer in an AEG because that initial spin up is where the motor will spend a lot of its time. It's less relevant in things like drones or RC planes because once you get the rotor spinning and you've overcome that moment of inertia then the motor can settle into a fairly consistent running current. Once you reach that "steady" state then the capacity calculations etc make more sense because your load behaves more like the graphs that battery manufacturers like to throw around. Even when you run an AEG in constant full auto, the load is never stable. Every cycle the gears have to compress the spring and then it releases so the load comes off the motor. The current draw is never smooth and the battery's ability to deliver a lot of current quickly becomes more important than the mAh rating as long as it is sufficiently high.

Undoubtedly, though I do question their marketing spiel that a low C, high capacity battery is equivalent to a smaller high C battery in this application.

I've gone back to standard LiPo. Any performance benefit they claim is slim at best, the chemistry of the cells doesn't lend itself to repeated short bursts either. The robustness is nice and the lack of self discharge is good but not worth the money they charge.

I've got a couple of Titans that are 7000mAh.

You're right, but it's what the battery manufacturers do when they say that a battery is a "nominal" capacity. For example the one in that graph is a nominal 2500mAh, which is at the point where charge would reach zero.

They're doing an A4 so I'd say it's only a matter of time (given what we were discussing about their penchant for rinse and repeat with the MWS)

My brother in law watches him and thinks he's hilarious. He has absolutely no intention of ever going airsofting but he is pretty much the KM content target - not actually an airsofter, but is amused by clickbait of people getting hurt.

If you extrapolate the trace down to zero, they all converge.

Fun little side note, I was having a chat with a friend of mine last night, turns out he's the UK importer for Keltec!

That's not true. The mAh capacity of the battery is not affected by the discharge rate. A 2000mAh battery is a 2000mAh battery regardless of if you drain it at 2mA or 2A, it will discharge for longer at a lower current but the overall capacity remains the same. Cell discharge rate is affected by chemistry and quality of manufacture, that is true. LiPo batteries can discharge at much higher currents than Li-Ion for example, but will sag more under load. And yes, a cheap shit battery will always perform poorly compared to a high quality one (although given the spectrum of quality in airsoft batteries that is pretty much moot because they all suck balls to some degree). The actual numbers DO matter if you're trying to make sure that the battery you want will meet your needs. For example if you have limited battery space and can only fit a physically small battery in then it makes sense to go for the highest quality you can afford so that you get the best performance from that physical size. If size is not a restriction then yes, go nuts - as long as the current capability of the battery meets or exceeds your demand then you'll be golden.

My best friend had a 4.5l V8 Cerbera. Hilariously good fun to drive (he was mental enough to let me drive it). First thing the starter motor died and the bell housing seal went (apparently a known issue that one). Then the electrics died because they were all in ABS project boxes under the rear window (which leaks) and just got full of water. Then the rear suspension collapsed. Three times. The third time, the drive shaft broke as well. After having it for about 2 years he decided enough was enough and chopped it in for a Dodge Viper. When they test drove it before taking it as a trade in it was good job they never got it out of first gear because the mesh in third just didn't work. Looked amazing though and was fast AS FUCK!

Yeah, but fuck me they were fun to drive. The best description I ever heard of a TVR was "they're like a kit car, but in reverse" because they disassemble themselves around you.

It's probably like the good old 56mpg "urban cycle" figures from car manufacturers that are done with the engine out on a bench with a simulated load. Given a fixed load with a known current they possibly do come close (ish) to the numbers on the pack, but in actual use in an AEG? Not so much.

The idea that an airsoft AEG works with a constant current is complete rubbish too. If you're firing in full auto then you'll get a high inrush current that will settle to a lower running current. If you're spamming semi then you'll just be getting endless inrush current spikes.

The issue is that while C ratings are very much a real thing, battery manufacturers lie about what they actually achieve from their battery. The attached actually explains C and its relationship to current and capacity better than the MIT thing. What-is-a-battery-C-rating.pdf

Yeah but most moscarts hurt about as much as being licked by puppies.

It is an industry standard term and describes the charge rate of a battery. If it's good enough for MIT, then it's good enough for airsoft. (taken from the attached file) summary_battery_specifications.pdf

Wankers will be wankers WHATEVER gun you give them. End of. When the events mentioned in my post occurred the pump action gas breachers and tactical 870's were all the rage and people were happily pumping away like a hormonal teenager. When the AA12 turned up it was a new thing, it was hilarious and most importantly they were more money than most people wanted to splash on a shottie. They are an outlier in the world of airsoft dick moves because yes, you can massively overkill with it but it's also massive, plastic and expensive so not many people bothered. As for the 6 shot spread - that's kind of the point of a shotgun.

That's the thing though isn't it. They took their time, designed a system that actually works and released it when they were ready. All the aftermarket "fixes" are to improve performance in countries OUTSIDE of Japan (other than the obvious cosmetic ones of course) because they work just fine for their market. All the while that airsofters are happy to buy endless iterations of an M4, they're happy to keep churning them out, and quite honestly - who can blame them?

Back in the good old days of The Mall there was a couple of AA12s. I seem to recall the rule of three being enforced after someone had a particularly hilarious/savage round of spamming the fuck out of the 6 shot setting with a drum mag on.

Winters in Japan get pretty cold so it's no surprise that the gas system that performs best in the lower temps was developed in (and for) Japan. Japanese industry is also very insular so they will prefer to manufacture for and with other Japanese companies.

SCAR H mags are essentially a modified FAL mag so anyth9ing that fits those will work.

They are probably labouring under the idea that the "waiver" they make people sign actually does anything to protect them.