TECHNICAL
AEG MOTORS
technology and currently work with some of the biggest names in the world , delivering product and bespoke solutions . They have spent many years refining the perfect motor . Their experts hail from Europe , UK , Australia and China and the manufacturing facility is based in Wuxi , China , in the Jiangsu province . The new brushless motor from them offers the user amazing performance across power , response and torque allowing you to dominate the field . The motor has been designed from the ground up , with the highest specification and the greatest quality and utilising the best parts available on the market in order to offer what they claim to be the best AEG motor to date .
FIRST IMPRESSIONS LAST !
I was excited to receive the motors and very eager to get some testing done and , to be honest , I was like a child waiting for Christmas ( I am a great fan of brushless motors from my years racing RC drift cars )! Upon arrival I was impressed with the packaging , this was just a sample model and the packaging was very retail-ready and the motor was nicely nestled in a quality foam cradle , which was very reassuring to see . I removed the motor to find that I had to fit the pinion gear which was no real issue as it was a D pinion , so nice and easy to fit ( be sure and use a nice strong loctite and use a sufficient amount ). There is a reason it has a D pinion , as Warhead didn ’ t want you to be tied to just one pinion ( not all pinion gears are made equal ), so you have the option to use another brand which may mesh better with your gearset .
With the pinion head fitted and while I was waiting for the loctite to set , it gave me the opportunity to have a real good look at the motor and I honestly could not find one single flaw , this thing was made to perfection . The quality of the 7075 aluminium casing was very high . It has a solid CNC base plate which will accommodate any height adjustment screw . The
CNC shaft is fitted with the well-known ezo bearings for minimum friction and strength to boot . There ’ s very crisp laser etching ( which is a nice touch ) on the outside , so this motor screams quality but , for me , it ’ s all about the numbers and the output . With the loctite set after 24 hours I dropped the motor into my upgraded PDW ready for a day of testing .
I use a Jefftron Leviathan which enables me to see exactly how the motor is performing and on a 7.4v battery I saw instant gains over my brushed motor , giving me an increase in efficiency and a vast increase on my ROF , jumping from 12rps to 22rps ! Cycle time had improved greatly , which made semi auto very fast , making the follow-up shot so much quicker . Amperage draw had been decreased by 25 %, meaning less stress on my batteries and giving me a longer battery life . I spent 12,000 BBs on 7.4v and the motor did not once miss a beat - and I was not being nice to it ! Mag after mag and temps on the Mosfet didn ’ t go past 35 degrees on the Leviathan . I went for another mag dump and my rifle made a horrendous screech ; you all know that sound , we ’ ve all heard it !
I removed the motor to discover to my horror that the pinion head was no longer attached to the shaft . I could only imagine the horror that I was going to discover . I was expecting the worst , so I had to pull the gearbox to make sure but there was nothing adverse to be found , not even a scratch to my amazement , so I retired back to the drawing board .
I mentioned earlier about using a strong Loctite ? Yeah , I found out for myself that you need a good loctite on an ultra-high-speed motor . I purchased a stronger loctite but this time I also put a small amount on the shaft itself as well as the grub screw and again allowed 24 hours for it to cure . In the meantime a colleague had dared me to test my SSG build using an 11.1v battery … How reluctant was I , given the fact the super-high-speed model spins in excess of 50,000 rpm on 11.1v and I hadn ’ t built this to sustain a high ROF and was running a M105 spring ? I was about as reluctant as a kid being taken to the dentist ! I really did not want to do it but , for the purpose of science and you , the readers , I bit the bullet ( or should that be BB ???). With gritted teeth and breath held I squeezed the trigger and , to my amazement , my rifle cycled at an incredible rate and I cannot lie , I grinned like a Cheshire cat and chuckled like an evil villain … Mwah ha ha ha !
It was fair game from that point on and I was in my element , spitting out BBs at a rate of 36rps ! OMG ! I
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