And I think that’s a wrap
May I present the ADAR-15 aka Tigers Tooth…
Gained nearly 100fps replacing the cylinder head and o-ring Rok graciously supplied with it and an Ausgel 1.18 spring. Tested with Ausgel strawberries cause that’s the closest I had to what the new owner will probably use, even before cutting the barrel and adding the hop-up it had some pretty decent groupings.
Now the next problem…
Didn’t notice how bright the handguard came out too until looking at it assembled inside.
That’s cool. Different 
So took it to a game to give it to my mate, he tried using it in a game and no shootie…
I have a quick look and it’s the nozzle isn’t moving… Gearbox is still cycling and the FCU want giving any errors…
So gave him his money back and gotta pull it apart and see what the go is now 
I was test firing it on Friday without any issues too.
Oddly 2/3 of the blasters he brought yesterday failed too, the only one that didn’t break down was the ADAR I made for him a while ago which, was an eventful day.
Whats the saying.?.?
" It aint Gel, if you don’t have to F#$K with it…!!"
Alternating mental states, of elation, and abuse…!!
" We put the BUY…in Bi-Polar…!!"
I’m sure he knows and appreciates, the effort put into it…
You’ll get it working…
So looked at the ADAR today, no nozzle movement can be seen in t-piece, pull upper receiver off, cycle gearbox, nozzle moves…
Held a spare cyma barrel to the gearbox and cycled, everything works as it should…
Put upper back on, cycle, nozzle moves…
Test shoot, works as it should.
Conclusion… NFI…
At least I don’t have to pull the entire thing apart.
That is very weird, though I can say I’ve seen stupider things solve themselves in blasters.
Hopefully it’s a one off thing!
After maybe 3 years of service, my MK8 receiver finally gave up. Lasted longer than I thought. Original build was a full dump on internals - IFP 7075 gearbox, Solink 5 and full IFP/stariver suite, just went straight budget on the externals - found some old Bohan MK8 carcass and told the tech to put everything in there. Tech was crying as he did it cuz I was putting “way too nice parts into a piece of shit” but that’s exactly what I wanted. Now I got an excuse to lay some coin down because why not, life is short.
Before:
and after:
As you can see I goofed up and got the 10.5 inch handguard instead of 9 inch so the barrel is a bit recessed. Already ordered a new inner barrel and outer barrel extender so hopefully that works out.
Also got rid of the hydra mount because I got tired of it, new best friend is the scalarworks monolift.
Unfortunately couldn’t find space to put on the flip up sights. Will update when I finish the in/out barrel and put on the sling.
Sexy looking bit of kit.
Inquiries underway about a 3D printed shroud to convert a Le Hui Kriss Vector into a MCS-X pulse rifle from the spin off series “Alien : Earth”.
Fingers crossed Parso Prints can pull it off. If not, it’s out with the styrene and an analogue build. 
Well…there’s a 3d print file, for the Steyr version…
Had a quick look, for the vector version, couldn’t see anything.
If there’s one out there, he’ll find it.
If you print out the carry handle, you could modify that / make a mould.?
Easier to modify.?
I like how they put all the time and effort into modifying a vector only to use, what looks like, a cheap pistol flashlight from Ali 
This was what I did on my Sunday doing… Fixing a mates Scar… Original issue was no nozzle movement, which became no power after someone else had a look at it thinking it was a blown fuse…
I thought the cause of the original issue thou.
Looks like someone trimmed that inner barrel with grandma’s false teeth.
Looks like one of my power tool jobs 
Hey all might not be the right thread but oh well, I dug the blasters out from the dungeon in the first time in like 3 years, anyways I’m looking to put a new v2 gearbox together for my honey badger, it’s currently got a ldt basic with 1:16 gears etc, with no mosfet on a 11v battery, I’m just wondering if there have been any real big advances in the way gearbox’s are built last couple of years, or will my old ways still keep up? Cheers, yes I will sit down and read through the threads but thats going to take me all week🤣 if anyone has a tldr that would be appreciated
Short answer, No.
Those LDT gearboxes are still just as relevant, the only advancement really is they bought out a green one that was better material I think and had a FCU.
Apart from (mostly) better quality parts nothing’s changed in that time.
No real re-inventing the wheel since then. The good and bad parts might have changed since then but if you had something good 3 years ago and it still works there wouldn’t be massive benefits to changing.
The only real advance has been in motors, there are some pretty good brushless motors for not a lot more than an good brushed motor, which is great for some blasters as you don’t have as much need for big batteries, as they use less power.
If you are used to the LDX, there is really only a newer cast green one, that is a bit meatier and now pre-radius, with 9mm bearings and a 4 prong retainer.
There is also CNC versions with the same features.
There is plenty of clones of them out there too, currently I am testing a clone with good results, and giving feedback to the manufacturer. Nice that they listen, whether it leads to improvements (hopefully) we will see.
The gearbox in question is in my latest video (shameless self plug lol)
And for those wondering, I am going to keep these in stock, mainly for my tech jobs but can also part with them for $210 incl. postage.
The next lot of them my come with 9mm bushes instead of bearings, but so far 9mm bearings have been pretty tough and long lasting, even up near 40rps and or 350fps.
Yeah alright cool, thanks guys
Brushless seems like a no-brainer,
I think I’ll just rewire and see how what breaks first,
I do like the Ldt style boxes everything just seems to work and I can have parts interchangeable between blasters, but even though I never cracked one I was alway a bit weary of the kinda dodgy upper casting so it’s good to know there’s CNC ones floating around now!
If I put something cool together and I remember I’ll chuck it in this thread
The LDT/LDX ecosystem is well supported these days, good volumes, aoe pad etc and the cast ones do last a good while, and a lot of parts fit and work well in a lot of the more “standard” v2 stuff… not that standards are something the hobby is known for!
