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Originally Posted by NAPavez96
I've always heard that dry-firing an AEG will increase the chances of it breaking, or cracking, and covering the air nozzle will provide an air cushion and reduce stress on the gearbox.
Has anyone confirmed, or has any input about this?
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Covering the air nozzle? Theoretically yes but it's marginal to reducing the pressure in the gearbox. The piston hitting the cylinderhead exerts immense force and vibration on the gearbox. Covering the nozzle may block the air flow to provide resistance for the airflow and to provide resistance to the piston only momentarily reduces the amount of energy transferred to the cylinderhead.
This is why sorbopads can sometimes reduce the amount of stress on the gearbox and why if bb's jam you might also cause the gearbox to seize because the nozzle/tappet plate is stuck or the piston gets stuck.