FRUOddy Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 (edited) Having to reload this vid...watch this space Edited August 6, 2010 by FRUOddy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FRUOddy Posted August 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 Sorry about the delay ...here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfICNPySvtI Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Banshee_Will Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 nice video reviews! my only suggestion would be is that your camera angles can be obscured.....do the action stuff more centralised. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kojak Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Spied a player's kit on Ehobby Asia with a new type of shell for the Thunder B: It looks like metal caps that thread onto a new "Left Hand There" plastic shell. There's a photo of replacement shells on the Hakkotsu site: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ctres94 Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Yeah, I noticed those a couple days ago on ehobby, and I have to say, I really like the look a lot better than the original ones. The flashbang shape makes it look much more realistic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrpugster Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Does anyone know if each 'bang' uses up a whole co2 caplet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uscmCorps Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Does anyone know if each 'bang' uses up a whole co2 caplet? It does. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sigma3 Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Yeah, I wanted to grab some of those, since they seem hard to find in this country – unfortunately ehobby's security cert is still down AND it's about the be Chinese New Year, so I'm not planning on ordering from them anytime soon. If anyone knows where to get some more relatively quickly, let me know! I think I got the very last one from ASGI, and I'd like a couple more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrpugster Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Cheers. Think you can get Co2 12g for about £0.60 (just under a dollar) if you buy enough of them in one go. Much cheaper than Mk5's. Only problem is some indoor places don't let you use something so loud. Have either of you guys heard about rechargeable 12g? Are they any good for this product? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uscmCorps Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Never heard of rechargeable 12gr caplets. The way this Thunder B is designed, when the caplet is placed in the cylinder, and the cylinder is screwed shut at the base, the base pushes the caplet against a valve that pierces the caplet releasing the CO2. I'm not sure how you'd recharge caplets unless the top of the caplet was replaceable. Sigma, Spartan Imports should be getting a lot more in soon. They just had a sizable shipment in, and one of my teammates bought a couple dozen for our team from AEX. More are on the way. Regarding the new shell design ... I like it. Though, I wonder if you'll end up loosing a lot of those base caps once the thunder B detonates and the shell distorts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Horsem4n Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 the shells dont shatter into pieces, just split open. the plastic isnt brittle. so, the caps stay more or less attached or stay next to the grenade after detonation. im going to see if my boss can get more of these things. i still have a shell pack, but im out of the cores. i built a refillable CO2 caplet by drilling a hole in the side of a used one and epoxying a pistol mag fill valve into it. worked well, but the whole thing sticks out the side of the caplet a bit and wouldn't fit into the core unless you cut space out. but filling it with green gas probably wont even set the grenade off and the fill valve most likely wont handle being filled with CO2 let alone the epoxy handling it. but it works as a refillable option for WG revolvers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sigma3 Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Thanks for the heads up, uscm. I'll check in a week or so. Ideally I'd like at least 4 in an assaulter panel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackisbad Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 .... i built a refillable CO2 caplet by drilling a hole in the side of a used one and epoxying a pistol mag fill valve into it. worked well, but the whole thing sticks out the side of the caplet a bit and wouldn't fit into the core unless you cut space out. but filling it with green gas probably wont even set the grenade off and the fill valve most likely wont handle being filled with CO2 let alone the epoxy handling it. .... Wait, what about the other end?? Don't the grenades work by firing when the top is pierced? So if the top is already pierced, wouldn't all the gas you put into the fill mag just come out the top? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Horsem4n Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 oh yeah, forgot about that part. man, totally slipped my mind. it works in pistols, but i forgot about the way those grenades work for a second. anyway, that was only 75% of my post, so im not COMPLETELY out yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrpugster Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Horse loved the rechargeable C02, really impressive. Brocock here in the UK made a proper one a few years ago but then stopped selling it for some reason, they pop up on ebay every now and then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackisbad Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 No worries man, I really like the idea as well and was thinking you maybe had a solution for the other end that you forgot to mention Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sigma3 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'm having some problems with my Thunder Bs... seems like actually the opposite problem that other people are having: my CO2 cartridges are regularly getting punctured while I'm screwing them in! 7 out of 8 attempts I've made so far, the cartridge started leaking as I was screwing in the cannister. I had some teammates look at it and they couldn't quite figure it out. The only theory so far is that since these are brand new grenades, maybe Hakkatsu has tried to address the problems with cartridges NOT puncturing and gone too far the other way? One other possibility is that the CO2 cartridges I had are ######, but I've checked them visually and the dimensions are all perfectly standard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sigma3 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Disregard. Got some new CO2 capsules and have had no further problems. So, for the record, DO NOT BUY the "Crosman" capsules sold by Redrock Distributing! The new ones I'm using are AVI and seem to be working fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
L85FREAK Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 I owned one off these a while back when they first came out. They are great, and really loud(At least for airsoft). Unfortunately, the top piece(Not replaceable without buying a new grenade) is fairly fragile. Cold weather seems to expedite the fragility(Duh?) However, as cheap as these are and the lifetime, definitely worth it. However, I wish the lifetime were a little longer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sigma3 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Which part broke? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FELDJAGER Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Sorry to bump this up but, What pouches do these things fit in? The new, more realistic, shells in particular. thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uscmCorps Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Dimensionally the new shells are not different than the old ones in size and overall shape. They just look a bit different. They also seem to be louder. They'll fit in flashbang pouches, smoke pouches, double M4 pouches, and many GP pouches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kojak Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I think that with the bumpers installed they might be slightly longer than the original cylindrical shells--at least they seemed a tighter fit in my Pantac smoke pouches. Speaking of Thunder Bs, just noticed these new M84 shaped shells at RSOV: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FELDJAGER Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Thanks for the info guys. Those new new shells looks pretty slick too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kojak Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 ...Regarding the new shell design ... I like it. Though, I wonder if you'll end up loosing a lot of those base caps once the thunder B detonates and the shell distorts. I've used the new shells five or six times, and the last one I tossed the bottom cap popped off and was found in the weeds about twenty feet from the grenade. Luckily it was one of the orange ones. I like to use a grey cap on top and and an orange one on the bottom, so they are stealthy in the pouch but can still be found easily. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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