A Lesson In Soldering (& a dsg/titan build)

[@jeffero1074]

I just found this guy yesterday, he is now one of my favorites.

[@calebsomera2080]

Learned everything about internals from this guy

[@nicolasbocchino3761]

@@calebsomera2080 the only problem with him is that now I think the techs that worked on my gun did a bad job. They might not have, but now there’s that doubt. The worst part is I can’t even send negative my guns because I’m not in the UK.

[@Impz-cz2de]

Why shouldn't you be able to send him your pew?

[@PoisonedFaith]

I thought there was gonna be a 3D printed middle finger in the small cardboard box.

[@mpoT3CHY]

you bless the community with every upload. thank you.

[@PantsuMann]

You know an airsoft mechanic is good when he keeps his love eggs at the workshop.

[@Alecbassindale2024]

Dude...is that an Ann Summers love egg?! 😂

[@thetruth2965]

i just saw that too... i was like wtf

[@Seaga19]

Yeah, I sent that in mate. Fps on that was shooting a bit low.

[@huntapb]

@@Seaga19 thought it was the new Novritsch SSEX

[@azagedon]

Easter egg. ;-)

[@GameOvetWithNight]

I have a gate aster in my gun that refuses to work without the perfect amount of light in the room so i can't even field it. You have taught me the sins of my ways so now it's time to invest in a warfet. great video

[@Briggsian]

Guess that's a pretty big downside to the optical sensors

[@NefariousElasticity]

I haven't had any troubles with light or water so far, and I've intentionally tried to make those issues pop up to figure out where the Aster's limit is. Haven't gotten any of those problems to show up yet, makes me think Gate has a huge lemon rate from their sensor supplier. Warfet is probably better for the vast majority of players anyway, and it's what I'd switch to if the Aster started being a problem.

[@Briggsian]

@@NefariousElasticity I wonder if the amount of lemons you hear about is more down to the higher number of GATE mosfet sold than the competition. I have a Jefftron Leviathan myself and haven't had any issues whatsoever. There's a video that Jefftron posted of them dunking the Leviathan in water, burning it, and even igniting gunpowder on the mosfet, none of which affected its function. Needless to say, I'm not too worried about my Leviathan

[@NefariousElasticity]

@@Briggsian It could be, I suppose. Higher volume of sales is naturally going to have a larger number of lemon cases (not necessarily higher *rate*) than lower-selling products. If more locals around me used Asters and Titans, I'd love to compile data on the failure rate, but the airsoft scene out here is pretty firmly stuck in 2012 technology and kit wise.

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

@@NefariousElasticity the airsoft scene needs LESS technology - it's an airsoft gun not a fucking telephone

[@egon2875]

As a time served electrical/electronics engineer, your soldering technique is perfect. The deans plugs can be a bitch if they're greasy on the solder tangs. Quick squirt of IPA (not the beer!) helps before hand. Also a pair of long nose pliers with a rubber band on the handles to keep then shut can be a useful heat shunt to keep the heat away from the plastic bits. Keeping the community going, one swear at a time. 👍😁 Thanks for putting the time and effort in matey, you inspire the rest of us mere mortals.. 😂

[@BreakingPointAirsoft]

Honestly don’t find Airsoft teching all that interesting, but you manage to keep things entertaining and simple with explaining all the stuff! Keep up the good work man!

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

I get where you're coming from, I don't give a shit about cars but I can watch them being built all day!

[@UTDHKRF90]

This channel deserve more subs. Educational yet hilarious at the same time.

[@NuggetronGames]

Flux was a game changer for me when I first started soldering. Helps the solder stick and helps create the nice solder bead as opposed to a chunk.

[@NK_Customs]

Love it! Mate, I am completely addicted to the videos. I think I am at 3/4 of all of them? Such refreshing to see someone with experience whooping other Tech's weird (but popular) decisions with proper logic! Good humor, strong and argumented opinion! Cheers

[@NepaAirsoft]

"Cause I can!" Love it!!!

[@steviejc666]

Did you have to resolder your love egg?

