Can Airsoft Guns Run Lipo and Nimh

Hello anybody. Today's topic is batteries. We will encompass the two types yous volition find the well-nigh, what are the pros and cons of these types, and what are they all-time used for. All information on this video is going to exist very simplified and information technology is best you develop your own understanding before using airsoft batteries and we volition not exist held responsible for misuse.

Batteries and Chargers

The two types of batteries you will detect the most used in airsoft is NiMH and Lipo batteries. Yeah, there are other types before you calorie-free up the annotate section.

Before we starting time, I want to get over the terminology nosotros'll be using. Starting from the plug itself, this is the basic Tamiya-style plug. There is a big and small version, only the small plug is the most common in airsoft. You besides have T-style or Deans connectors. This is some other style that is non then common, only is an upgrade considering it is more durable and provides a better connection. These are often looked at every bit upgrades considering the standard Tamiya fashion plugs can handle only so much current, so if you use a powerful battery or your gun is upgraded and demands a lot of battery ability, these plugs will not but be a clogging but could melt.

Left to right: 9.6v Nimh bombardment with Tamiya-style connector, nine.6v Nimh battery with Deans-fashion connector, 9.6v Nimh battery with Tamiya-style connector, xi.five Lipo battery with Tamiya-style connector, eleven.five Lipo bombardment with Tamiya-style connector

Best for beginners: 9.6v NiMH

Batteries have a capacity and they are rated in maH - milliamp hours. Call up of it equally the amount of gas in your tank. Stock guns volition use a normal amount of battery juice to ability the gun. Upgraded guns might draw more of this so you will experience a shorter life between charges in substitution for that upgraded performance. Voltage is some other thing you will observe, and you lot will accept options on what voltage to run an airsoft gun. NimH is nickel metallic hydride and will utilise conventional chargers. Lipo is lithium polymer and unlike type of battery that charges with its own specialized charger. Lipo batteries require more than intendance and attention to use then practice not purchase these for people who are not going to be attentive with their own equipment or for yourself if yous detest complicating things. One more specification you might find on a battery pack is a discharge rate, specially plant on Lipo batteries. This is kind of similar what is the possible elevation output of electric current that the battery can provide to your gun. This can be a performance clogging if the number is extremely depression but also not adept if you go something that is rated for something suited for RC cars where they require a high abiding discharge charge per unit. About airsoft guns will work fine, upgraded or non, within the 15C to 35C range.

NiMH are what we would consider the standard batteries in the airsoft world. They are piece of cake to use and provide acceptable operation for powering virtually airsoft guns. You will unremarkably find these in nine.6v but you lot will likewise so eight.4 and fifty-fifty ten.eight. Each cell in this bombardment is one.ii volts. Most guns will run with the 9.6v no trouble. These volition be what people will start with and if you value simplicity, these will work great.

A Lipo battery has the distinction of having two connectors - One is to power your airsoft gun (Tamiya-mode or Deans-fashion connector), and one is to charge the battery (residue plug). Do non charge with the wrong plug, the battery volition explode!

7.4v LIPO batteries

11.1v LIPO batteries

A Lipo battery is a niggling flake trickier to use simply might provide you with a operation boost at the toll of some immovability. Lipo batteries are a fleck volatile so yous absolutely must apply the right type of charger specific to Lipo batteries otherwise they could be damaged or grab fire. Your gun should exist in adept condition for the electrical systems, otherwise a damaged wire or a short in your gun tin can destroy the Lipo bombardment or worse crusade information technology to burn up and destroy your actual gun. Lipo batteries have two plugs, the Tamiya plug and a small-scale plug to accompany it. The small plug is for charging and balancing the cells. Practice non accidentally use this port to charge (past itself) otherwise you will run into a serious problem.

With the scary parts out of the way, what is the benefit then to Lipo batteries? These batteries evangelize consequent output and higher discharge rates than NiMH batteries. Lipo batteries for airsoft come in a ii-cell or three-cell configuration depending on the voltage. Each jail cell in the battery pack is 3.7v'due south and in airsoft you will find them commonly in 7.4 volts or 11.1 volt. Though you lot might not exist able to physically tell how many cells the battery has sometimes, y'all can identify it by the markings or type of balancing plug. A 4 wire setup is a 3-jail cell battery and a 3 wire setup is for two cells. Sometimes the number of cells is referred to in shorthand as 2S or 3S for 2-prison cell and 3-prison cell batteries. The discharge rates will oft be listed with these batteries and again you lot'll desire to stay in the 15C to 35C range if you want to continue your gun happy. A college number is preferrable when your gun is tuned for performance or a high terminate model. A lower C battery volition perform a bit similar a weaker bombardment despite voltage sometimes.

Pro grade ASG Battery charger NiMH/Lipo

If you want to utilise Lipo batteries without adding more wearable and tear to the gun, use a seven.4v Lipo. These perform similar 9.6v NiMH batteries for all intents and purposes. For those who want a little more oomph, you would want an 11.1v Lipo. For loftier discharge applications that extra voltage will aid plough guns with some pretty farthermost upgrades. When your gun cycles faster equally a result of the higher voltage, yous are adding more wear and tear on your gun over a shorter period of fourth dimension, then if your gun is not built upwards, your long term immovability might be questionable.

Loftier voltage batteries such every bit these 11.1v types also have a tendency to vesture out the trigger switches in the gun due to arcing. Basically the moment this contact has completed a circuit, that high voltage might cause a spark which burns these contacts out. Every bit they become buildup or vesture out, they lose their conductivity resulting in your motor not getting adequate ability. The switch in an airsoft gun is actually not just a switch but the conduit that all the ability runs through to reach the motor. With worn contacts and without consistent power output going to the motor you might get incomplete cycles or the gun may act like its locked up as a result. This is addressed by the addition of a MOSFET which mitigates this by turning the switch assembly into an actual switch, using only enough electricity to provide a signal to the MOSFET which volition allow the electricity to period straight to the motor. Some guns come pre-equipped with MOSFETs making them suitable for Lipo batteries out of the box.

To charge a Lipo, use a Lipo charger. These volition accept multiple ports to charge with. Do not employ a standard charger which only uses the one plug. This volition cause the battery to accuse continuously without stopping and the pack will catch burn or explode.

A proper Lipo charger will apply the small-scale plug to charge with and balance the cells. Lipo batteries need these chargers to charge each cell evenly otherwise the pack won't perform. Some will also use the tamiya or deans plug likewise, just they have to be used together. Read the charger's manual carefully before using it.

Special professional level chargers are available which we accept from ASG. We will practice a video on those specifically.