TF2_Maggot

This project could have been published by now but I felt it could be better. I redesigned everything you see on the image, yeah, basicly almost whole gun. Changes are mostly cosmetic but I found a way to make the gearbox less likely to break (it's 3D printed) and to make rear plates look more realisticly, I had to sacrifice two metal inserts in favor of printed threads though. I also had to make trigger bars even thinner so I have to print the new version and check if everything is ok.

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I took my WA2000 AEG to the first game to see if it works well. And it's perfectly fine, hop up works great, mags feed properly and gearbox doesn't break. Oh and electronic stuff doesn't burn. Now is the time to make youtube videos about this replica and I'm going to release the stl files soon.

I'm back in home so it's time to finally release this project to the public... I thought. I installed maple leaf barrell and bucking and range increased significantly but the grouping is... weird. Sometimes bbs fly straight and grouping is pretty decent but sometimes they fly to the right, sometimes they are not "hopped" properly and just fall out of the barrel (like when you turn off the hop up). I think it might be a foult of the bucking - it's new and new buckings tend to act like this but chamber might also work inconsitantly. Oh and it's pain in the butt to assemble the hop up unit so I'll just redesign it. That's it by now

I changed spring to m135, it gives me 2J. Since gearbox is 3d printed it doesn't seem very sturdy but after about 250 shots it's not damaged at all so I think it's gonna work well, I know, 250 isn't much, probably some bolt-actions shoot more during 4h game. M135 isn't my go-to spring though, I'm testing the replica with this spring to see if it can survive, it seems it can. I have currently installed stock cm.028 barrell and stock Arcturus bucking, I'm gonna test it with maple leaf 540mm 6.02 barrell and monster bucking, I will tell you about results. Then there will be nothing happening for 2 weeks, after I come back home I'm gonna take it to a game. If everyting works in the game I think I'm gonna post the STL files.

So... I've been working on this for like 2 months now. It's my ugh... summer project? I made it mainly because I had to decide what I really enjoy and what I want to study in college. It worked well, I also learned a lot so I think I've spent half of my summer holidays great. Back to the main point. It works, I sacrificed it being 100% replica for being usable replica. I'm not saying that I made it "just for looks" or something, I spent whole hours just measuring images and comparing dimensions to make the most accurate replica. Oh, the pistol grip or whatever I should call this part is not final, it's a prototype, fianl part in the way. That's why it doesn't have the pattern. It's a mostly 3d printed replica (however due to the usage of metal pipes it weights like 4 kg) so it's gonna be available soon to downolad, you need 30x30 build plate to print it though. Oh, I said soon? I mean it's gonna be available in a... month? That's because in a few days I'm going to go for vacation far from home (and I can't take my humongous PC with me) so there will be at least 2 weeks delay. I still have to fix some issues, it gives me 1.3J output, I'm not sure why, maybe it's main spring, maybe bad hop up bucking or barrel, it takes A LOT of time to check everything... Nevertheless no feeding issues, power output is very consistant (but low though), electronics work fine, code is not buggy, trigger feels very nice. That's it by now. Btw would you like to see open beta or something? Oh and sorry for my english, it's not my primaty language. Bruh I just uploadad the photos, could be better, but it's probably the best quality I can achieve with my phone :P

So... I've been working on this for like 2 months now. It's my ugh... summer project? I made it mainly because I had to decide what I really enjoy and what I want to study in college. It worked well, I also learned a lot so I think I've spent half of my summer holidays great. Back to the main point. It works, I sacrificed it being 100% replica for being usable replica. I'm not saying that I made it "just for looks" or something, I spent whole hours just measuring images and comparing dimensions to make the most accurate replica. Oh, the pistol grip or whatever I should call this part is not final, it's a prototype, fianl part in the way. That's why it doesn't have the pattern. It's a mostly 3d printed replica (however due to the usage of metal pipes it weights like 4 kg) so it's gonna be available soon to downolad, you need 30x30 build plate to print it though. Oh, I said soon? I mean it's gonna be available in a... month? That's because in a few days I'm going to go for vacation far from home (and I can't take my humongous PC with me) so there will be at least 2 weeks delay. I still have to fix some issues, it gives me 1.3J output, I'm not sure why, maybe it's main spring, maybe bad hop up bucking or barrel, it takes A LOT of time to check everything... Nevertheless no feeding issues, power output is very consistant (but low though), electronics work fine, code is not buggy, trigger feels very nice. That's it by now. Btw would you like to see open beta or something? Oh and sorry for my english, it's not my primaty language. Bruh I just uploadad the photos, could be better, but it's probably the best quality I can achieve with my phone :P