It’s back up and running now with a default Wordpress install, some images may be missing, but I will repair these over the next few days and get a nicer looking theme up.

I should also have a complete relaunch of the site coming in next couple of months.

It’s been modified with a modern 7″ digital photo frame installed into it capable of doing photo slide shows, video and mp3. It also has a built in battery so doesnt even need to be plugged into mains.

It’s currently about 50% complete with the final steps being to finish moving the SD Card reader (currently using USB only), re-wire the unit so that mains or battery power can be used (mains only currently) and building a new IR unit which will take input directly from the original hardware keys.

It is working enough for now to display images and videos from USB and can be controlled using the original remote control and will be on display at the Salute show this weekend on the airsoft information stand.

Bates military computer with photo frame modification

LX1 Wotan Liaison computer

486DX2 66Mhz Processor, 32mb Ram, 64mb flash memory card as hard drive. Running Damn Small Linux at 800×600 with 4bit color depth

Roadrunner prototype ANPR field computer

Prototype computer for the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system, Pentium 4 processor, on a custom embedded motherboard with 512mb ram and 40gb hard drive running Windows 2000. All mounted into a pelican brand hard case.

There’s still some more work to do on them but hopefully I should have both, plus another little gem, up and running and on display at the Salute!* show at the end of the month.

*= Shameless plug: Salute is on at the National Show Centre, Swords, 29th & 30th August 2009

If you require patches for your team, email sales@airsofthacks.com and I will get a quote for your design.

Example of patches I’ve had made are below:

Na Fianna Patch Design	Na Fianna Patch, as Delivered.
Original Hawks Design	Hawks Patch, as Delivered
Click the images for a larger version.

]]> http://www.airsofthacks.com/2009/06/team-patches-now-available/feed/ 0 http://www.airsofthacks.com/2009/04/acm-sig-p226/ http://www.airsofthacks.com/2009/04/acm-sig-p226/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:48:08 +0000 kdouglas http://www.airsofthacks.com/?p=133 Saw this released on rsov.com last week and decided on a whim to pick one up.

I bought my brother a Sig 226 about a year ago as a present because he was such a fan of the 24 TV series in which Jack Bauer uses a P226 in the first 2 seasons. He later moves to a USP (I’ll get that for my brother next christmas )

That one was an all plastic pistol, but despite this had a very nice feel and shot well, however I personally felt the 226 was a very comfortable pistol to hold and have wanted one for myself since, so when I saw the ACM version I figured “Why not?”

It arrived today and upon initial inspection I was quite pleased with my purchase (well, except for the customs charges )
It’s got a nice solid feel, as you would expect from a full metal pistol and I personally find it a very comfortable pistol to hold.

The packaging is nothing to write home about, but protects it well for shipping.

Trades

Trademarks on clone guns lately seem to be getting much better lately, and this one has some very nice trades along the slide on the left side.

Trademarks are missing on the grip, which is disappointing when they even put trades on the magazine.

Some may find the 6mm Para on the inner barrel pointless, but personally I dont mind having the trades say 6mm instead of the calibre of the real deal.

Loading

The follower can be locked down to help make loading easier like most pistols magazines, but I found it was difficult to get it to stay locked back. Once the following is locked, you can load it with a speedloader, but if you have to hold the follower back with your head, it is much quicker and easier to load the BBs by hand.

Firing

Blowback is nice and crisp, however there does seem to be an unusual amount of gas which is vented from the back of the slide on firing. Probably wouldn’t notice this too much in a skirmish, but it is there.

Range and accuracy is good, about what you’d expect from an average GBB pistol. Hopup can be adjusted by removing the slide and turning the adjustment wheel underneath the barrel. The factory setting was fine for shooting at the relatively short range I have here at home, but nice to know you have the option to adjust.

I couldn’t get the slide to lock back on the last shot after emptying a magazine, but it did lock back just fine when the mag had been freshly filled with gas. This may be down to the relatively low (approx 10-12 C) temperature here this evening.

Conclusion

All in all, a good all round full metal pistol and for the price it’d be hard to go wrong. Extra magazines are now available too, which I would have stocked up on if they’d been available at the time I ordered.

There are two options to choose from, our standard mosfet and our active braking mosfet. Both will provide an excellent upgrade to your AEG, reducing wear and tear and improving performance. The active braking mosfet has all the same features of the standard model except the motor is stopped when you release the trigger or when the cut-off lever engages.

Also, we have our Auto Reset Fuse, this will protect your AEG just like a nomal fuse, but when it breaks, just wait a couple of seconds and it will reset itself. It’s also got a much lower resistance than a standard fuse, so if you were thinking of removing your fuse to lower resistance, now you can have the best of both worlds.

Airsofthacks.com products can now be purchased online directly via eirsoft.ie, full details on each is below;

Standard Mosfet (RRP €30)

• Our standard Mosfet wiring harness.
• Highly recommended for AEGs to promote longevity and essential when running batteries high than the stock 8.4v
• Replaces the stock wiring of an AEG
• Reduces wear on trigger contacts.
• Ideal for use with batteries of 8.4v and 9.6v
• Can help increase Rate of Fire
• Can increase battery life

Active Braking Mosfet (RRP €45)

• Upgraded Mosfet wiring harness with Active Braking.
• The same as our Standard Mosfet with added Active braking.
• Braking prevents the motor from overspinning when you release the trigger or in semi auto mode. This eliminates the problem of having 2 shots instead of 1 in semi auto commonly seen in high speed setups.
• Highly recommended for AEGs to promote longevity and essential when running batteries higher than the stock 8.4v.

Auto Reset Fuse (RRP €8)

• Direct replacement for your stock AEG fuse, breaks just like a normal fuse to protect your AEG.
• Automatically resets itself; no need to open your AEG and replace the fuse.
• Has less resistance than a standard fuse, making sure you get the most out of your AEG while still protecting it against shorts.
• Recommended for use with our Standard Mosfet and Active Braking Mosfet.

My tv was caught by a ricochet when chrono testing after a few upgrades tonight.

This greatly helped in explaining to people new to airsoft how an AEG operates and also allayed a lot of people’s fears of airsoft guns, in particular the myths relating to them being able to fire a live round or having complex workings capable of firing a projectile which could do harm. Once people saw the relatively simple internals, they had a much better understanding of their operation.

The original AEG for this display piece was donated to us by Eirsoft.ie and after seeing the finished result, the owner, Tony, asked me would I create another one for display in the shop. Finally got around to finishing it last weekend and brought it down to the shop yesterday for installation. Here’s some pics of it installed; (Apologies for the poor quality pictures, they were taken on a camera phone)

M4 counter display in Eirsoft

M4 counter display in Eirsoft

Yea, sorry about that, looks like wordpress had a bit of a brain fart and disappeared on me, hadn’t noticed because I was away doing some sightseeing in europe again for a few weeks.

I’ll be back with some new and (hopefully) interesting posts soon, but in the meantime, here’s a map of where I was this summer:

The route I took while Travelling in September 2008