{"id":59,"date":"2013-09-19T03:26:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T03:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2016-12-26T12:51:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T20:51:17","slug":"tech-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/tech-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tech myths:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1. A FPS loss is a worn spring.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, after 800,000 rounds and being stored in a compressed state a modify AEG spring will lose 7% of its charge in two years. Not enough to lose any significant FPS.<br \/>\nSome brands wear faster but a FPS loss is a compression issue. Unless your spring broke in half.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2. High speed gears always make your AEG gain RPS.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nope, only by dropping spring load A LOT or increasing motor cycle rate will you gain any RPS with high speed gears.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>3. More lube is better!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can always tell when a new guy teched a gun by the amount of lube in the gearbox<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>4. Higher FPS is just a spring change away.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is where techs make a lot of money. The do-it-yourselfer that attempted an upgrade and failed. You must be aware of all the subtle things and a perfect ability to tune the gear box. Some things need replacement, some can stay.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>5. You can study to be a tech.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>YouTube is a great starting point but the only way to learn is to do. Airsoft teching is not a technical science &#8211; IT IS AN ART. It takes time, a lot of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech myths: 1. A FPS loss is a worn spring. No, after 800,000 rounds and being stored in a compressed state a modify AEG spring will lose 7% of its charge in two years. Not enough to lose any significant FPS. Some brands wear faster but a FPS loss is a compression issue. Unless your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/tech-myths\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tech Myths&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619,"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions\/619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}