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m102404 · May 30th, 2011, 08:58

Re. the Stinger hopup...

I'm not overly impressed. The long and short of it...it is an improvement over the stock hopup, but nothing more than you could do modding things yourself.

Basically if you sand down the nub a bit, punch out some shims (I use a die cutter to cut out little circles out of shrinkwrap)...you end up with the same thing. Better than stock...yes. The best of the best, super awesome? No. Definitely gameable though.

Re. The Falcon VS-Z hopup

I've had one on the bench for the past week, generously supplied by Technosnob (this guy has been messing with these things A LOT...but doesn't post much). He's reported immediate and demonstrable range and accuracy improvements.

In short (technical):
- it uses a standard AEG barrel with the addition of the cross pin slot (easy to do with a drill press). Another slot around the barrel is needed since the hopup rubber has a lip on the end of it (again, easy to do on a lathe)
- it DOES NOT use a standard AEG rubber...it's somewhat close to the blunt nose hopup rubbers you get out of a Echo1 249...but it's a bit longer. A real shame since you're likely to be locked into only being able to select 1 make of hopup rubber. The upside is that the rubber seems to be pretty durable and "tacky"
- the nozzle does seal very well with it
- the walls of part of the chamber that holds the barrel is thinner than the stock one...there is a spacer that is pressed onto the barrel to keep it centered. I would think that a spacer down along the inner is needed to keep it centered in the outer barrel.
- the hub is very much like an H-nub...made out of HD plastic
- the bump on the hopup rubber is made up of two fins...they seem durable enough

I haven't personally tested it yet. I'm trying to see if I can fit a standard AEG barrel to the stock system...and if I can mod a chamber spacer so I can use standard AEG hopup rubbers.

Hope that helps.

May 30th, 2011, 08:58	#812
m102404 Tys Trader rating Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto	Re. the Stinger hopup... I'm not overly impressed. The long and short of it...it is an improvement over the stock hopup, but nothing more than you could do modding things yourself. Basically if you sand down the nub a bit, punch out some shims (I use a die cutter to cut out little circles out of shrinkwrap)...you end up with the same thing. Better than stock...yes. The best of the best, super awesome? No. Definitely gameable though. Re. The Falcon VS-Z hopup I've had one on the bench for the past week, generously supplied by Technosnob (this guy has been messing with these things A LOT...but doesn't post much). He's reported immediate and demonstrable range and accuracy improvements. In short (technical): - it uses a standard AEG barrel with the addition of the cross pin slot (easy to do with a drill press). Another slot around the barrel is needed since the hopup rubber has a lip on the end of it (again, easy to do on a lathe) - it DOES NOT use a standard AEG rubber...it's somewhat close to the blunt nose hopup rubbers you get out of a Echo1 249...but it's a bit longer. A real shame since you're likely to be locked into only being able to select 1 make of hopup rubber. The upside is that the rubber seems to be pretty durable and "tacky" - the nozzle does seal very well with it - the walls of part of the chamber that holds the barrel is thinner than the stock one...there is a spacer that is pressed onto the barrel to keep it centered. I would think that a spacer down along the inner is needed to keep it centered in the outer barrel. - the hub is very much like an H-nub...made out of HD plastic - the bump on the hopup rubber is made up of two fins...they seem durable enough I haven't personally tested it yet. I'm trying to see if I can fit a standard AEG barrel to the stock system...and if I can mod a chamber spacer so I can use standard AEG hopup rubbers. Hope that helps.