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

Clenched the wires in half. Dust makes me sneeze

[@mikemegadeth4110]

I wanted the warfet but decided to get the nanohard for my first ever rewire and soldering job with a mosfet. Works great, but the point is that my front forgrip has a compartment inside that I keep my button switch and programming card chip inside for working on it on the fly. Super smart idea. I really enjoy your videos brotha keep it up!

[@DinoRider710]

So glad I found this channel! Kinda wish there was a little more time when showing parts so I have a better idea of what you're adding or taking away.

[@darkshock42mlg05]

The 60rps has 3 purposes. Thie first is for show. The second is for intimidation. The third is burning patches ; ). Dont be that guy and dont use it in actual gameplay. Just show it to everyone on the field then use it at 50% of its power. also put an amplifyer on it to make it pop.

[@kuerbis27]

"i don't like the thin ones, I like the fat ones" - brave man you are, keep your videos up!

[@Evan-eh9dd]

You have to leave Gate a note at checkout that you want a functional unit.

[@alane6515]

Keep being the best tech to watch on KZbin bratha! I honestly can’t stop watching he videos because of your commentary. Keep it up.

[@dallasspeedsoft2921]

For soldering get the Jig Is Up, it’s a weighted piece with clamps that hold the two wires together it’s absolutely necessary

[@rogerborg]

The one thing I'll say about soldering is: don't cheap out on the solder. 45 minutes of sweating and swearing and fluxing and melting, then I realised I was using the Chinesium wire. 30 seconds finding ze German stuff, BAM, job done in under a minute. I'm a stingy ghetto type, but even my time is worth more than that.

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

Mine was the best £70 I ever spent.

[@ste887]

Well the good old leaded stuff is way better than the new tin whisker generating shit. Might be why you had better luck with the German stuff likely to be the decent old school stuff.

[@Belrmar]

Also,always use leaded solder,much better

[@turtle_6067]

Can you cheap out on the iron?

[@TheActionBastard]

@@turtle_6067 Sort of? A cheap iron will do the job, but a quality iron will hurt your soul less and be less of a hassle... but I've seen people use hot chunks of metal for irons they were heating with a blowtorch so go figure. The solder wire being high quality is of more importance than your iron. Solder does the actual work of electrical and physical connection.

Another fellow solderer that puts the tin on the positive pin ON THE FUCKING INSIDE! I thought I was alone in this crusade...

[@jaja9868]

Brilliant stuff! I knew Will from inbetweeners would land on his feet after the show ended!!

[@PopeLeo]

a bit of flux massively helps with soldering in my experience, just helps the solder spread and stick easier and heat more easily/ evenly

[@leighaplin6127]

bloody hell! A titan? NO more drinking terps for me.. think its adversely effecting me.

[@Vic13thRacing]

4:58 I have forgotten to put heat shrink on until after I soldered the wires on and you are right, I wanted to be Thanos snapped out of existence right then and there

[@TheActionBastard]

"...do I actually *need* that tubing though?" oh the corner cutting thoughts you have realizing the nightmare just restarted from 0.

[@ricknoobje9929]

maybe a tip on 5:45ish , sometimes i strip some extra wire, presolder the lot, then cut it to size

[@jhqtech]

I've noticed since the gate update to 3.0 more titans I've seen have strange errors like that. My v3 titan doesnt work when set to dsg mode. But works when set to high speed gears for some reason. It's a shame as when I first got it it was flawless

[@Skilebougre]

Seems like bad app programming/update

[@jhqtech]

@@Skilebougre yup. And gates to busy with their new asters to fix it. I told them of this flaw in November and they emailed me stating they knew about it and would fix it... 3 months later still waiting

[@TheKeo238]

The Gordan Ramsey of airsoft, and I fucking love it.

