Fo shiz! The Nerf N-Strike Stampede ECS is real, available, and Jerm from Nerf Mods + Reviews has got one. It's good to see they've changed the colour of the shield, bipod and the darts as well. More over at Nerf Mods + Reviews.
Nerf Mods & Reviews: Nerf Sonic Series Stampede ECS:
Am I the only one who doesn't like the sonic color scheme?
ReplyDeleteno you arent i dont like too
ReplyDeletethe sonic is fine for a few blasters... basically anything that doesnt have TOO MUCH orange in them... like the maverick or nitefinder... but on the longstrike and the stampede that have an overabundance of orange in the barrels it just looks terrible
ReplyDeleteThat looks pretty damn ugly
ReplyDelete...I don't like all the Orange. :c. ~Rologam.
ReplyDeleteThe color variations are just a gimmick to sell more of the same blaster. That being said, I'm looking forward to the Rayven and other fresh designs, not repaints.
ReplyDeleteI wish the foregrip's connection didn't get loose so easily; it's tight when you buy it but gets quite loose later on, unfortunately. (But that's what happens when you have a somewhat bad rail design like Nerf's.)
ReplyDeleteIt'd also be nice if the big mags were sold separately. It'd be easier to get the 35-dart drum mags that way.
And I agree that the re-coloring is rather ugly. The clear scheme used on one of the Maverick re-releases, or the new white/black/blue scheme (seen on a Nitefinder re-release) would look better IMO.
This gun will soon only be got by enthusiasts for its mags.. its ROT and lifespan is way to low.. its overly made to do a job less effectivly and just as noisy as a flywheel.. automatic flywheel blasters are the future .. just look at orange modworks new direction they are going to do more things for attachments and mags etc.. beacuse they know they can not sell motors and batterys at a good price. nerf modding is about to change in a big way and im glad to get onboard right now. I might get 1 of the 3 longshot kits just to have 1 old school blaster... i beleave the 2 subsiquent kits for longshot after immportal will be a new prime handel design.. (ROF) and a new barrel/internal barrel replacement (RANGE) and then that might be it... the age of the spring is over the age of the motor is here.. once nerf start using Lipo batterys (which i think they will eventualy) nerf guns will be able to start doing some really cool things and get alot closer to airsoft.. which is really what the entire NIC wants. :D have you guys seen the metal nerf maggazines btw? they are sold at http://black-tactical.com/store/weapon-accessories-foam-gun-parts-c-69_30/aureus-alpha-nerf-heavy-duty-metal-magazine-p-2656
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@Anonymous (2 posts up): I really have to disagree with pretty much all of that.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean by "its ROF and lifespan are too low"? I'll start with ROF: the Stampede can do up to 360RPM with the stock bolt return spring and minimal mods. That has the potential to change in the future if manufacturers like OMW get on board and start offering action springs and adjustable switch packs. Next, lifespan. Um, what? I have never heard of a significant durability problem with the 'pede platform. It's a VERY robust action and is quite wear tolerant. Basically the Nerf AK. There are guns out there running high-end springs and high voltage power that have probably fired more than 10,000 rounds. Generally, they only blow up if you don't build them correctly or otherwise do stupid stuff to them.
Now as to the "less effective and just as noisy as a flywheel" and "automatic flywheel guns are the future"... you seem to be missing that electric springers can react instantly, whereas flywheels (even with the most extreme overkill in motor selection, like my 365-powered Barricade) need some non-zero time to wind up before firing and require some operator action to accomodate this - like pushing the grip switch on a rayven or bumping the trigger on a barricade a fraction of a second before pulling it. By contrast, the lock time of an electric springer may be significant, but the only operator action required to fire is to mash the trigger - a big deal when you are looking at defensive HVZ weapons. Finally, I know of very few FA flywheel guns that have much use. Nitron, AZ Punisher and derivatives... all have terrible/unusable cyclic rate stock and hardly ever get pushed above 240RPM modded. I certainly don't know of ANY flywheel gun that can do 600+ RPM (Vulcan, Swarmfire) AND get 50' ranges while doing so (SWARMFIRE!). Oh yeah, and no stock flywheel gun yet produced can match the 80' range potential of the 'pede. The only fly gun I know of which can top a stock-breech, spring-swapped 'pede (i.e. simple mods...) for muzzle velocity and effective range is my Banshee, that aforementioned barricade fitted with 365 motors. Attempts to get 80' out of stock-motor-equipped, micro-firing flywheel guns have universally ended in magic smoke. See the UT Rayven kaboom after lots of use with 14.8v.
Now... Li-Po batteries and similarities to airsoft. One, that is NOT "what the NIC wants". The NIC is a conservative organization is a few key regards, and that is one of them. They like their pump-action springers and manually pumped pneumatics, and they frown on people with stuff like HPA-powered semi-auto airguns - as they do to those who use massive hoppers and get their hits by spraying and praying.
Two, if you want Nerf to be more airsoft-ish, flywheels are not the answer. Electric springers are. They are, in fact, Nerf AEGs. There you go. The Stampede, built correctly in a high-end tune, is about as airsoftish as you are gonna get.
Three, a lot of people like me already use battery packs similar to those used for airsoft. If you are referring to factory/stock configuration of guns for these packs (along with whatever performance gains you mean by "some really cool things closer to airsoft" - such as higher ranges), I don't think that will happen suddenly or in the near future. While Nerf's slow move away from the "toy" mindset/market and move toward the sporting goods market has been ongoing (see New Dart Tag line: intended to play games with, not be kids' toys), Nerf will never just drop the toy market. Guns will continue to shoot 35' out of the box and use cheap crappy alkaline power, because that low-end sort of market with the kids/parents/etc is lucrative and migrating the guns away from that into something more expensive/mature/hazardous would undercut that.
But that's why us modders exist. We take stuff like the stock, toy Stampede and build it into your "airsoftish" weapon.
Flywheels suck
ReplyDeleteAs amazing as the Rayven's ranges can get, you still need to wait for it to rev up before you can use it, which is a huge disadvantage. The Rayven was built to handle 6v at around 2.4 amps. The Stampede was built to handle 9v at around 12 amps. See a problem? Your Rayven's wires/motor will break if you just up the voltage like crazy by using unprotected batteries with high voltages. So if you really want those 90+ ft ranges from a rayven at 16.8v and it breaks, don't say you haven't been warned.
ReplyDeleteSeeing as it was mentioned above, would it be considered safe to use a 3 cell (~11.1 volts) Li-Po battery pack in my Stampede? I just did some soddering work to the battery sled to get the pack set up so I'm not quite sure if it's getting enough ventilation (if any at all).
ReplyDeleteSeeing as it was mentioned above, would it be considered safe to use a 3 cell (~11.1 volts) Li-Po battery pack in my Stampede? I just did some soddering work to the battery sled to get the pack set up so I'm not quite sure if it's getting enough ventilation (if any at all).
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