Airsoft Thread

Lancer, do you know the price for that King Arms receiver? I went to check on their website and it said to ask them.

It's a pretty pricey set:
http://shop.ehobbyasia.com/accessori...etal-body.html

There's also this one:
http://shop.ehobbyasia.com/accessori...p-chamber.html

There's also this one from G&P for slightly less. All the black varients are out of stock though, but the G&P tan is still instock. Not sure on the quality compared to the King Arms though.

http://shop.ehobbyasia.com/accessori...mur-black.html

Also here's my gear box so far

are you going to 3d print that? thats awesome as shit if you are.
i was looking into 3d printing some sort of rail to put on my thompson, because as much as i love it, the iron sights suck ass holes, especially in low light situations. even if i just print out some like... BC2 AEK style iron sights. at this point, no iron sights would be better than the ones it came with.

side note: the king arms m1a1 thompson is pretty badass aside from the iron sight issue
E: just read, its for a cad project. still neat though!

I'm not quite sure what you mean by 3D printing? Do you mean actually taking materials and milling it into the design? If that's the case, no we are not doing that, though I would love to make some new pieces for my shitty Echo1 SCAR if I had access to the materials and equipment. I would love an aluminum locking reservoir for my hinged stock to replace the plastic one...

We're just going to model most of the individual components and then animate all of the internals with section/exploded views. Though I'm trying to do the internal components with a relatively high degree of accuracy in terms of dimensions, I'm going to be doing the externals pretty lax. There really isn't anyway for our teacher to check our measurements lol, as long as all of the internal pieces fit together and work properly.

yeah, i meant having one of those 5 axis machine mill the parts out, or something of that sort. i wish i had access to something like that. id love to model all the parts out then build a small, custom electric airsoft gun. something unique, like an as-val or something. i could hook an arduino up to it and have a halo style ammo counter or control rate of fire or custom bursting

man that would be awesome. brb, searching class list for something that will get me near the engineering building with the 3d milling machine.

Yeah I knew a few people who CNC steel parts to replace lower quality aluminum ones in gas guns, can really improve performance and durability.

O Cortexian, I got another question. How much room do you have in that Magpul CTR for a battery? Can it fit a 8.4v mini? Or can it only fit super small Lipo's?

You have to use the LiPO's that will fit in the buffer tube, there's no room in the actual stock itself. Not a problem since the 11.1v LiPO's will last longer (more shots) than a normal 8.4v or 9.6v, and they'll also give you snappier trigger response.

What additional electrical components are needed to make using a LiPO "safe"? Do I need a fuse or any special connectors? I'm not even running a fuse in my SCAR. I was trying to avoid using LiPO's because they supposedly have a higher strain on the internals, but I already ordered the Magpul CTR lol. I got a Chinese clone on ebay for cheap along with a clone of an MOE grip. Anyway, I'm not so sure about a proper setup for LiPO's, especially after my friend's catastrophe with his melting LiPO inside his $1,000 Systemma M4.