[@EC-hf8ui]

Just a suggestion but you can do the positive wire on the opposite side away from the negative, that way you have a lot more space to work your iron and solder on, and you can avoid accidentally screwing up the negative pole while you are working

[@chrisbutterworth6685]

Just needs some brown splodges on the pink, for ultimate room clear :)

[@s3rgant]

I do like the approach of avoiding a "wanker gun"

[@WazheadBoci]

Soldering is easy but it needs practice. You need a good Soldering iron otherwise you will feel bad. I recommend a device called helping hand with multiple arms with clips at their end quite useful. Also before you want to coat any metal with the solder you need to prep it, preferably remove any grease or oils from it , scratch the surface if it is smooth like the connectors, add a drop of " soldering acid " to the metal heat up the solder add it now you got it there for good and there is no risk of the solder falling down due to bad adhesion. Try not to inhale the fumes.

[@cool5tuff]

I was having similar issues with my gate and it turned out to be the usb cable was super finicky to keep connected to my phone. Cool build nonetheless.

[@jordannoble8757]

Late af but if you get some liquid flux it makes soldering way easier. Most solder has flux in it but adding more makes the solder flow smooth as butter.

[@SANF0RD100]

Can anybody name songs used in this? Goddamn good choice of soundtracks.

[@chiko_akaya]

Great choice of music, great video! Thumbs up!

[@OcAirsoft]

You want help?

[@jamespowell4476]

Hello god

[@OcAirsoft]

@@jamespowell4476 ❤️

[@whitmills6691]

These vids are great. My friend is trying to start teching and it’s helped him a lot

[@darkshock42mlg05]

Anyone noticed the vibrator at 3:00 on the bottom left

[@teacoffee5847]

🤣🤣 you had me in stitches!!! Love it!!!!!!

[@FrozenByFire3]

It's burst firing because precocking is on too much or you have a small amount of grease on your sector gear or sector gear sensor. You can see how the response time slowly gets quicker on semi then double shoots. Then semi auto for a few shots then double shot.

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

Nope, that wasn't it, it wasn't registering dsg gears

[@FrozenByFire3]

@@NegativeAirsoftTech that's odd...

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

@@FrozenByFire3 it's not, titans are a pain in the arse.

[@Solidsnake0208]

Have lots of respect for your knowledge and ability Luke. I’ve installed a few Titan’s and similar in gearbox mosfets. I would say your problem is almost certainly the laptop/phone you’re using to calibrate it is ancient. I use a laptop that’s 5/6 years old and running windows 8, never had a problem. Oh and if you want to sell that MP5 give me a shout!

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

I have a Samsung T10 table 2019 model, a galaxy S6 edge, a 2018 Huawei and my laptop is a Lenovo T410 running Windows 7... Trust me, it's a reliability problem of the units, so many come to me that the owner couldn't set up or their regular tech couldn't set up... At the end if the day, it's not a £300,000 rail gun, it's an airsoft gun so the claim of "Its your phone" I hear every day doesn't wash with me, you shouldn't be required to take a particular brand of phone into the game zone with you to play airsoft... you need a working gun that you can rely on, the titan doesn't provide that.

[@Solidsnake0208]

Negative Airsoft agreed, I’m not an IT man, but I’ve dealt with my fair share of IT professionals in developing new apps etc, all I can say is it’s very hard to roll out app technology that works perfectly with every single phone and version of windows etc.

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

@@Solidsnake0208 yup, how would you feel in your first day of airsoft with your new gun, finding out it isn't set up properly to be told by a tech "you need a better phone" - that's not on. I need to promise my work will actually work. I can't trust a titan to allow me to make that promise. I'm only as good as my word.

[@Solidsnake0208]

Negative Airsoft agreed... now when will this lovely MP5 worked on by your magic hands be for sale? I’m anticipating a zombie apocalypse 😜

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

@@Solidsnake0208 I'll probably take the titan out & put it in a dmr

[@saltysailorbell3617]

the deamons he called :)

[@ionelcocos2851]

Love the channel. How do you shim the bevel gear to the pinion gear in an MP5? On an M4 you can just mount the pistol grip to the gearbox and still see the gears, but how do you do this on MP5s?

[@disillusionedone9282]

Dude you turned me on to the gate warfet Wired both my guns to share one but sprung for the second one they are legit and do all you really need

[@karolfialkowski7894]

I love this attitude. Why did you do that. - It is simple. Because I can.

