Speedbird_666

So look out for the gear whore in tiger stripe - got it....😘 (just playing with you) I usually wear as little kit as I can get away with these days. I call this the 'hoody, 2 hicaps and a bag of BB's in a dump pouch loadout' Sometimes I rock a cheapo viper chest ring and midcaps in my special 'i'm too fat to be a speedsofter but wear paintball goggles anyway loadout' when playing CQB. Deeply uncool I know - I don't even run optics or sights on my guns most of the time now. Accuracy by volume and all that.

The answer is no - but I've got some money burning a hole in my pocket and before the missus changes her mind and revokes my permission slip, I need to spend it. No better excuse to buy another gun. TBH I have loads of guns, but another one won't hurt will it? I keep hearing about the DE guns and the value for money they represent. I see plenty of recommendations for them, hell, I've even mentioned them in conversation when discussing budget guns as G&G have basically priced themselves out of the budget market and I can't quite bring myself to mention Specna (although the 'Flex' series gun in the Z1 shop impressed me for the money - reminded me of what Combat Machines originally set out to do). So I fancy trying a DE gun for shits'n'giggles to gain some first-hand experience - figuring at worst it would be used as a loaner/backup gun when one of my boys invites a friend to play Airsoft. Don't care about warranties and all that bollocks - most of my guns get stripped down on the first day of ownership anyway. Some questions for the DE gun owners on the forums: - How has the Falcon FCS fared? Seems like a Titan knock-off (in form factor at least) with some basic functions but I don't expect miracles for the money. - Related to above - Is anyone running 11.1v LiPo out of the box? Any major issues in doing so? - I hear the springs and hop units are worth replacing? - How's the plastic on the plastic-bodied guns? Is it closer to G&G than Cyma in terms of quality and fit? - How's the finish on the metal bodied guns? Typically thin paint? Ta muchly.

If you are Southampton based, you should give Ambush Activities at Botley a try (if you haven't already). They have just (as in 2-3 weeks ago) moved away from Paintball completely and have become a dedicated airsoft site. I'm hoping that they will be focusing on the optimising the field for Airsoft gameplay (it's very paintball-arena based at the moment) but the staff are friendly, have HPA fills on site, and the best run chrono station I have ever seen. Oh, and Dominos pizza gets delivered for lunch. I plan to return there later in the year to see if they implement any changes. Will do mate!

No. Never have - I don't think I ever will. Does not appeal to me in the slightest. I know @Shamal has done a few - he will be better to comment on it.

That's pretty hardcore. Being a family man (4 kids and a wife just finishing her Uni Degree) - I kinda have to stick to the 1hr radius to make it home at a sensible time to help out around the house. We are quite lucky that we have so much locally. Someone (at Ambush the other day) was telling me a rumour that another site will be opening in our local area at some point this year. Whether that comes to fruitition I don't know - I've been hearing that the old Contact Front site near matchams might reopen for years now and nothing's happened.

Just off the top of my head - within around a 1 hour drive from my house (christchurch): - UCAP Valiant* - UCAP Bunker* - Spec Ops Blox* - Bravo Romeo - Ambush Activities* - South Coast CQB - Camouflage Bournemouth - Ironsight Airsoft* - Ground Zero* *sites I've played at - I just need to hit Camouflage, Bravo Romeo and South Coast CQB to finish the set. Journey times might be slightly quicker if you are around the Ringwood/Verwood area as you can jump straight onto the A31/M27 I actually was toying with the idea of going this sunday, but my boys are going to the AFCB match (they are season ticket holders - can't stand the sport myself) and the weather doesn't look promising. I think I will try to get to the May game on the 21st though.

@_K4MF_ Another local site is Camouflage Airsoft Bournemouth nr Hurn bridge. Ironically I've not played airsoft there myself (and I'm only 10mins away) but I know @C-Diddy frequents the site on a semi-regular basis.

Hello from the edge of the New Forest (Christchurch). If you like the Bunker, you would also probably like UCAP Valiant in Dorchester (prison) - It's definitely worth a visit!

