Specna Arms Edge Upgrades?
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Cheers, will have a read through.Then you may want to check this thread
in which I go through the process of building a nice snappy (sort of) budget AEG
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Uhhh.... Did some more research. Bit confused about how batteries impact the ROF etc but I think I'm understanding it better (learning curve, duh). My concern is the 11.1v 25c draw rating battery would maybe make the gun a bit too hot or make the piston demolish itself? Is my concern valid and I should pick up some new batteries while I wait for my gunfire and x-fire order or will it be just OK?
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Define "hot".
If hot as in temperature, yes it'll get warmer than with a 7.4/8.4.
If hot as in over the site/legal energy limit, bollocks, it's an old popular belief that doesn't make any sense
On a stock gearbox with stock motor a 11.1v battery will just up the RPS to just shy of 20, most likely in the 18/19 region, at those levels the piston won't commit sudoku (I know, shut up) unless it's pulling a M150 or the shimming is atrocious.
It'll slowly burn the trigger contacts, but since it's an Edge we are talking about, the X-ASR mosfet will prevent that.
Go get them batteries.
If hot as in temperature, yes it'll get warmer than with a 7.4/8.4.
If hot as in over the site/legal energy limit, bollocks, it's an old popular belief that doesn't make any sense
On a stock gearbox with stock motor a 11.1v battery will just up the RPS to just shy of 20, most likely in the 18/19 region, at those levels the piston won't commit sudoku (I know, shut up) unless it's pulling a M150 or the shimming is atrocious.
It'll slowly burn the trigger contacts, but since it's an Edge we are talking about, the X-ASR mosfet will prevent that.
Go get them batteries.
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At its simplest more volts=more speed
At least so long as the battery can supply the current.
Multiply the c rating of the battery, by the capacity of the battery in amp-hours (mah is milli amp hours so divide by 1000) to give you the rated current.
Eg for a 25c lipo:
An 800mah can put out 20a
A 1200mah can put out 30a
Change it to 30c and the current output goes to 24 and 36 amps respectively.
If the current draw of the motor is more than the battery then it'll limit the speed it can reach whilst simaltaneously doing bad things to the battery. Of course generally batteries can supply a much higher burst current safely but i wouldnt personally rely on that.
I remember once running an asg 40k motor on an 800mah 25c and fortunately as it was just a range shakedown i stopped before the battery was really damaged, but in-game could easily have cooked it. That same motor on a 1500mah 25c didnt cook the battery although it did cook my hands, the gears, the wiring and several pistons.....
As a general rule theres no downside to having a higher c rating or capacity as long as the battery is good quality and physically fits the gun.
As skara says often i find stock boxes on a decent 11.1 can put out respectable rof that generally isnt an issue mechanically unless the gun has a super weak spring (pretty common with shoddy fps downgrades) certainly it's what i'd be running. only reason my main ak runs 7.4 is because you try stuffing an 11.1 down the hole in a railed gas tube
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Have you tried running an M4 stock on it? Plenty of battery space?only reason my main ak runs 7.4 is because you try stuffing an 11.1 down the hole in a railed gas tube
Back on track.you should be fine with the 11.1, but as with any other gun you’ll be increasing the risk of failure purely by increasing the amount of cycles. Going back to my first post, if you change out the bearings and make sure the cylinder isn’t going to damage the O-rings, reliability shouldn’t be too much of a concern
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Have you tried running an M4 stock on it? Plenty of battery space?
Now now play nice
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I'm down for a good ol' witch burning.
How we doing the trial? Ducking stool or red hot rocks?
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Was thinking something more modern, a nice session of waterboarding in Guantanamo Bay, an old classic in summer sports
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Was thinking something more modern, a nice session of waterboarding in Guantanamo Bay, an old classic in summer sports
ahh yes, ducking with a modern twist, i like it.
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Parts are coming tomorrow. Still don't have everything (need lubricant for inside gearbox). Will update tomorrow. Just making sure you guys know this thread isn't dead.
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Just some lithium grease and silicone grease. Bad news though, my parts delivery got delayed until the 26th..
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Christ. It's march and it's still not showed up.
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I ordered them from gunfire and I honestly regret it. It was just a gearset, motors, a hopup rubber and some other airsoft goodies.
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Yep. UPS tracking says "The package is delayed due to a Brexit related disruption. We are adjusting delivery plans as quickly as possible." I honestly have no idea when it will shop up, but it doesn't matter much since we can't play airsoft yet.
