
Just finished up a full week of development work and 60+hours of printing, testing and iterating, but the results are definitely worth it! Custom designed parts include:
- 3D printed muzzle delete
- 3D printed DZ rail
- 3D printed flywheel cage – custom for Spectrum
- 3D printed concave “high crush” flywheels
- 3D printed battery tray for 900mAh 60C LiPo
- 3D printed DZ to buffer tube adapter
- 3D Printed motor cover (for 180 motors) – not required for 130 motors
Community parts:
- 3D printed mag release (compatible with Nerf “bump” mags (by BuffdaddyNerf)
- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4565982
- 3D printed stock / butt (by 3DTAC)
- https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/3dtac-phanton-ar15-stock-airsoft-only
Other mods include:
- 180 Motor upgrade
- 900mAh LiPo 60C 2S pack with XT-60 connector
- Omron clone flywheel switch
- Rewire with dual 16AWG
Overall everything went together really well, and this is an excellent platform for getting incredible performance at bargain basement prices! The blaster costs ~$20USD here in Canada, the motors cost $2 each, the LiPo pack was $11, the switch was $2 and the wire was what I had laying around. The rest of the parts are all 3D printed and probably a total of $10 worth of material. So for less than $50 you can have a full-blown 130FPS+ high-accuracy LiPo-powered flywheel blaster that largely retains the stock looks.
The purpose of this project was to “democratize” a high performance readily available flywheel semi-auto blaster platform that could be built by anyone with a 3D printer and $50 to burn. My small contribution to a great community of builders, tinkerers, engineers, dreamers, artists and otherwise handy folks. Thanks to all!
This article was first featured at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4706832 on January 2, 2021 at 12:25PM by opcolu
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