Airsoft-Ed
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I don't have a photo, but I thought this was the most appropriate place to say that...
My L85 lives!
New gears fit and work fine, they're a 1:26 ratio... Or it might be 1:28 I forget. But they should ensure I can pull heavier springs, up to m180s if the label on the box is to be believed. So when I do get the L86 as a DMR project, I can just drop this gearbox right into it to save upgrading it. I think the standard gears are a 1:18, but these new ones are helical. Gun definitely sounds different now, not sure if it's quieter as some people claim of helical gears.
The new cylinder head I've got fits fine, for anyone that's interested it's a V2 type, air compression is the same as it was. The shape of the inside of it kinda negates the effect of my LPE air brake piston head, but it still fits in there and works so I figure I might as well stick with it. Shame the pole on the front isn't longer, I could probably make the gun practically silent.
New air nozzle (V2 again) does fit, but it's slightly too long, so it blocks the feeding tube. For the time being I've switched back to the stock air nozzle, but I'll be ordering a sector gear delay chip once I find one, which ought to ensure the tappet plate is pulled back further, meaning the air nozzle will travel back enough to allow BBs into the hop chambre, then I ought to get better compression.
So in short, it's all hunky dory! All that remains is to take it all down tomorrow and give it a good hard clean, re-grease it, and then test it in daylight to make sure it's shooting as well as it was, test the fps at the next skirmish I go to and then it'll just be a case of keeping tabs on it, making sure the pinion gear doesn't come loose or shred itself again.
Quite pleased with myself. ^_^
Just wish Contour would hurry the shit up and send me a new bloody lens so I can film the game next week at Tac House: Spartan...
Might just use the lens kit despite them not fitting right... I'll lose the water proofing but at least I'll be able to use the camera. Might have to do some tests. I'd feel I had to double lens it to properly protect the actual lens, but there'd be a gap between the two lens covers, which will likely (knowing my luck) cause a load of annoying light refraction issues...
My L85 lives!
New gears fit and work fine, they're a 1:26 ratio... Or it might be 1:28 I forget. But they should ensure I can pull heavier springs, up to m180s if the label on the box is to be believed. So when I do get the L86 as a DMR project, I can just drop this gearbox right into it to save upgrading it. I think the standard gears are a 1:18, but these new ones are helical. Gun definitely sounds different now, not sure if it's quieter as some people claim of helical gears.
The new cylinder head I've got fits fine, for anyone that's interested it's a V2 type, air compression is the same as it was. The shape of the inside of it kinda negates the effect of my LPE air brake piston head, but it still fits in there and works so I figure I might as well stick with it. Shame the pole on the front isn't longer, I could probably make the gun practically silent.
New air nozzle (V2 again) does fit, but it's slightly too long, so it blocks the feeding tube. For the time being I've switched back to the stock air nozzle, but I'll be ordering a sector gear delay chip once I find one, which ought to ensure the tappet plate is pulled back further, meaning the air nozzle will travel back enough to allow BBs into the hop chambre, then I ought to get better compression.
So in short, it's all hunky dory! All that remains is to take it all down tomorrow and give it a good hard clean, re-grease it, and then test it in daylight to make sure it's shooting as well as it was, test the fps at the next skirmish I go to and then it'll just be a case of keeping tabs on it, making sure the pinion gear doesn't come loose or shred itself again.
Quite pleased with myself. ^_^
Just wish Contour would hurry the shit up and send me a new bloody lens so I can film the game next week at Tac House: Spartan...
Might just use the lens kit despite them not fitting right... I'll lose the water proofing but at least I'll be able to use the camera. Might have to do some tests. I'd feel I had to double lens it to properly protect the actual lens, but there'd be a gap between the two lens covers, which will likely (knowing my luck) cause a load of annoying light refraction issues...
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