Recent content by Will (Bad Boy) Smith

Nice. I think they work better with the bigger spring. That's probably my problem, especially with the 11.1v lipo. Your FPS is probably going to up around 400fps now though - where do you plan to play with it?

whooah BOTH!? surely that would upset the balance of that gear, right? In terms of Active Braking - does that work for Auto as well? How much of my problems would a Gate Titan just fix? As an aside, for the previous failure, if I'd had silicone oil on the hopup - would that have caused me to...

@MrInfernal I believe the x-asr is harder to program but looks possible for this. I had one for a few days to see if I could make my Firehawk have a semi function. TBH I kinda resent the markup on those mosfet devices and software, but it's a specialist system I guess. All of Airsoft gear is...

So the 11.1 is pushing it. Can active braking or a pulled tooth make me safer or do I still have to go lighter on the piston as you suggest above? Tighter springs are faster I guess?

Thanks @Davegolf, so that's a good summary of my options. So @MrInfernal is running stock 11.v with a longer barrel than me. Seemingly defect free. As I understand it, I need a stronger spring with 11.1v which makes sense now. So it sounds like my most economic option now would be to go back...

@Davegolf thanks for the braindump. I'll take all your pointers. I'm curious as to the cause of pre-engagement if that's what we think. You don't think the 11.1 lipo is too much then? I'm tempted to move down to a 7.4, but of course, this particular gun is supposed to manage, and...

@MrInfernal I don't know which two springs they ship in the box to the vendor before they ready for customer shipping, but mine came with the spring that's installed now, which yields a pretty weak 270fps. I can't tell you for sure what Mnnn that is. The *other* spring they subsequently supplied...

Yep. As I suspected, although more than I'd guessed. Every tooth has been shaved off the bevel gear where it connects to the spur gear, which looks intact. The piston appears to move freely and all the gears spin as they should. There are just no teeth on that gear above. Strangely, there's...

Nope, I'm not sure, but I'm over 98% confident it's gears again. The motor is freely turning the first gear but the other two aren't engaging with it. They're all in alignment though and move freely on their own. If I turn the two piston gears they again move freely and start to drag the piston...

Could I have used the wrong oil/grease and slowed down the piston? But as you say, if it's doing 22rps it must have been moving ok. I cleaned out the barrel etc and all the previous gunk in the gearbox.  My concern is that I could stick another set of gears in there and be in exactly the same...

My Specna Arms Edge SA-E11 has chewed TWO gearboxes. It's firing around 22fps on auto with 11.1v lipo - is this likely because the gear is meeting the piston on the way back? Is it a spring problem or a battery problem? TLDR; I had a brand new Specna Arms Edge SA-E11 from SoftairGames.net but...