@Sitting Duck
You fucking lied to me!
Installed the 13:1 gears, didn't install the bearings as per my local tech's words "bushings are more reliable".
Expected 20/21 RPS on a 7.4, chronoed at
27 point fucking 5 RPS and 0.9999999J (might nip half a coil off tho).
Tis on a 7.4v 1450 mAh 20c.
Well to be fair...
I said 16rps on std gears could be 16~18rps if deans & rewire etc... with SHS motor
so wasn't far out
I've done 2 x hot CM.517's with a G&G Blue (25k ferrite) 13:1 SS 3 teeth to get 19.5rps @ 335fps
& I think many have done a SHS HT with 13:1, maybe a bit of SS to get a 24rps 340fps
so how the heck you got 27.5rps at around 325fps (1 joule mark aprox on 0.20's) is amazing
no I'll rephrase that...
FUCKING AMAZING
The shimming must be more perfect that Roger's (Shut Up Gears)
The amp draw must be low like 13 amps or less
Basically everything must be THAT close to perfection - you got ultra
lucky fortunate in how it all went
Everything must have meshed perfectly & I mean fucking perfectly...
The pinion to bevel 101% bang on, plus rest of gears bang on, the box all smooth inside, no burrs
The motor angle in grip in precise alignment, the motor tab connectors as tight as fuck - near soldered on
What wire did you use - Alpha Eco or something or fucking wire for an electric shower or meter tails
I know Alpha 16awg is good & thin/stiff as fuck thin but tough insulation wall - but jeeeez
to squeeze out what is probably 101% potential efficiency out of a build is very fortunate indeed
(just shows how much std wire can choke a gun's performance)
and you are are still on solid bushings, not even cross bushings filled with grease
let alone bearings or ceramics - so to get 27.5rps is mental
I mean you could have got mis-labelled 12:1's is about the only thing I can think of
to push the rof beyond a 24~25rps best expectation of 13:1 build on 7.4v
and the battery is perhaps better than 20c rating to supply that much energy too
The results obtained are way beyond a GOOD BUILD - 24rps would have been expected at say 340fps
maybe 25/26 tops on 325fps - but that is going some on a SS build
if you got 27.5rps, on a full stroke with a modest 7.4v 20c LiPo, even 8.4v max fresh off of charge
well fuck me backwards...
YOU WALK ON WATER SIR is all I can add and ffs LEAVE IT ALONE
I would NOT OPEN IT just to cut spring or SS to bring down the power, park it overnight instead
as it likely is pre-cocking from over spin, so I'd just leave it parked to fade or bed in the spring a smidge
(might get even a smidge more rps once it fades, but time the motor gets some carbon build up it will cancel out)
nah leave it alone, not saying you got "lucky" but certainly you was very fortunate it went together so damn well
Deffo walk on water on this build
if/when you do open it up again - though as said leave it alone for now ffs
but if it goes tits up and you need to crack her open...
test if the gears are 13:1 or 12:1's perhaps
mark bevel with pencil line, see how many turns of bevel it takes to fully rotate sector 1 revolution
(multiply bevel turns by 3 = actual ratio of gear set)
if 4.25 or less = 12.75:1 or 12:1 gear set
if 4.50 there abouts = 13.5:1 or 13:1 gear set
it's probably 13:1 and you got very
lucky fortunate, but just wondering if Pete got some mis-labelled 12:1's
(like it does happen at times with the Chinese lottery etc...)
FUCKING VERY VERY VERY VERY WELL DONE SQUIRE indeeeeeeeed