Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20161124060154/@comment-27306930-20161126052604

Criminy ! This WTW Prime blaster was a bitc, er I mean a pain in the as, um, I meant a challenge to butterfly. There's a hidden screw, some pieces that need to be pried off, and the nose of the barrel is thermobonded to shell. Nothing I couldn't eventually get around, but a less confident modder might have given up. Mmm, maybe.

Once open, the first thing I noticed was the completely inadequate wiring. It's hair-like, probably 28 or 30 guage. No wonder it runs on 3.7 volts ! As an electrical engineer, this is the first time I've seen a blaster that truly NEEDS a rewire job. Yeah, there's always guys on the NIC that are saying "oh my blaster needs an 18 guage rewire, boo hoo, it won't fire 200 feet". But this blaster needs a rewire. Seriously, going to 20 guage would be a major improvement.

Second problem is the rev switch. I mean the lack thereof. So tomorrow I'm off to the Radio Shack to look at micro switches and dual AA battery holders. I'm sure there's a fix hiding somewhere in that store, just waiting for a little imagination.

Third thing: motors. The stock motors look like 130's. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. IMR fans already know that's a good combination for performance. Li-Po it ain't. But I'm gonna try using the stock motors at higher voltage before going to the next level.

Wish me luck gents.