Remember when one of these was £89 brand new?

G&G list a 304mm inner barrel for the 12in Wildhog. That's not a common size but a 300mm will work fine - ZCI make decent enough barrels Measure the diameter of this bit - and find a supressor of equal or smaller size - with a 14mm Negative (CCW) thread. The suppressor will have to sit partially inside the rail. The gun comes with a sound amplifier from the factory - makes the gun 'pop' when shooting. Just taking it off will quieten the gun down a fair bit - but will look a bit weird without something on the end of the barrel so a suppressor will 'complete' the look of the gun, even if they have very little effect on AEGs. No. Unless you intended to hit targets at zero dark thirty rocking your quad-tube NVGs with the rest of your 'operator' team And if you do get one - green lasers are banned at a lot of sites because they can cause permanent eye damage. If you are building a replica of a real-world setup (i.e. CAG or DEVGRU blaster) - then by all means go for it. But slapping one on a G&G for giggles? Nah.

Yeh - good luck with that too. Just found the thread I created a couple years ago:

Good luck with that mate - couldn't get it to fit on my Cyma CM.045. No idea what it was designed for - I sold it to @Adolf Hamster who couldn't get it to fit his guns (E&L and JG).

Genuine question - What's the big deal about them? I had a Mk2 Peacekeeper many moons ago (2009 to be exact) in DPM and it was alright, but nothing to get excited over. Is the Mk5 featured in a particular loadout?

In almost all hop units, metal bodied or otherwise, the parts that interact with the hop nub are plastic - there are (very expensive) brands like Maxx that are all-metal but they are the minority. ZCI Plastic and Metal versions use the same plastic parts. Only the body of the hop unit differs.

Don't equate metal to reliability. Personally I would be going for The ZCI plastic unit as it is a really popular and cost effective choice.

Negative Airsoft has had to deal with a stack of KWA's with low power on 11.1v LiPos. There's a video on his Patreon with the 'fix' for the problem. You will need to add a bushing onto the Tappet spring guide to increase the spring tension, and you might also have to cut the tappet fin down (DSG style) so it will release earlier in the firing cycle to get nozzle moving forward earlier. If you cut the fin down - remove the delayer chip as well. I intend to do the same mods on my my KWA once I notice any kind of power drop. I take no credit for the info above - if this helps you fix your gun - please consider signing up to Negative Airsoft's Patreon for a fiver a month, even just for one month. There's loads of information in his longer-form videos that you won't see in his standard youtube releases.

Pure guess: Tappet timing. The nozzle is not returning forward fast enough for the next cycle of the gears causing a huge airleak around the hop unit. Lower voltage battery means that the gears are rotating slower to complete the firing cycle giving the nozzle time to seat itself in the hop unit before the piston (thus air) is released. It's become a common issue on KWA guns but in theory could apply to other manufacturers. You can test by turning the gun upside down and placing a small square of tissue over the hop unit feed inlet. if the tissue is blown upwards when firing on an 11.1, yet not (or to a much lesser extent) on a 7.4, there's a good chance that could be your issue. If that's the case, make sure that the you remove any sector gear delay chips, replace your tappet spring and make sure your tappet is lubed on the rails, moving freely and in good condition. I'm sure others will chip in with alternate possibilities.

Thanks all. The piston I ordered did actually show up but I've seen a few things on Powair6 that I want, so I will give them a go.

As both a Titan and Perun Hybrid owner - I agree with this.

Only £199 new - not sure 6 questionable Hi-Cap mags justifies the extra £50 and it doesn't have the proper stock either.

I have just had to pay £25+£5 postage for an AEG piston. A fucking AEG piston! Thanks KWA. Tossers - can't even spec their guns right. Fair play to 'bomb up' airsoft though - arrived next day.

Well - you look at and work on enough guns - you learn what's good and what's not I suppose. I recently signed up for his Patreon - his long-form videos on there have been really useful and entertaining. Even if he moans a lot.