Potentially buying a CM16 Raider-L. Battery help?

[lafta]

Ok so it's the one you are actively using it. Can't beat that sort of recommendation I guess!

Went with your charger and two 1300mAh cranestock LiPos, similar price to picking up three 800s so why not. Fingers crossed it all works out!

Thanks again, I'll report back once everything shows up.

 

[grinder]

I picked up a smart lipo charger and a crane stock battery for my raider L, loads of room in that stock. It only really worked out about £5 more than the nickel barreries and with experience of using battery power tools on sites for years the benefits of lithium is massive, the main one being that cold weather wont discharge them quicker.

 

[Albiscuit]

You wont regret buying 2.... always need a spare, if one dies or theres a problem, at least you can carry on!!

 

[Esoterick]

I'd always recommend switching batteries at lunch if you have two. Nothing catastrophic will happen you will keep the cells happy though and ensure they hold their charge.

Personally I like having 3 as it means one to switch after half a day and a spare in case one starts to act up. Possibly overkill but i'd rather pay another ~£15 once than risk missing some games due to battery issues.

 

[ImTriggerHappy]

Definitely 3 I have broken the wire off the connector when changing mine midway through a day. Its not a lot of fun trying to nurse a half dead battery through an afternoon

 

[lafta]

Everything came. Batteries fit with ease. I put a few hundred rounds through it and all seems OK.

Though on the side of the box it apparently chronod at 335, fingers crossed it's not going to be hot for the Mall on Sunday!

 

[Sitting Duck]

think they allow an absolute limit of up to 340fps but though I went it was only for a recent show

the quick games I was looking forward to playing didn't start by late morning and thought wtf I'm off hiome

yup we got a few spares, always handy and lent the a team mate one when in past when they got no juice left

it is horrible only playing 3/4 of a day in the beginning, especially near the end when everybody goes nutz at end of day

often full on TDM infinate respawn or Terminator or crazy games get played then

or some fool who went skirmishing near their birthday is being lit up

yeah bit of a bummer sitting out near the end coz ya got no mojo left in ya gun

 

[lafta]

If it was 335 with fire support, is it likely to change by Sunday?

 

[Sitting Duck]

If it was 335 with fire support, is it likely to change by Sunday?

Ahhhhh - now see then it will drop to nearly 200fps on Sunday as it is a day of rest

no it won't, slight deviation on chrono to chrono but they should be bang on near enough I found at my home/site

over time the spring can lose tension - btw when you finish firing - remove mag & fire two shots on semi to clear gun

this is to prevent your pooping out your 50" plasma TV or somebody's eye

always have to do this when exiting the combat zone - all mags out & guns cleared when entering safe zone

Dead zone is NOT safe zone - safe zone is where peeps don't have to wear eye pro so all guns MUST be safe

flip side of firing 2 shots on semi apart from ensuring gun is cleared....

gun should come to rest with spring not compressed or only slightly starting to compress

store gun half cocked and spring will lose tension very quickly

also empty mags or at very least release the any bb's under tension in high caps

you guessed it - mag spring loses tension and over time mag won't feed well or feed very few bb's before loads of winding needed

 

[lafta]

Gotcha, thanks for all the tips.

 

[lafta]

So, took the CM16 out for it's first outing to the Mall on Sunday.

Batteries seemed great, switched over at lunchtime just to be sure I didn't drain one completely. Chrono came out at 335, 335, 336. So that was a weight lifted.

Thanks for all of the advice from everyone.

Seems like I am getting this 'going left out of the barrel' issue though. It's slight but definitely noticeable at range. Going to look into it a little more, I'm sure I read something about refitting the hop because they sometimes aren't fitted correctly...

Overall great day at the Mall, let down a little by more cheats than usual, including one incident at the start of a game were we rushed from the zombie barricade and peppered upwards of a dozen players rushing up the lift stairs and not a single one took the hit. Yes, seriously.

So once again, thanks a lot for all the help everyone. Hopefully it will see me through a good amount of game days.