Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-34044677-20171203025158/@comment-27306930-20171203051217

Hey Brony, as someone who's a seasoned modder, let me throw in my 2¢. First, the 3 IMR idea is a bad one. The stock Stryfe uses cheap 6 volt motors. Three IMRs and a dummy is over 11 volts. That's nearly twice the voltage. Sure it'll be smokin' fast for a couple months. But then it'll literally be smoking. You'll just wind up burning out those 130s. Use two IMRs on those stock motors.

Flat brings up some really good points. Springers are mechanical. And often somewhat complicated. Flywheelers are much more straightforward, especially the Stryfe. If you're not prepared to deal with complex internals as a starter project, maybe a flywheel is a better starting point.

One of my favorite mods was a two IMR Stryfe with Worker flywheels. The flywheel replacement takes some patience and a little skill, but the end result is pretty good, and for a beginner mod it's very satisfying. And you don't even have to remove the thermistors, although frankly it's not a bad idea.

From there, you could try some lock removals on the Stryfe. There's the clip override, the jam door override, and a trigger interlock that can be removed. Those are fun too.

Not to sound preachy, but my advice is start small, don't go crazy, learn from your mistakes, and challenge yourself to bigger, better, harder mods. A flywheel mod sounds like a good starting point.