Piston stripped

[Sitting Duck]

Nope - could always ring them and see if they can exchange or part ex it

 

say you really thought your gun was fully lipo ready and ordered it in good faith but it busted my gun.....

they may then consider swapping it for one of their 7.4v's rather than no way it has been used/charged so warranty void etc.....

 

worth a shot

 

failing that keep it or ebay it

 

try n see which of their 7.4v's would fit/work with best C & mah ratings in your gun's battery compartment

(or other gun's battery compartment)

then give them a bell - can only ask

 

I fit them stubby stocks on my M4's as it means I can then shove in almost any block type batteries

These block batteries are cheaper than the more bespoke "airsoft" nunchuck/stick type batteries

plus have a massive choice of size/shape/ratings to choose from as well as less fiddling about changing them at lunchtime

 

if you try out a 7.4v and are happy with results then run with 7.4v if/when nimah's start to get old or sell on the nimah's

anyway if you are happy with 7.4v's then there would be no real need to go nutz short stroking on that gun if she is ok

(if it ain't broke don't try to fix or tweak it is the motto we all should remember)

 

But if you end up keeping the 11.1v then maybe your next gun upgrade can use that and look into short stroking another tweaked gun

the results would be a massive difference eg: old gun you broke hitting 27rps on 7.4v

next gun leave in stock gears but 11.1v & neodym motor = 30rps say or 40 if you do 12:1

but doing 40rps means paying for new set of gears, new piston with 3 or half teeth plus more modding

all to go from 30 to 40 and pretty sure possible shorten the life span a little at that high 30 to 40 speed

(that is dsg performance and those dsg boxes don't last as long as decent stock boxes no matter how much you spend on building it)

[Cheeky vimto]

Nope - could always ring them and see if they can exchange or part ex it

 

say you really thought your gun was fully lipo ready and ordered it in good faith but it busted my gun.....

they may then consider swapping it for one of their 7.4v's rather than no way it has been used/charged so warranty void etc.....

 

worth a shot

 

failing that keep it or ebay it

 

try n see which of their 7.4v's would fit/work with best C & mah ratings in your gun's battery compartment

(or other gun's battery compartment)

then give them a bell - can only ask

 

I fit them stubby stocks on my M4's as it means I can then shove in almost any block type batteries

These block batteries are cheaper than the more bespoke "airsoft" nunchuck/stick type batteries

plus have a massive choice of size/shape/ratings to choose from as well as less fiddling about changing them at lunchtime

Phoned them today and told them I ordered the wrong size voltage and needed a 7.4. They said send it back and they'll send out a replacement; same size mAh and C rating. If they do what they say they will I think I'll order a couple more off them

 

 

I was looking in combat south today at 7.4vs and they were £25! What a rip off. Their 11.1v were cheaper at £20.

[Sitting Duck]

Hobbyking - end of

What peeps need to do is get a few of your m8's to club together

 

Hopefully you can order up some of the same beefy types that fit in ya guns

coz if you go onto that page - wait leave page and discount offer pops up - aprox 8% offer

but if navigate away the offer won't come back - well it will if you reboot pc or use other pc

 

this offer may work on 1 type of battery discount - if ordering 3 types of lipo's you may only get discount on 1 of the 3 types

 

anyway they ship mainly from 3 places

 

UK - but they don't seem to stock crane/nunchuck/ or "airsoft batteries"

 

Airsoft or nunchuck seem to only come from europe or worldwide - usually hong kong depots

 

Look carefully at link/stock locations - worldwide is cheapest but shipping is more/time to arrive

UK is quickest of course but prices are highest per battery

I ordered what I thought was Europe batteries but order was placed in hong kong and took over 3 weeks

luckily it got through ok - phew no duty paid to robbing bastids RM

 

Also it seems UK & Worldwide has shipping weight bands of up to 1kg then shipping jumps a bit

 

However - Europe/Netherlands the shipping don't jump - heck I made up a 6kg+ shopping cart and shipping was still same as 950gms

(no I didn't buy that many batteries - jeeez)

 

Europe might be best option for AIRSOFT stick/nunchuck batteries as UK don't do them it seems

won't get clobbered with chance of importy duty from hong kong - should be ok but still a chance with china stuff

plus shipping from europe is say 5 days instead of 3 weeks say from hong kong

 

