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Angle of Engagement
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:08 am
by Villid
Does anyone have the link to setting your angle of engagment?
Re: Angle of Engagement
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:48 am
by Star_folder
http://www.airsoftforum.com/board/Corre ... 21337.html
I've got this one. Let me know if you have any questions.
Re: Angle of Engagement
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:46 am
by Villid
thanks, thats exactly what i was looking for.
From looking at it, i can tell my AoE was correct already. for some reason im taking the teeth off the front of the piston.
Re: Angle of Engagement
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:10 am
by Star_folder
hmmm, you mean it's taking teeth off the piston on the piston head side of the piston? not the spring guide side of the piston? That sorta sounds like pre engagement.
Can you tell me a little about your set up? Like, what piston, gears, spring, motor battery, etc.?
Re: Angle of Engagement
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:17 pm
by Dominum
So far this thread and the link are a win. Stickied.
Re: Angle of Engagement
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:24 pm
by Jeremy314
Star_folder wrote:hmmm, you mean it's taking teeth off the piston on the piston head side of the piston? not the spring guide side of the piston? That sorta sounds like pre engagement.
Can you tell me a little about your set up? Like, what piston, gears, spring, motor battery, etc.?
I actually had the same thing happen to my team mate's Socom gear/VFC M4 (Gasp!!) and he actually broke the metal tooth before stripping the first 5 teeth on the VFC OEM piston.
Re: Angle of Engagement
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:33 pm
by SteevoLS
^ I've seen lots of VFC pistons strip, but fortunately that is the only failure point I've ever observed in their V2 gearboxes.
Re: Angle of Engagement
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:20 pm
by Villid
Star_folder wrote:hmmm, you mean it's taking teeth off the piston on the piston head side of the piston? not the spring guide side of the piston? That sorta sounds like pre engagement.
Can you tell me a little about your set up? Like, what piston, gears, spring, motor battery,
etc.?
Yeah. Stock jg gears and motor, 9.6g 1400mah battery, polycarb piston of unknown brand, chrono'd 322 with .25s at fuldaset weekend.
edit: after looking closely, the shim job on my bevel and sector gear was bad as well, fair amount of up and donw play.
Re: Angle of Engagement
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:16 am
by Star_folder
Well, it's probably not pre engagement then. Possibly firing during a jam? that would cause wear on the foremost teeth of your piston.
Re: Angle of Engagement
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:05 am
by Villid
My spring guide came a apart during play last weeekend, at least i think it was last weekend. Not sure how that would affect it, except to maybe revent teh piston from fully cycling?
Re: Angle of Engagement
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:33 am
by Star_folder
It could cause the spring to bind or the piston to be blocked from properly cycling, so yeah, that could have done your damage.
Re: Angle of Engagement
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:35 am
by Jeremy314
Star_folder wrote:It could cause the spring to bind or the piston to be blocked from properly cycling, so yeah, that could have done your damage.
had this happen in a G36 I just recently fixed. It ended up being cheaper to buy back my old G36 gear box and replace the whole thing than to replace all the damaged internals in it.
The front part of the spring guide got lodged into the piece of metal that holds the stock spring to the back of the piston head which I assume is what caused the piston to strip the entire length, break the piston head off, damage the cylinder head... and I can't remember what else was wrong with it, but I know it's the worst GB I had ever seen in my short time doing tech work for our team.