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HPA SPEED Trigger Overview
The Canadian based company, SPEED Airsoft, is well known for producing some wicked cool looking aftermarket parts for airsoft guns. Among which is an adjustable trigger widely known as the “Speed Trigger”. This trigger has a set screw on its spur which allowed the user to adjust the stroke distance of the trigger in their AEG’s. For those not familiar with this terminology, the stroke distance is how far you have to pull the trigger from its resting position to the point that the rifle fires. Typically speaking, the shorter the stroke, the faster you...
PolarStar Mini FCU Walkthrough
The new PolarStar Mini FCU is a more compact and less expensive option for single-solenoid HPA systems.
New voltage regulators allow for extremely low power consumption in sleep mode. Drawing under 28uA while idle, the Mini FCU is over 300 times more efficient than the original Standard FCU and can operate in sleep mode for close to one year on a small 250mAh pack.
Elimination of the solenoid MOSFET, joystick and LCD, along with careful selection of the remaining components, allowed the size of the Mini FCU to be reduced significantly compared to other FCUs....
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