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[Le Noob]

Hello everyone, Le Noob here.

Ive just got a quick question on flywheel blasters. I just recently went out and bought myself a Stockade, and was quite happy with it. I had also just gotten a Stryfe, as they had only just come out in my country. I found that the Stockade fired the same, if not better, as the Stryfe. I thought the Stryfe would have fired better then the Stockade, as the Stryfe runs off of 4 AA batteries and the Stockade 3 AAs.

Does anyone know why this happens? If you do, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

[azrael]

I would say that 1.5V is not a significant different between the two, most likely.

[Hammy]

I noticed today that my Stryfe is getting better ranges than my rapid strike, and can definitely confirm the fly wheels in the rapid strike are spinning faster than the styrfe.
Both are running form 7.4 V Lipos, an both blasters have had all of their original stock electrics removed. however in the strife,
I limited the voltage at the motors to 4.5 V with resistors, diode and regulators.

And when I say better ranges, maybe 5 metres more.

One reason could be because when I fire the stryfe, is that I allow some time for the motors to reach full revs before launching the next dart.
The RS is a bit like the vinegar stroke, once it's started it cannot stop so quickly.

Edited by Hammy, 29 September 2013 - 10:20 AM.

[LordGiratia]

I noticed today that my Stryfe is getting better ranges than my rapid strike, and can definitely confirm the fly wheels in the rapid strike are spinning faster than the styrfe.
Both are running form 7.4 V Lipos, an both blasters have had all of their original stock electrics removed. however in the strife,
I limited the voltage at the motors to 4.5 V with resistors, diode and regulators.

And when I say better ranges, maybe 5 metres more.

One reason could be because when I fire the stryfe, is that I allow some time for the motors to reach full revs before launching the next dart.
The RS is a bit like the vinegar stroke, once it's started it cannot stop so quickly.

Your forgetting that the rapidstrike has a larger barrel than the stryfe. It could be something else though. I haven't gotten to trying lipos.

[Nerf Goblin]

Your forgetting that the rapidstrike has a larger barrel than the stryfe. It could be something else though. I haven't gotten to trying lipos.

The motor style of Stryfe, Rayven, RapidStrike, HailFire is 130 motor.
Elite Stockade motor is 300 motor.
They are different.

[Le Noob]

The motor style of Stryfe, Rayven, RapidStrike, HailFire is 130 motor.
Elite Stockade motor is 300 motor.
They are different.

So are you saying that the Stockade has stronger motors than the Stryfe?

[Draconis]

The RS is a bit like the vinegar stroke, once it's started it cannot stop so quickly.

I wish TacoCorp made blasters, that would be awesome.