[-Spitfire-]

I'll dig around in my bone yard and see if I have any 1911 bits.

Preciate it. I heard back from KJW within a day, but I'm not sure how soon they'll ship everything. In other news...

Classic Army CA58 Rifle AEG Airsoft Rifle

www.airsoftgi.com

Anyone wanna talk me out of this? Kinda missing my old FAL, but I don't feel like putting up with JG's sloppy externals again.

 

[Graybeard]

Cool looking rifle. I find it a little funny that it’s a replica of a copy of a rifle…..

 

[Guges Mk3]

That is what Airsoft does...if you can't get the original...find the copy.

B&T for Steyr
Long Wolf for Early Glock

 

[danerd]

Preciate it. I heard back from KJW within a day, but I'm not sure how soon they'll ship everything. In other news...

Classic Army CA58 Rifle AEG Airsoft Rifle

www.airsoftgi.com

Anyone wanna talk me out of this? Kinda missing my old FAL, but I don't feel like putting up with JG's sloppy externals again.

I had one. Beat the living crap out if it and she still worked. Midcap mags are hard to find, but not impossible. Externals from DS Arms do fit, though YMMV. The reciver screws do have a tendency to come loose.

 

[Guges Mk3]

Mags are extremely hard to find, so if you see them grab them and don't hesitate.

 

[-Spitfire-]

I had one. Beat the living crap out if it and she still worked. Midcap mags are hard to find, but not impossible. Externals from DS Arms do fit, though YMMV. The reciver screws do have a tendency to come loose.

My biggest complaint with JG slop was the gap between the pistol grip and receiver... You couldn't tighten it down all the way no matter what. Not an issue on CA?

Kinda wondering what I'm looking at internals-wise as well.

 

[Guges Mk3]

Internal wise...really loose tolerance...slight air leak, silicone insulation wiring, ferrite motor...meh inner barrel. Spring should be good though...

 

[-Spitfire-]

Internal wise...really loose tolerance...slight air leak, silicone insulation wiring, ferrite motor...meh inner barrel. Spring should be good though...

So similar to JG internal tolerances lol

 

[Guges Mk3]

JG cloned someone...and that wasn't the KA model.

 

[-Spitfire-]

Yup, which is why the mags are compatible(mostly). Easy enough to update the internals then, if it's the same design.

Managed to snag an Arcturus V3 PE gearbox off Evike for $155 shipped, gonna see how it fits in my E1 SOB2. Figure the adjustable trigger travel makes sense for a DSG, in addition to the QCS. I'll strip most of the mechanical and pneumatic bits out for another build.

 

[-Spitfire-]

The first of many parts to come in lol

1 ea.	SHS P90 Aluminum O-ring Air Nozzle
1 ea.	Aztech Innovations APACHE
2 ea.	SHS 17.28:1 Steel Gears
1 ea.	Lonex V6 Cylinder Head
2 ea.	SHS V2 Tappet Plate
1 ea.	SHS 12.65:1 High Speed Steel Gears
1 ea.	SHS Motor Brushes (1 pair)
1 ea.	Modify Soft Ryusoku Flat Bucking w/ Flat Nub

 

[-Spitfire-]

You learn something new every day I guess, or in this case re-learn lol. Swapped in a sector gear delay chip on the E1 SOB1, and upon chronoing found only slight improvement... Got one good full auto burst around 21.8rps, but it was inconsistent. Loaded up a midcap with EMG .23 bio BBs, and it seems everything worked perfectly. Using a GensAce 45c 1300mAh 3s lipo, it did ~23.5rps... Much better.

Initially, I figured it was just because I'd been using a hicap. Then I remembered that said hicap was full of multicolored 'BlackOps' brand .20 Walmart bio BBs that I'd been trying to use up. They are actually .20g, but I highly doubt they're biodegradable lol. Anyway, refilled the hicap with EMG .23 BBs, and saw an immediate improvement. Currently, she's doing 24rps @368fps +/-2.

Edit: I have a feeling that the misfeeding I experienced with the Krytac p90 miscaps was likely caused by the BBs as well, but time will tell.

 

[-Spitfire-]

Looks like RD just bought general industry extension springs and are just selling them for tappet use...not ideal...could the geometry be retarding proper motion?

Having you considered mcmaster-carr?

These look similar, though not exact:

McMaster-Carr

McMaster-Carr is the complete source for your plant with over 595,000 products. 98% of products ordered ship from stock and deliver same or next day.

www.mcmaster.com

 

[Leo Greer]

Let us know how those 12:1 gears work out for you. I‘ve been working on a set paired with a Lonex die-cast GB shell, and they absolutely refuse to mesh efficiently. All together the gears won’t spin more than twice… with the gearbox open.

 

[mr. potatohead]

Could be your gearbox shell design; I've used SHS 12.65:1's and they worked just fine in a dytac gb. Could be your gear posts were slightly off thanks to bad QC - quite a few factors.

 

[-Spitfire-]

Let us know how those 12:1 gears work out for you. I‘ve been working on a set paired with a Lonex die-cast GB shell, and they absolutely refuse to mesh efficiently. All together the gears won’t spin more than twice… with the gearbox open.

I've no plans to use them as of yet, but no surprise that they don't spin well with an open gearbox. Without both halves of the shell, it's easy for gears to get off-balanced.

 

[Leo Greer]

The gears spin fine individually, which makes me think that, if anything, the bushing/bearing holes are slightly out of alignment.

I should’ve mentioned—the gears only get two rotations no matter what the shimming is like. Zero shims and fully shimmed has the exact same result. All of the gears have tons of room to be shimmed properly, which makes me believe it’s how the gears are meshing, either because of the gears themselves or the shell.

I’ll stop hijacking your thread now, Spitfire.

 

[-Spitfire-]

The gears spin fine individually, which makes me think that, if anything, the bushing/bearing holes are slightly out of alignment.

I should’ve mentioned—the gears only get two rotations no matter what the shimming is like. Zero shims and fully shimmed has the exact same result. All of the gears have tons of room to be shimmed properly, which makes me believe it’s how the gears are meshing, either because of the gears themselves or the shell.

I’ll stop hijacking your thread now, Spitfire.

They'll spin fine individually because there's no torsional side-to-side force. But if it's doing that with both shell halves, then yeah something's off lol

 

[Leo Greer]

Yep. It’s only when I install more than one gear. When I get some workbench time I’ll try out some other gear sets and see if I encounter the same issue.

 

[-Spitfire-]

Golden Eagle Vietnam Era M4 Airsoft AEG Carbine w/ Adjustable Stock

If you’re looking for an interesting airsoft AEG that will both command attention and perform admirably the Golden Eagle Vietnam Era M4 Carbine is for you!

www.airsoftmegastore.com

@Guges Mk3 I think I found the OEM for the old E1 Sog68 lol