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

Basically. Lol

[@Spollekop]

That's pretty much hoe you should solder. If you don't have a vice there's another little trick for a stable soldering. Take some pliers and put a rubber band around the handles. Put a connector in the pliers and it will hold it in place perfectly. Helped me with soldering in the most idiotic places. Did it once on the edge of a stage while the band was actually playing. A connector broke on a signal cable that was going all the way to the top of the stage to the lights Replacing the cable wasn't an option so I used my trick and a soldering iron.

[@themanthelegend7048]

You need to add solder to the cinnect and wire. The wire should be soaked with solder before connecting.

[@Unknwn_Senpai]

That last joke… fucking prime XD

[@jordannoble8757]

I'm a solder tech...and it took awhile to learn

[@ionclaw7340]

Mini deans.... Damn never used those for batteries... Won't that limit contact surface???

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

Not really. I mean, it does but realistically the guns only require a certain amount of amps etc & in a lot of cases, deans are overkill for the amount of draw required. But I literally did it to make people fuck off & leave my batteries alone LMAO. The motors never over heat on mini dean's but you blow more fuses if you're rocking fat gauge wiring 😂🤣

[@vladzacherl4002]

Love your videos mate greetings from Australia 👍

[@PoTiX1337]

5:00 as electrotechnician i agree 100%. Theres no other thing more annoying than need to resolder because you forgot about heat shrink tube

[@matijavinazza9861]

Is the maple leaf bucking in the vfc avalon samurai edge a good bucking?

[@tonyc9062]

I had the sensor issue not detecting on app on my titan too, when I updated the titan firmware to the newest beta firmware, it worked perfectly. I believe that it's an issue with the firmware.

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

I tried installing a previous version but it got all consuela on me...

[@tonyc9062]

@@NegativeAirsoftTech Huh, I'm not sure then. I just remember that on one of the firmware versions, I was getting double fires on my dsg "wanker gun" and the app was not detecting the sensors but when I changed firmware versions all was fine.

[@tonyc9062]

@@NegativeAirsoftTech btw your videos are very entertaining and you do some very good work. I agree there is absolutely no need in me or anybody building a 90rps dsg, but I'm relatively new to airsoft and teching and I just want to know how much I can push myself. Keep up the great work, regards from Canada!

[@claymore_roomba]

just a guess, isn't dens just pos and negative wires? There need to be a data-cable before it will work, if you split open a usb cable there should be 4 wires positive and negative and 2 data-wires. I don't know, I only thinker with microcontrollers so just a wild hypothesis

[@Philtoid]

Fuck me that full auto took me by surprise. Beautiful gun mate

[@ricknoobje9929]

13:01 did the phone ask for UART permissions ?

[@WailfulAMVCarp]

The end was funny when trieing to connect with the bleb system . So are you going to be using that gun on next gate titan customer ? Would have like to hear little in-depth talk when you where working inside the gearbox and why you used M170 spring and short stroke so much. Can't wait for next video

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

It's a dsg gear, kinda short strokes itself. ;-) Thanks though man - so long as we all get a giggle.

[@Evan-eh9dd]

A dsg (dual sector gear) has two gaps (two release points) among the teeth that engage the piston and less teeth per section, which means the piston doesn't get pulled back as far as it would with a normal sector gear, so you need a stiffer spring to get the same velocity (FPS).

[@carlmee2007]

This reminds me of my mp5 basically Frankenstein gun as body an stock hop up of TM mp5, tm mp5 gearbox but new bushings, gears etc from g&g arp9, motor from old bolt mk18 and last gate Titan that I was using in another gun put into mp5. My god is it a nice light CQB gun

[@SupeS19811981]

I’ve never used a Gate Titan and I really wouldn’t want to. I see a lot of reviews that say they are unreliable and always fall out of the programmed settings. Gun looks ace though and another great video 👍🏻 Also I don’t like using ‘wanker guns’. My main is a Tokyo Marui high cycle Aug and it’s lovely. It’s around 260-270fps which for CQB is perfect.

