The Version 2, the Version 3, and what’s possible in 2024
Gone are the days when HPA held a preposterous advantage over the battery and gearbox. Here are the days that (literally) HPA players abandon their tanks and hoses for a effortless life of plug & play, and never look back. Starting with the foundation of a brushless motor and low ratio gears, the performance is quite astonishing. 35-37 RPS and the semi auto is instant, a blip in time, and regardless of trigger abuse we celebrate one thing above all:
NO MOTOR HEAT……….basically.
HPA owned this coveted and unique feature in airsoft. Everyone hates a hot motor grip. Everyone. I live in Texas, and in the summer there is nothing more annoying, or that makes your gun feel improperly assembled, that motor heat under average gameplay.
Brushless motors are more efficient, three to four times more efficient than a brushed motor that they just don’t get hot. Auto dump through a 1000 bbs, binary through 1000 bbs, semi spam your mags dry: the grip will never get warmer than your hand. Sounds too good to be true, but its just the reality of cutting edge AEG tech. A second benefit of the brushless motor is significantly more battery life. The AEG will run hours past the time a large HPA tank has run dry.
No refills, no air pass at the milsim, no tanks to change, no hose to catch on branches. It truly makes HPA feel like riding a horse to work when you have a Porsche 911 in the garage.
Plus, the AEG has something the HPA just cant match: feedback. Shooting HPA feels like being in a coma. There is no character, no visceral reward: no soul. A Russell’s Customs brushless AEG on the other hand is anything but comatose. Its not quiet, its unapologetically loud, it vibrates like mad, it makes you wonder just what the hell is happening inside the gearbox and how the hell it hasn’t disintegrated yet.
So to comfort that idea, I add a full support warranty on it.
A 2 year minimum warranty, because its robust. From premium tool steel bushings, the detailed shimming, a smooth tappet plate track, I focus on the details that matter not in week 1, but in week 100 and week 200. No “eh, that’s pretty close” ever leaves my work bench. Every gearbox is my best work, and I stand behind it. From your first shots to 300,000 and beyond. Run it hard, run it often, and run the other players into the ground.