PAY VERY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO DIMENSIONS - use a digital micrometer/gauge to suss out what may/may not fit

 

get a m8 or a few m8's to go in with ya to split shipping - then you can get some mofo batteries very very cheaply

 

test out a few of your m8's 7.4v 25c lipo's first - no need to rush out and go nutz on loads of lipo's just yet

see the results for yourself and go from there - if they got a 25c 7.4v I think you should be happy with the results if gun wired up nicely

[Cheeky vimto]

Hobbyking - end of

What peeps need to do is get a few of your m8's to club together

 

Component shop is decent enough, about £11 for 7.4v's.

[Sitting Duck]

Component shop is decent enough, about £11 for 7.4v's.

 

agreed - its the service as well that also counts and if they swap battery then they got extra kudos points from all on here too

 

just saying if you was thinking of buying/upgrading yours & ya m8's nimahs at some point hobbyking are worth a look if you club together

[Cheeky vimto]

agreed - its the service as well that also counts and if they swap battery then they got extra kudos points from all on here too

 

just saying if you was thinking of buying/upgrading yours & ya m8's nimahs at some point hobbyking are worth a look if you club together

They're all on 7.4v's lipos, I'm the last one!

[Sitting Duck]

They're all on 7.4v's lipos, I'm the last one!

 

lol - don't tell me, you bought up some of their old nimah's when they upgraded to lipo

 

actually we do still use the 9.6v nimah's, hence me bought a few LiFe's @ 9.9v

but recently found out the LiFe's have limited range of size/shape and only go to 20c or 25c max

 

LiPo's - bloomin' loads n loads of types/shapes/sizes/ratings to choose from

[Cheeky vimto]

lol - don't tell me, you bought up some of their old nimah's when they upgraded to lipo

 

actually we do still use the 9.6v nimah's, hence me bought a few LiFe's @ 9.9v

but recently found out the LiFe's have limited range of size/shape and only go to 20c or 25c max

 

LiPo's - bloomin' loads n loads of types/shapes/sizes/ratings to choose from

 

Haha no, they've only been playing for about 2 months and went straight to lipos.

 

I did look at LiFe's. I read they're supposed to be just as good as LiPo but don't run any risks of accidental fires. What'd you think of them?

[Sitting Duck]

I was impressed with them on stock guns but tbh I recently found out their 20c rating let them down a bit on tweaked beefed up guns

Either that or they are crapping out on me - but deffo didn't provide the expect bridge between 7.4v & 11.1v lipo's

 

They deffo did provide the gap on stock guns and mildly tweaked guns

 

eg: stock gears & neo motor and silver wire gun

 

7.4v = 20rps

9.9v = 25rps

11.1v = 30rps

 

this is rough figure of a fet'd deans CM18 with SHS motor etc.....

 

BUT on higher build guns with thicker wire and seeking more juice (which thicker 15awg wire would supply) like the FH HC05

 

total stock wise it was hitting 22 & 33 on 11.1v - but when tested the Life 9.9v it wasn't much more than the 7.4v ????

the lipo's were 25c the life was a 20c but didn't hit the expected say 27 but nigh on same or +1 over 7.4v 25c

 

I mega tweaked the DSG and got 40 on 7.4v and thought leave it there and forget 11.1v and knew the LiFe would really struggle

to supply real oooommmppphhhhh now when it wasn't quite cutting the stock dsg demands on short stroke m160 spring in there

 

so yeah I am not so sure about LiFe's now on more juice or burst demanding setups as they only go to 25c - usually 20c is norm

 

stock or mild setups yeah they could be a good option to not cane your gun/contacts if not fet'd

beefier setups - ergh no, do it properly and use/try 30c 7.4v lipo's is my feeling/findings at this moment in time

 

Think lipo's have improved and I haven't yet burnt my house down just yet

Think LiFe's were mainly thought to not suffer the possible damage risk like lipo's if you run them out of juice

on LiPo's if they drop too low volts they can die - LiFe's are not supposed to do this if they get drained I was lead to think

 

but never leave any battery unchecked and charge them on a worktop/bench not on bed/carpet & pop out up the road/shops