ak2m4

No noob photos of me as i started in 2004 when camera phones were shit and social media didn't exist. The earliest picture i can find of me is this from 2011

Standard issue (at the time) British assault boots, 
C95 DPM trousers, 
Viper kneepads, 
ACM plate carrier, 
Black UBACS (don't remember the make but it wasn't a Chinese knock off) 
Maruzen NBB P99, 
KSC (I think) Glock 18 in a mag pouch, 
ACM gloves, 
ESS V12 goggles 
 
The latest pic i can find is this, taken last January. After going through several different camo patterns I've found myself almost back where I started

German para boots, 
The same pair of trousers as the earlier picture, 
Same plate carrier (swapped out for a SADF M83 chest rig in summer) 
All Terrain Tigerstripe combat shirt, 
Eye protection liberated from work.
The guns are an E&L AKS74U and Golden Eagle R870

To be honest.....there's only a couple of tweaks. 
 
If you're having fun then you're already doing it right. Personally I'd move the dump pouch to the rear and a more appropriate size helmet

Sure, radius the gearbox (YouTube provides videos) and don't expect a decent response or rate of fire.  It might shred the gears, crack the box, or waller out the bushings, or it might not. Only one way to find out.
 
Why though?  What are you trying to achieve?

I really don't know that much about NGRS but I guess it's certainly possible.  Part of the issue these are made in China by a Chinese company, they don't have access to TM NGRS guns to experiment because they are banned.  Getting them into the country is incredibly hard for them.  They can't even get run of the mill products sent from Taiwan let alone Airsoft bits.  These Chinese fets have only come about due to the authorities relaxing the laws around Gel Blasters, however I hear that's about to change.
 
Ideally you'd need to design the product here in the UK, working with a Chinese factory to get them made.   Is there a big enough market to warrant the cost? Dunno.
 
Monday I'm sending out a few units so hopefully we'll have some real-world data.  I'll post up the results here for anyone not on FB.
 
 

they look like banana connectors?  better pics would be useful 

Been testing this for the past 4 weeks and so far hasn't broken.  It's a fully mechanical ETU with 4 micro-arms.  I've always been a little sceptical of these type of FET's due to the unreliability of the switches but this one is proving pretty decent so far.   I'm organising a small test of these with 10 or 20 regular players later this week, hopefully will see if they last the distance and how serviceable these are.  Price should be around £35
 
Will update the thread with the findings.

Been testing this for the past 4 weeks and so far hasn't broken.  It's a fully mechanical ETU with 4 micro-arms.  I've always been a little sceptical of these type of FET's due to the unreliability of the switches but this one is proving pretty decent so far.   I'm organising a small test of these with 10 or 20 regular players later this week, hopefully will see if they last the distance and how serviceable these are.  Price should be around £35
 
Will update the thread with the findings.

I really don't know that much about NGRS but I guess it's certainly possible.  Part of the issue these are made in China by a Chinese company, they don't have access to TM NGRS guns to experiment because they are banned.  Getting them into the country is incredibly hard for them.  They can't even get run of the mill products sent from Taiwan let alone Airsoft bits.  These Chinese fets have only come about due to the authorities relaxing the laws around Gel Blasters, however I hear that's about to change.
 
Ideally you'd need to design the product here in the UK, working with a Chinese factory to get them made.   Is there a big enough market to warrant the cost? Dunno.
 
Monday I'm sending out a few units so hopefully we'll have some real-world data.  I'll post up the results here for anyone not on FB.
 
 

Well, there's your USP... at least for players.
 
Problem is, that's a dis-incentive for sites to use it, as the current system has site loyalty as a feature (for them, a bug for players).
 
I really do hope that it takes off, but I'm struggling to see how it's going to get traction.

Ok, so it's been a week and I've got some updates!
 
Firstly, thanks to @ak2m4 and his wonderful shop, I am ready to test at all power levels that I might require. I also bought a set of ZCI 18:1 SR-25 gears as I realised that the helical gears I was going to install may not interface properly with the helical bevel/pinion (which is more important) as the teeth on the bevel gear that interacts with the other gear (not the pinion, they're all swirly) are straight, to interact with a normal gear set. Also SR-25 gears are weird because of the longer piston with more teeth, so while you can use regular 18:1 gears, they won't make use of the longer gearbox and therefore have less air to push through the barrel, which affects the cylinder to barrel ratio and defeats the point of using a v2.5 gearbox over a standard v2, and I definitely want to be using the strength of the v2.5 gearbox for this semi-auto sniper build (whether 1.14J, 1.64J or 1.88J). The stock gears are 13:1, which I gather are better for speedyboi full auto builds, so I wanted to swap them out for 18:1 gears for a bit more of a torque-y setup, so I picked them up alongside some extra springs.

 
Secondly, I tried to install all the things myself. I've done custom builds on all of my gas, spring and HPA guns, so surely I could do an AEG build no problem, right?
 
Right...?
 
