Improving the Heng long gun recoil gear
08-22-2013, 08:49 AM
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Improving the Heng long gun recoil gear
Few weeks ago I got a Heng Long Sherman, the IR version with gun recoil.
As many of you know is a cheap mechanism that recoil the barrel quickly and the release it like a jump, all less realistic.
I read few ways to improve it but non of them liked, so I disassembled the thing and found that the plastic piston had a lof of grease/oil. Obviously this makes the mechanism work fast and furious... what's we don't want.
I cleaned very well all the grease in the piston guidelines and applied the FRICTION DAMPER GREASE, a high viscosity grease that is used in the 4x4 Tamiya trucks and many old Cassete recorders, to get the smooth door opening function.
http://www.tamiyausa.com/items/radio...ase-soft-53174
The result was terrific, the gun retract 50% slow or better and then returns very slowly to their position, the motor noise is the only thing let us know we are looking the HL recoil gear.
I will upload a video as soon as I can.
As many of you know is a cheap mechanism that recoil the barrel quickly and the release it like a jump, all less realistic.
I read few ways to improve it but non of them liked, so I disassembled the thing and found that the plastic piston had a lof of grease/oil. Obviously this makes the mechanism work fast and furious... what's we don't want.
I cleaned very well all the grease in the piston guidelines and applied the FRICTION DAMPER GREASE, a high viscosity grease that is used in the 4x4 Tamiya trucks and many old Cassete recorders, to get the smooth door opening function.
http://www.tamiyausa.com/items/radio...ase-soft-53174
The result was terrific, the gun retract 50% slow or better and then returns very slowly to their position, the motor noise is the only thing let us know we are looking the HL recoil gear.
I will upload a video as soon as I can.
Last edited by mcovalsk; 08-22-2013 at 08:52 AM.
