Opinions/help on a sniping setup

[Taiga]

3 hours ago, Rogerborg said:

 

^^^ Those lipos.  They come with a balance connector and you can use any lipo balance charger, same as you'll be using for AEG batteries.  I won't recommend a specific charger as I went for a cheapo which I later discovered has some explodey tendencies, but the "B6" chargers are well regarded, and HobbyKing can provide.

 

Wiring it for lipo really is just a case of soldering two wires on.  It's covered here:

 

http://crapworks.blogspot.com/2013/04/airsoft-glock-18c-nimh-to-lipo.html

 

Something to note is that you'll need a female JST connector, as the output from the battery is male. This is quite unusual, most batteries have female connectors to make it harder to accidentally short the pins.  HobbyKing can provide connectors, or there's a superfluity on eBay.

 

If you don't want to mod it, Airsoft World do a lipo which will plug right in:

 

https://www.airsoftworld.net/world-exclusive-lithium-polymer-aep-battery-li-po-lipo-7-4v-550mah.html

 

Again, you'll need a B6 or equivalent charger for that, same as most other lipos.

Can I not use one of these and then the Nano LIPO battery? https://eagle6.co.uk/shop/catalog/product/view/id/3657/s/option-no-1-lipo-battery-adaptor-for-automatic-electric-pistol-series/

I feel like the lipo battery from airsoft world would be a tight fit, and I've heard some people having problems as the glocks battery compartment is rather small. Also, chargers are definitely an area I need help with, a lot of my house is wood based so I don't want it going up any time soon. 

[Rogerborg]

7 hours ago, ShirouAshiya said:

Can I not use one of these and then the Nano LIPO battery? https://eagle6.co.uk/shop/catalog/product/view/id/3657/s/option-no-1-lipo-battery-adaptor-for-automatic-electric-pistol-series/

 

Yes, that'll work too.  It's a reasonable concern about the Airsoft World lipo fitting in the Glock, if it's any bigger than standard.

[Taiga]

So what would you say is a decent charger, I've seen some on amazon around £35-£45 with decent reviews. Seems a lot of people use them for airsoft.

[Taiga]

Now, as stated earlier I had a budget of about £500, I can raise this closer to around the region £650 now. My pistol in total is going to cost £185 (that's for the pistol, an extra mag, 2 lipo's, a lipo charger, 2 lipo safety bags and finally a lipo battery adapter, so that I don't have to mod it.).

[Taiga]

Also looking to put my order in tonight, so I'm ready for next game day!  

[Rogerborg]

I hope this isn't redundant information at this point, but I've just spotted that TaiwanGun are now selling 680mAh plug-and-play AEP lipo batteries at £11 a go.  Realistically, 1 of those will last you a whole day as a secondary, and likely even as a CQB semi-auto primary.

 

http://www.taiwangun.com/en/batteries-li-po/battery-li-po-680mah-7-4v-20c-micro-ipower

 

[MisterG]

25 minutes ago, Rogerborg said:

I hope this isn't redundant information at this point, but I've just spotted that TaiwanGun are now selling 680mAh plug-and-play AEP lipo batteries at £11 a go.  Realistically, 1 of those will last you a whole day as a secondary, and likely even as a CQB semi-auto primary.

 

http://www.taiwangun.com/en/batteries-li-po/battery-li-po-680mah-7-4v-20c-micro-ipower

 

Will get one for my Skorpion.

 

Cheers

G

[Taiga]

1 hour ago, Rogerborg said:

I hope this isn't redundant information at this point, but I've just spotted that TaiwanGun are now selling 680mAh plug-and-play AEP lipo batteries at £11 a go.  Realistically, 1 of those will last you a whole day as a secondary, and likely even as a CQB semi-auto primary.

 

http://www.taiwangun.com/en/batteries-li-po/battery-li-po-680mah-7-4v-20c-micro-ipower

 

Not completely re-dudent, I'm yet to buy my batteries as I've now settled on a primary. But, would this actually battery fit the marui G18C?

https://www.fire-support.co.uk/product/marui-high-cycle-steyr-aug-airsoft-gun-aeg-black

[Rogerborg]

2 hours ago, MisterG said:

Will get one for my Skorpion

 

Careful now:

 

"It is a battery dedicated to de electric guns, does not fit into machine guns - due to the different system of mounting and blocking the battery itself.

Suitable for replicas such as CM 121.CM122, CM123, CM125, CM126, CM127, CM128 and similar.
Does not match machine guns such as R4, R2, MAC-10 and similar. "

[MisterG]

11 minutes ago, Rogerborg said:

 

Careful now:

 

"It is a battery dedicated to de electric guns, does not fit into machine guns - due to the different system of mounting and blocking the battery itself.

Suitable for replicas such as CM 121.CM122, CM123, CM125, CM126, CM127, CM128 and similar.
Does not match machine guns such as R4, R2, MAC-10 and similar. "

I'll do some more digging, but the current battery looks like this one.

 

http://www.taiwangun.com/en/batteries-7-2v/battery-nimh-7-2v-500mah-for-replicas-of-electric-pistol-cyma?from=related&campaign-id=6

 

Which is also recommended for :

 

Fits to;
* CM.030
* CM.121
* CM.122
* CM.123
* CM.125
* CM.126

 

And the R4 😄

 

So I'm confused.

 

The Skorpion is an AEP, and has parts in common with the Glock 18 AEP.

 

Cheers

G

[Rogerborg]

It looks like the lipo is smaller in all dimensions than the stock nimh, which may be the issue: it'll fit, but it might not be held securely in place.  I don't know if the Skorpion relies on a cover pressing the battery into place, but worse case you could probably just pad it out to match.

[MisterG]

18 minutes ago, Rogerborg said:

It looks like the lipo is smaller in all dimensions than the stock nimh, which may be the issue: it'll fit, but it might not be held securely in place.  I don't know if the Skorpion relies on a cover pressing the battery into place, but worse case you could probably just pad it out to match.

I don't think so, I tried shaking out the battery without the cover in place and it didn't fall out, but some padding might be a good idea.