Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:52 pm
the jamming p90 and the laughable "fix"
I bought a real army p90 from a company who i'm not going to name just yet.
from day 1 it was unreliable getting a few shots off and then jamming. Sometimes it would unjam after that, and sometimes not until the battery was recharged.
after taking it back for repair i got it back today and the fix is as follows...
wire attached at one end to the trigger terminal, the other end left dangling in the battery compartment, this is being labelled "the unjammer".
instructions to use said unjammer are to wedge the loose end into the red-terminal of the battery connector (that its, after having taken the stock end off and hauling the guts out).
not only was i told these instructions with a straight face, I was also told that "no airsoft guns sold in NZ are designed to work on semi auto without jamming" and that "this is the standard solution for all guns they sell"
and everyone ready..........laugh
now, what I really want to know is what is causing the jam? I think the battery is too weak to drive the motor once it is engaged to the piston, but shouldn't there be some mechanisim built into the gearbox to make it stop when the piston isn't engaged?
from day 1 it was unreliable getting a few shots off and then jamming. Sometimes it would unjam after that, and sometimes not until the battery was recharged.
after taking it back for repair i got it back today and the fix is as follows...
wire attached at one end to the trigger terminal, the other end left dangling in the battery compartment, this is being labelled "the unjammer".
instructions to use said unjammer are to wedge the loose end into the red-terminal of the battery connector (that its, after having taken the stock end off and hauling the guts out).
not only was i told these instructions with a straight face, I was also told that "no airsoft guns sold in NZ are designed to work on semi auto without jamming" and that "this is the standard solution for all guns they sell"
and everyone ready..........laugh
now, what I really want to know is what is causing the jam? I think the battery is too weak to drive the motor once it is engaged to the piston, but shouldn't there be some mechanisim built into the gearbox to make it stop when the piston isn't engaged?
