MOAR Stryfe/Rough Cut Masterkeys (well, just one)

Just another Stryfe/Rough Cut Masterkey. Nothing too special beyond its predecessors. As always, looks bendy in the photo, but is still aligned perfectly straight.

Specs:
-JSI Masterkey integration (changed up the RC trigger guard a bit)
-"Selectable Slamfire" capability
-LSFG extended barrel (just a smidgen short of the full length one)
-RM2 motors swap and necessary electrical rewiring (no inductors, no thermistor, no locks)
-Flywheel grip improved
-Ready for overvolt, but sent with a AA setup
-Weighted grip for counterbalance

Pictured with a Raider stock, which the recipient is supplying himself.

 

Steampunk Stryfe

This has been a commission in the works for a few weeks now, for an older gentleman who needed a steampunk-themed blaster to be a chaperone for his nieces' LARP game. We told him we knew just what he needed. Steampunk: check. Semi-auto: check. Badass: check.

Specs:

• Copper/Brass/Black/Brown steampunk paintjob (Copper main, Brass secondary, Black accent & undercoat, Brown "wooden" grip) with weathering & clear coat
• Logos removed
• Basic Stryfe internals (top lock out, thermistor removed)
• Plasti-dip'd balanced flywheels
• Solarbotics RM2 upgrade motors
• Generally just a badass gun
• Complete with 5 mags painted to match and each topped off with Elite darts ("starter" weathering - they will get a bit more beat up to match with time)

Tried to get pictures with a few different lighting conditions, between the hammered metallic paint and the clear coat it gets a weird sheen to it in some lighting. 

 

Pololu 130 Motors for Stryfe/Rayven/Barricade/Stockade

Got my shipment of Pololu Solarbotics RM2 130 size motors today, and the results are impressive.

Popped a pair in my Stryfe masterkey (NO PLASTIDIP - meaning that they have the potential to go even further when I add some to the flywheels), and they were humming along nicely. On top of that, even running a little over their rated voltage, I didn't smell any burning, even when holding it revved for a minute, nor did it sound like a chainsaw like the stock motors.

At stock voltage (6v on alkaline AAs), elites were hitting about 40 feet flat (single fire or rapid fire).

At ~9v on 2 Trustfires and 2 nearly drained alkaline AAs, elites were hitting 70 feet flat consistently, and 65 feet during rapid fire.

This testing was done with a retaliator barrel ON (meaning it cut some range), the chokes reattached to the new motors, the flywheels have yet to be plastidip coated (for better dart grip), and using the same 4 elite darts every test.

TL;DR: new motors that can run on 2 Trustfires, hitting the same range as stock motors and 4 Trustfires, without the burning smell or chainsaw sound.

A pair of these motors (installed) will cost $10 in either the Stryfe, Rayven, Barricade, and eventually the Stockade.

I'll try to get a side by side comparison video of stock motors vs. new motors later this week.early next week.