[@joehernandez2506]

I'd say if u spend the extra money and get the programing card get it but that's gonna double the price of the Titan

[@DatPeko]

So with the Titan not registering on your phone what I normally do to fix that would be to disconnect mine from my gun and completely close and restart the app on my phone.. Then plug the gun back in only after the app is restarted and it seems to work fine for me afterwards... Love the titan but man is it a bitch too work with half the time.

[@Scoobydcs]

Have you updated the firmware on the titan? Andsemi firing 2, isnt thst overspin? Is active braking on?

[@isaacshively6705]

And my local tech asked me why I like the Warfet and I don't just get a Titan

[@john444ish]

How can I get my umbrella armory Lvoa to u cuz they are shit and won’t fix their own gun

[@crazyjakey1250]

Hey bro love your vids, teching a lot myself. I have found a way to fix the inconsistent single and sometimes burst or auto shots that you get. I have the same with my warfet sometimes. If I set it to burst, with each trigger pull it shoots: burst - single - burst - single and so on. The way to fix this is to set your RoF % down. try setting it to 70% with low burst. That's how I fixed it. Looked like the 100% setting was giving too much power/energy so it double spins sometimes. Hope this helps, cheers! Oh and try to get your hands on a soldering iron that runs on gas instead of electricity. They rock because they get fcking hot and dont require an irritating wire anymore.

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

Nah, it does it on any rof. Eventually it connected & I got the sensors sorted.

[@rtpwyk]

Nice vice. Is that a parkingson? Thanks for the vids!

[@Black6Six]

I have the same B&T MP5 with the same handguard, but the light has been shot out. Do you know what the replacement part is? You can give me a UK store and I'll source it in Canada. Also, Titans suck, Spectre Fetts are where its at!

[@isaacshively6705]

Love the pink you in the background

[@Garrett.]

What's your favorite hop up unit? I live in the U.S. where we use polarstars at 380fps with .25-.32g bbs. I'm looking into the Maxx cnc me-pro hop up and the umbrella armory maxx cnc collab hop up.

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

Gun dependant. Zci haven't let me down

[@Garrett.]

@@NegativeAirsoftTech now, you seem to hate prowin, but the zci looks to be a clone. Why zci? Also I should have mentioned, I'm planning on getting a 363mm zci barrel that I may s hop (I'd like to understand why you dislike s hop patches) and that's the reason I was looking at the maxx models (flat hop umbrella nub and standard maxx r hop nubs).

[@arch_2076]

I’m veryyyyy late but the issue is the devices security not allowing a foreign device to connect, for the laptop the software is just shit

[@setsuna200]

RIP. This gun died after he did a stress test on the Warhead Industry's brushless motor.

[@themaniac5864]

i made an aster dsg precock binary.. should i fit it on my JG MP5? cuz its and JG chanel new comer so far liking it for f0ck sake ;)

[@superscotty1829]

I build superconducting electromagnets and partical accelerators for medical and scientific research soldering mostly 32guage and smaller wire and you solder exactly the same as I do. Cheeky twist, tin both parts, melt the two together. It is as easy as that. Oh and remember the heat shrink first as you said haha.

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

I've wired multiple wires through looms through the gun meaning you effectively need to charge the gun... and forgotten a single piece of heat shrink. Nightmare

[@turtle_6067]

Does a Jefftron v2 have a microswitch

[@pcdokzuidland6926]

I had a micro usb port issues on my own phone and had the same thing. They should have used Bluetooth from within the board like other brands do. no with titan you need to pay extra for a blue-link... ridiculous

[@rjc0234]

I feel for you with Soldering. Can't drive a manual car to save my life. 30 hours of lessons with 3 instructors, and multiple friends saying "ooh you just got to feel it!!". Spent 20 minutes doing motorbike lessons and the guy so perfectly explained how it works, non of this "feel the biting point" bullshit. actually technically explained it.

[@curioushex4782]

Do you think there is room for a warrfett and battery in a front wired cyma cm.041 mp5 with the ump stock ? Or would I be best getting the full stock version ? Figured I would ask as you are the person who’s going to be doing the work , awesome content as always 👍

[@Garrett.]

