Gate Aster V3 - Misfeeds

[JinxDuh]

My LCT AK105 was firing lovely prior (Although underpowered at about .8j), I fitted a slim grip and motor and opted for the above gate aster to help get a more snappy trigger response (As well as monitor battery etc). Prior to fitting the mosfet, every trigger pull meant a BB would fly out the end…

Testing today, every second shot the pew dry fires… this is the fourth replica (Both v2 and v3) that I’ve fitted an aster into that has ran into this issue and I’m still yet to work out why… I’m not 100% if it is the aster being the cause but it’s the only thing common in the 4 problematic builds, and the only thing I’ve changed in the LCT since it was working fine… Anybody have any ideas?!

 

[JinxDuh]

Replaced the old wiring harness, working fine and every shot is coming out like should be so it’s definitely mosfet related 

 

[strykerles]

I had a similar problem a while ago with an ak. Had a friend look at it and I think he said it was something to do with the cycle timing. works now though so whatever he did worked.

I'm not confident enough to mess with all the settings so might be worth finding someone that knows asters

 

[JinxDuh]

I had a similar problem a while ago with an ak. Had a friend look at it and I think he said it was something to do with the cycle timing. works now though so whatever he did worked.

I'm not confident enough to mess with all the settings so might be worth finding someone that knows asters

Three of my ak’s have had this issue, I look at the settings but it might as well be in Egyptian hieroglyphs. Probably make more sense too ? 

 

[Fatboy40]

I had a similar problem a while ago with an ak. Had a friend look at it and I think he said it was something to do with the cycle timing. works now though so whatever he did worked.

I'd strongly suspect that it's a cycle control / active braking issue.

@JinxDuh is cycle control enabled / in the GCS app on your smartphone do you see it correctly observing the sector gear teeth / what level of active braking do you have set?

 

[JinxDuh]

I'd strongly suspect that it's a cycle control / active braking issue.

@JinxDuh is cycle control enabled / in the GCS app on your smartphone do you see it correctly observing the sector gear teeth / what level of active braking do you have set?

I'll reinstall it tomorrow and check/update the post!

 

[AK47frizzle]

I've had this issue too. I know someone that has also had it and they said it was a optical sensor issue with some light bleeding in. They sealed it off and it apparently worked. I haven't tried it myself but worth a shot.

 

[JinxDuh]

I'd strongly suspect that it's a cycle control / active braking issue.

@JinxDuh is cycle control enabled / in the GCS app on your smartphone do you see it correctly observing the sector gear teeth / what level of active braking do you have set?

Cycle control is enabled, active brake is adaptive as standard. 

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Turning active brake to manual and setting it to 0 seems to have cured the issue?

 

[JinxDuh]

It’s cured one issue and made another… it’ll feed, stop firing but if I move the selector it’ll carry on feeding ??

 

[JinxDuh]

After testing for about 30 minutes:

I get the odd double feed

My full auto cycle dry fires and then gets maybe 3 bb’s then back to dry firing

Motor gets hot, very fast

None of the above happened without the mosfet, I’m wondering if I’ve got a dodgy mosfet or it just doesn’t like LCT’s ?

 

[LMKipper]

That will be your active braking heating the motor up. What happens if you just turn it off?

Also could it be cycling too fast for the tappet plate? Do you need a delayer chip perhaps?

 

[JinxDuh]

That will be your active braking heating the motor up. What happens if you just turn it off?

Also could it be cycling too fast for the tappet plate? Do you need a delayer chip perhaps?

I couldn't see an option to simply turn off active brake, it had "Adaptive" and "Manual".

I noticed my nozzle has a small chunk knocked out of it, so I think the nozzle may be getting caught up on the shell or hop unit. Going to change it out tomorrow and try with the mosfet again, worst case scenario I'll move my RPK gearbox out into the AK105 as the RPK is now sat in the corner after being replaced by the PKM ?

 

[pyromancer6]

I couldn't see an option to simply turn off active brake, it had "Adaptive" and "Manual".

If you set it to 'Manual' it'll come up with settings from 100% in 20% increments, just pop it down to 0% to turn it off.

But yeah, the nozzle having a chunk missing might have something to do with the feeding issues you're having, if not I guess even asters are cursed now, not just titans

 

[JinxDuh]

If you set it to 'Manual' it'll come up with settings from 100% in 20% increments, just pop it down to 0% to turn it off.

Yeah that's what I done haha

if not I guess even asters are cursed now, not just titans

Ironically the few pews I've put titans into have never had any issues!