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Splashx · June 13th, 2012, 09:47

I bought a Lonex drop-in from Stealth (airsoftstore.ca) for 170$ + shipping

I agree with the AOE correction
I finally got it to fit my proprietary Javelin's

Pros:
Nice wiring assembly, nice, open bearings, well made gears, reinforced mechbox, nicely shimmed (everybody should check bevel gear shimming even with drop-in mechbox to fit their setup), nice piston. I get nice ROF with 9.6v small nimh. Very silent mechbox paired with Guarder ultimate torque-up motor.

Cons: (edit : maybe a wrong personal feeling)
I found the air seal of the piston head very horrible, no compression at all (in my complete drop-in mechbox). Even if I did the o-ring enlargement mod (remove it, put it on the cylinder, heat it with lighter, let it cool down), nothing helped. Once I put a silent piston head, air seal was perfect. I found out the external diameter of the piston head is 12.35mm (if I remember correctly) and 12.55mm ish for the no-name silent.

It's built to last!

I didn't know for the 440fps lol, I'll downgrade it :P thanks

June 13th, 2012, 09:47	#4
Splashx Trader rating Join Date: May 2007 Location: Near Quebec city	I bought a Lonex drop-in from Stealth (airsoftstore.ca) for 170$ + shipping I agree with the AOE correction I finally got it to fit my proprietary Javelin's Pros: Nice wiring assembly, nice, open bearings, well made gears, reinforced mechbox, nicely shimmed (everybody should check bevel gear shimming even with drop-in mechbox to fit their setup), nice piston. I get nice ROF with 9.6v small nimh. Very silent mechbox paired with Guarder ultimate torque-up motor. Cons: (edit : maybe a wrong personal feeling) I found the air seal of the piston head very horrible, no compression at all (in my complete drop-in mechbox). Even if I did the o-ring enlargement mod (remove it, put it on the cylinder, heat it with lighter, let it cool down), nothing helped. Once I put a silent piston head, air seal was perfect. I found out the external diameter of the piston head is 12.35mm (if I remember correctly) and 12.55mm ish for the no-name silent. It's built to last! I didn't know for the 440fps lol, I'll downgrade it :P thanks Last edited by Splashx; June 13th, 2012 at 14:48..