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MadMax · May 12th, 2006, 10:32

Absolute worst AEG I have ever had the misfortune of taking apart (not to mention stock 3 of)...

Lih Yng model of the Taiwanese Armalite marketed by Guarder.

I ordered them because I thought them to be an interesting take on a crapalite. They bear the same trades as the TW service rifle and they come with mostly metal construction.

However, the mechbox internals are terribly inferior. The gears are a moulded plastic which are unable to durably drive the stock 380fps build. Even the piston has failed.

I observed a mechbox failure in about 30rnds with a two new ones developing. The bevel gear was the critical failure, but I note significant wear on the sector gear and a crack has developed in the piston.

Too bad the entire build is based on the proprietary design of the Lih Yng gearbox. TM parts are not cross compatible making these otherwise fine AEGs wall hangars which are happen to be able to shoot only 30 times.

It is truly a shame. The rest of the gun is a very solid build. I find it laughably ridiculous to go through the trouble of a decently cast metal body, attach a well turned single piece steel outer barrel (read zero wobble) stock on a well textured solid stock and crap in some critically bad cheese gears.

I can only hope that guarder gets around to releasing some acceptably made gears for this thing so I can turn them into saleable goods.

May 12th, 2006, 10:32	#43
MadMax Delierious Designer of Dastardly Detonations Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: in the dark recesses of some metal chip filled machine shop	Absolute worst AEG I have ever had the misfortune of taking apart (not to mention stock 3 of)... Lih Yng model of the Taiwanese Armalite marketed by Guarder. I ordered them because I thought them to be an interesting take on a crapalite. They bear the same trades as the TW service rifle and they come with mostly metal construction. However, the mechbox internals are terribly inferior. The gears are a moulded plastic which are unable to durably drive the stock 380fps build. Even the piston has failed. I observed a mechbox failure in about 30rnds with a two new ones developing. The bevel gear was the critical failure, but I note significant wear on the sector gear and a crack has developed in the piston. Too bad the entire build is based on the proprietary design of the Lih Yng gearbox. TM parts are not cross compatible making these otherwise fine AEGs wall hangars which are happen to be able to shoot only 30 times. It is truly a shame. The rest of the gun is a very solid build. I find it laughably ridiculous to go through the trouble of a decently cast metal body, attach a well turned single piece steel outer barrel (read zero wobble) stock on a well textured solid stock and crap in some critically bad cheese gears. I can only hope that guarder gets around to releasing some acceptably made gears for this thing so I can turn them into saleable goods. __________________ Want nearly free GBB gas?