Got some trigger time over the holidays, played with a small batch of guys from work in one of their farms/land up at Gravenhurst, at -21C with wind chill, lots of snow in the ground and plenty of fresh snow coming down.

The 416D performed great with lots of consistent long shots and plenty of power from the 11.1 20C LiPo from Gen Ace available at Airsoft store (Thanks Stealth), The first mags were shooting kinda weird with a few shots landing 10ft away and a few going up and down but after a couple of mags the shots did go back to original consistency (I assume that overnight storage and cold freezing hop up have to do with it).
The day went rather well, although there was a slight scare when I tripped and I lost my gun in the snow (I was almost waist deep in snow), it took a bit of a few minutes to finally find the damn thing, the gun itself was covered in snow including the inner barrel. Just as a precautionary I field stripped the rifle, the inside was also covered in moisture but nothing serious (Thank god for water proofing from factory) after shaking off excess snow in the inner barrel and nozzle I return to the game with zero issues.

Through out a 6hr play I used up about 2 bags of bastard .25 and about 3 batteries with lots of tri-burst, semi and full auto action (cold weather play has to do with the high power consumption), zero issues with board and performance even after the burial in the snow. My only complaint would be the bitch of a time to take out the board to switch it from Tri burst to full auto, normally this can be done easily in the workbench but out in the field in freezing climate it’s a bitch and I would have to recommend that this is done indoors the night before.

Coming Soon to your FCC dealer and my rifle

2013 Prologue - YouTube

and for those that must have an ultra torque gearset/box that will also be out on around the same time, good for M160 and up.
Production of the ambi box is set to finish in late January and early February should be ready to ship out in early February, quality are top notch and pre production model/sample are very solid, engagement are crisp

I purchased an FCC replacement motor and installed it. Seems to be holding fine. Did some stress testing and there is no cracking of the armature unlike the previous motor which is now under RMA at FCC.

purchased?? wasn't it covered by warranty?

It was, however FCC currently does not offer cross shipping for customers/dealers. So in order to replace, they need to receive your RMA'd product and then access it under warranty before shipping out a replacement unit. To ship a Motor to FCC with Canada post under xpress post came to $78.00 shipping. So I had to opt for the 15-16 day shipping, as there is no way I am paying 80 bucks to send a broken motor to HK.

Thus it was faster for me to just order another one, and eventually have a replacement motor shipped to me.

Now I'll have a spare motor that can be used in a second lower receiver.

Just got my FCC 416 kit looking forward to assembling this bad boy.

Well I have had my first problem with my new 2.5 motor. I have put probably about 8-9 mags through my gun and then it just stops out of the blue. Opened it up and this is what I find.

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/...3/fccmotor.jpg

You can see the part where it's cracked right down the middle. 13$ fix so not bad but I would have expected them to last quite a bit longer.

Your brush leads need to be run in the same channel with the spring. FCC never does this on their motors, so you must make sure it gets done. Otherwise, as the brush wears, the wire lead will stop it from moving and your brushes will have continually reducing contact with the commutator. It will lead to arc damage to the commutator and malfunction of your motor.

I bought a brand new FCC motor and one of the brushes was cracked on arrival, they replaced it for free though!

did they send you a new brush or a whole new motor? does fcc sell brushes?

Also thanks mcguyver.

They sent me a pair of brushes, they have them in stock, dunno if they sell them separate

Meant to post these up a few weeks ago but too busy at work so here they are.......upcoming FCC products

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e4...psbe69d759.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e4...psdb0fbf4b.jpg

... Is that... A 7.62 platform?

Mother of god.

How about them pmags for the 416, I'm in dire need. If they don't come out soon I may be buying more stanag mags.

You can purchase PTS PTW E-mags, they fit and feed perfectly in the FCC 416's.