Hey do you have an opinion on the btc mosfets??? I've always thought of them as higher quality than the gate stuff.

[@carbzlaw]

Hey what's the tappet length for dsg? The bbs falls on full auto but straight on semi

[@ghostwalkerairsofttech1947]

firmware upgrades usually solve the problems you are having with the titan. Had a similar issue with a version 3 titan. upgraded the firmware problem solved. Could also be your phone if you dont have usb 3.0 interface on your phone.. I think the titan requires usb 3.0 minimum.

[@isaacshively6705]

Is it possible to build a reliable dsg or am I better off sticking to my plan of 16.1 gears, Speed tuneable trigger, a ASG 30k motor, and a Warfet for precock

[@isaacshively6705]

Guess you answered my question at the end of the video.... Keep up the great content and maybe one day I'll ship my gearbox across the pond so you can fuck with it because you do great work and that's hard to find in the States

[@TriadAgone]

Idk maybe I’ve been lucky but I’ve never had issues with the titan app on PC or my phone. Works a charm,

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

Hates 'dem.

[@maxsimeck902]

wait, b&t?

[@skydayang]

That's one way to solder lol, nice job on the video.

[@Scoobydcs]

Im having a play with dsg and so far im underwhelmed, highest rof ive managed is 42 rps which only a few more than i get out of ssg. At the expense of high current draw and whacking the gearbox using m150 spring. Oddly using the same 2tpa motor i get less rps with dsg than ssg

[@bugsey-lh4bb]

jokes on you the cyma 132s uses mini deans by default

[@SnizzKid]

As far as I know (same happens to my dsg), thats overspin (means youve built it efficiently), you can stop that using ActiveBreak, although its pretty shitty since activebreak is going to warm up your motor (brings amp consumption up), making it inefficient

[@SnizzKid]

Althought the trigger sensor not coming up... I have no answer for such hahah

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

@@SnizzKid ab is on full :-(

[@opairsoft8100]

StatikkVoid over spin does not mean something is efficient....that just means you are running a big battery, a fast motor with a weak spring, or a big battery and weak spring or any other combination

[@SnizzKid]

@@NegativeAirsoftTech oof

[@SnizzKid]

@@opairsoft8100 hmm, I run an m160 with a 20 tpa 22k motor and an 2200mah 45c 11.1, so... Everything "big"

[@jackbaker5819]

whats your opinion on low rps/rof dsgs I am ruining one at 18 rps 270 fps (good call with the warfet almost brought a titan) ps love the vids

[@46templar]

I'm one of them cunts that can't solder but i liked it how easy you made it look

[@daleperren1993]

Hey I am looking to get my classic army m4 would you be able to help me please

[@mentalpotato2297]

Saw that you cut your m170 spring. How many coils did you cut off of it?

[@sergiyrizenko7335]

Hi, cool video but I want to ask what is the best sniper rifle for the money, tm vsr, ssg 24, srs silver back. I'm pretty far into the sport and want to try out sniping

[@Gersioni]

From what I understand tm vsr's are just pretty much just an upgrading platform whilst the ssg 24 and srs are both pre upgraded guns that perform about the same but have different externals. If you want you can also check this app called hopup, I saw some upgraded snipers floating around there recently :)

[@mateuszbodek7979]

Do you recommend the perun optical v2 mosfet?

[@foz5346]

I wana see a video on the pink airsoft thingy that fu@ks during game-day 😁

[@MagnustheJust]

Also... The Gate Titan is smarter than 87% of the people who own one.

[@liamknowles1563]

I am no expert. However, maybe you could try enabling usb debugging on your phone? It allows the phone to communicate with external devices (quite possibly like the titan) and therefore it could solve your problem with it not being able to find the device. I dont know if you have tried this already but its worth a shot I guess..

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

I'll certainly try

[@butchbadass1241]

Greetings from Germany, I Love your Videos.

[@robertburns4172]

Love the videos.. currently putting warfet in my gun .. keep up the good work