{"id":41,"date":"2013-12-04T00:54:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T00:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2016-12-26T12:02:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T20:02:11","slug":"cold-weather-and-aeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/cold-weather-and-aeg\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold weather and the AEG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A bad day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How does cold weather effect the AEG?<\/b><\/p>\n

First thing that feels the bite on a standard AEG is the rubber components inside of it. You will notice your hopup loses a significant amount of its effect due to hardening of the bucking. This is where it is beneficial to have a softer bucking like a Guarder 50% or a Lonex 50%. They are very difficult to install due to being thicker and less durable than the others but resist cold weather very well.<\/p>\n

Next you will see inconstant FPS due to the piston head o-ring hardening. When you fire your AEG, the ever present friction of the o-ring on the piston head rubbing on the cylinder walls causes enough heat for it to soften – it requires a burst, and not semi-auto to reach this effective pliability. This is also dependent on the lube used inside the cylinder. If it is runny silicon and not grease ( like Sil-Glyde) it will perform more consistently but will wear the o-ring faster. Not much faster, but it won’t have a hardened film to fight upon firing.<\/p>\n

The next thing you will notice is cold drains NiMih\/NiCad very effectively. Even if there is no firing. A NiCad loses 9% charge daily and in the cold can pull 4x on that. NiMih isn’t much better. Lipo will only lose 5% in cold weather.<\/p>\n

Next and final thing, I suggest not using any upgraded V2 gearbox despite the brand in the cold. Over the last 8 years I have seen a significant increase of cracked V2 gearboxes from cold weather. This is due to the excessive load from 110+ springs on the relatively thin front clip of the V2. The first gen KWA wouldn’t last 20
\nrounds in weather below 20*f and were a huge money maker at my former place of employment. G&P, CA, KWA and King Arms are a guaranteed “will crack” in extreme cold and other brands are a 50\/50 in a V2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Kill shot!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ways to prevent cracks<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n