I was wrong. Tried doing it and I screwed a few things up, plus I couldn't remove the pinion from the motor to replace it with the Lonex helical one. Firstly, I had no idea how to modify the fire selector to disable full-auto, unlike the m14 which was super easy to do so and super reversible if needed. Also, not sure if the gearbox was put back together entirely properly, might've put the fire selector back together backwards (so safe would be auto and auto would be safe) and I couldn't and I couldn't connect up the motor and didn't want to force anything and potentially break stuff, so I put it back together mostly, left the motor outside and bundled it up to give to my local tech, as he specialises in AEGs and loves doing them where for me AEGs are techno-wizardry and I hate them; however I will probably do my AEG m14 myself as funnily enough I find V7 gearboxes easier to work on and I never thought I'd see the day where I'd be saying that. Never let it be said that I didn't give it a good go!
 
Won't be able to get it to the tech for a bit though. Hopefully won't be too long, but will have to play the waiting game for now. The build now will stand at:

Cyma Platinum SR-25 (with the suppressor filled with foam now)
Pro Win rotary hop unit
Prometheus 6.03 stainless steel tightbore 509mm barrel
Umbrella Armory custom R-hop patch with custom hop arm OR Maple Leaf 70 degree macaron and omega nub
ASG Infinity U-18000 motor
Lonex helical pinion and bevel gear
ZCI 18:1 SR-25 gear set
70 degree 3/16" sorbo pad
To test power (aiming for 1.1J, 1.64J and 1.88J) between GPA m100, m105, m110, m120, m140 and ZCI m130 springs
A bunch of shims to perfectly shim the gearbox
 
For externals, at the moment I've got:
Strike Systems 3-9x50mm scope (I really like this because it allows me to keep the back up iron sights mounted because I am an immersion nerd)
Outdoor and Tactical 6-9" Harris bipod
Unknown brand KAC-style vertical front grip (though I will eventually replace this with a Magpul AFG2)
 
Even with all of this in, I think this build has cost me around £500 in total, so compared to some of my other high-performance builds it's fairly cheap, coming in about the same cost as a new TM NGRS, but I think it's going to perform faaaaaaaaar better than one (my HPA VSR, for example which probably cost me around £800)
 
Still looking forward to getting this done and what I have learned will be really useful for when I do any other AEG builds, which I do plan on doing with my AEG m14 at least and maybe even upgrading my mp5k past the hop rubber and nub which I'll be testing on Sunday (stuck a Maple Leaf macaron and omega nub into an otherwise stock Cyma mp5k to make a devastating little secondary to run alongside this SR-25 if I do set it up as a DMR with an MED).

That's correct, well it was when I enquired last time.  Any system will need to be paid for one way or another I suppose, it's something I've discussed with the developer before.  

For clarity, my understanding is that retailers pay for UKARA, not sites.  Sites add their players to it, retailers check it to adduce their defence.  Granted some sites are also retailers, but I'm talking about pure retailers.
 
If they didn't have to pay for access to check, why would they?

@Rogerborg That should help out site admins at least.
 
I did chat last week to the IT chap I know who's been working on and off on his own airsoft defence system, hopefully he'll have a demo up soon.  What I liked most about it was the ability for players to control their own data.

I'm all good for testers thanks but I might sell a few at cost price for people who want to try them

suppose that's not too bad for the price point, as you've mentioned the main issue is the longevity of the switches.

That's a lot of functionality for the money, especially if it can give you a speedyboi trigger.  I saw the Facebook post but I don't run V2 enough to be a good test monkey.  I'll be watching with interest to see if a V3 appears.

From what I know the following:
 
Pre-cock (10 settings)
RPS control
Battery protection
Active Break (5 settings)
Binary, 3 burst, 5 burst
Shot delay (50ms)

I don't know what I'd do without the great parts on ak2m4 but, hmmm, not sure about this one 🤔
 
I'd rather have one less take-away and get a GATE Titan, and there are things like this...
 
https://eshooter-world.com/products/kestrel-v2
 
... which Double Eagle are slapping into some of their AEG's.

There's no optical components like in the Titan and Perun Hybrid

Been testing this for the past 4 weeks and so far hasn't broken.  It's a fully mechanical ETU with 4 micro-arms.  I've always been a little sceptical of these type of FET's due to the unreliability of the switches but this one is proving pretty decent so far.   I'm organising a small test of these with 10 or 20 regular players later this week, hopefully will see if they last the distance and how serviceable these are.  Price should be around £35
 
Will update the thread with the findings.

Very cool indeed.  More innovation from 1 guy with a 3D printer than a whole bunch of companies

Been testing this for the past 4 weeks and so far hasn't broken.  It's a fully mechanical ETU with 4 micro-arms.  I've always been a little sceptical of these type of FET's due to the unreliability of the switches but this one is proving pretty decent so far.   I'm organising a small test of these with 10 or 20 regular players later this week, hopefully will see if they last the distance and how serviceable these are.  Price should be around £35
 
Will update the thread with the findings.