Bones
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Post by Bones on Feb 28, 2014 7:26:48 GMT -5
I have had a few guns come right out of the box in my day and when I test fired them. They just lock up right out of the box.
Just recently I bought a Airsoft GI Custom Gun. I get it delivered. I solder a Dean connector on it just like all my guns. Test fire it 4 times. Good to go. Load a mag to go shoot it, and the gear box locks up.
Any Idea's?
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Post by Bishop (Task-Force Nightmare) on Feb 28, 2014 8:09:57 GMT -5
What type of battery are you using? If its a 9.6 is it fully charged?
Sent from my SCH-I535 using proboards
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Post by Roger Monk on Feb 28, 2014 10:04:48 GMT -5
Every time I have had a gearbox lock up it has been either that the motor was bad, there was too much friction in the gear box, or some of the wiring wasn't allowing a good current to run through the gun. The fact that it's a custom gun and you put a new connector on it raises red flags for me.
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Post by Bones on Feb 28, 2014 14:05:16 GMT -5
It is not the battery.
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Post by Deuce on Feb 28, 2014 16:15:05 GMT -5
My guess is there is a problem with the electrical current or there is a stress-point in the gb. So I got a few questions.
Is it not spinning at all? Is it making a grinding noise when you pull the trigger? Is the motor and battery getting hot quickly?
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Post by Bones on Mar 15, 2014 11:59:14 GMT -5
So I sent this gun back to Airsoft GI and they break open the gear box and find that the tappet plate was busted and jammed into the piston. I guess that explains it. However that was pretty weak for the tappet plate to go like that.
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Post by Stinger on Mar 31, 2014 13:29:01 GMT -5
So I sent this gun back to Airsoft GI and they break open the gear box and find that the tappet plate was busted and jammed into the piston. I guess that explains it. However that was pretty weak for the tappet plate to go like that. Was this a G4 or FMG4? Or was it an actual A.G.I. "Custom" gun? If it was an FMG4, then you just got a lemon. The current-generation (called "next-gen.") FMG4s are mostly OEM'd by Lonex, and the Lonex tappet plate is pretty tough. |
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Post by Bones on Apr 1, 2014 6:48:59 GMT -5
It was an actual custom gun.
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Post by Stinger on Apr 1, 2014 10:34:50 GMT -5
It was an actual custom gun. Any idea who OEM'd it? Or if not, what model of custom was it? I'm just wondering, because a lot of people ask me about A.G.I. guns on my YouTube. My guess is still that you got a defective one. |
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Post by Bones on Apr 1, 2014 10:51:35 GMT -5
Yeah dude. It is a Echo 1 Platinum OEM 'd by VFC, and it was defective just like all of the replicas that do not shoot out of the box.
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Post by Stinger on Apr 1, 2014 20:34:46 GMT -5
Yeah dude. It is a Echo 1 Platinum OEM 'd by VFC, and it was defective just like all of the replicas that do not shoot out of the box.  VFC internals. I now know why that failed. It was most likely VFC's clear polycarbonate tappet plate, which is just bad. Polycarbonate is a terrible choice of material for a moving part in a mechanical device. To be fair though, the Platinum M4s and M16s are pretty good guns. VFC is just very...particular about how it goes about internals (*cough* auto-shimming *cough*). |
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VFC internals. I now know why that failed. It was most likely VFC's clear polycarbonate tappet plate, which is just bad. Polycarbonate is a terrible choice of material for a moving part in a mechanical device.