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[Catman]

Just spotted it on Airsoft-news.eu
http://www.airsoft-news.eu/comment.php?comment.news.2067

Sounds good. Also I heard a few rumours about a chinese cloning the tracer unit but I'm wondering if that's the older unit.

Edited by Catman, 17 March 2008 - 06:48 PM.

[mhe]

I'm so getting this!
My old tracer was quite nice, but the person who decided to use plastic on the 14mm negative thread should be subject to severe punishment, like serving at the microsoft support hotline for 48hrs straight.

[Galaxy613]

Indeed, this looks very good.

[Magsz]

Looks fantastic, i know alot of people have been looking forward to this release for quite a while!

[CrazyJ]

can somebody explain how it works?

[Catman]

There's been quite a gap in the market for this, the tracer mags have been the only thing available but sadly they're not all that great and rather limiting.

I hope TM release different colour tracer BBs, I've only seen green and orange (I think it was).


Naturally a solution appears on the horizon after I buy 100 UV leds to make my own tracer system

[Bodgeups]

Don't forget you can buy big bags of tracer Xtreme BB's from Airsoft Scotland. Great value for money!

[mhe]

can somebody explain how it works?

It's quite simple. You get yourself some tracer BBs (i.e. BBs coated with luminous colouring). When fired, the BBs pass a photo sensor, which triggers a very bright stroboscope flash inside this mocked silencer thingie. So the coated BB is lighted in flight and giving off the light during flight. Looks like star wars during night games, only with orange and green colors.

Edited by mhe, 17 March 2008 - 09:55 PM.

[oldman1980]

I stand by my prior statement. It's about time for another one of these to be release into the market. There haven't been any tracer units out other then those mags for about 4-7 years now. Somewhere around there. Then They ™ discontinued them then I see them at AEX. I mean stability for one (but thats another rant) but mostly keep making them. I can't wait to try this one.

[Fighting Maus]

I have always wanted a tracer unit. Now that TM is redoing theirs this will move up a few notches on my "need to buy" list. I would like to see the business end though. Is it 6mm sized or 14mm sized like the treaded end. Someone with an older unit may be able to answer that one.

[Kirby1986]

how come no one else other than tm put out a tracer unit? appears to be simple enough.

[mojo]

The original Units suffered from the aforementioned plastic threading but were also very finicky. You could not use Energizer maxs or duracell ultra's, the batteries had to be removed after each use to prevent burnout(the units themselves were often left on by accident.) And...the circuitry...while simple was prone to toasting. That being said.....I owned 3(again because of the plastic threads)..and i can say its the best $85 you can spend legally and have that much fun. I will prolly pick up a few as my old ones were used to salvage a few friends toasted ones. Now if they can put out a .3g tracer for my PTW....

[Shinden]

lol Mojo, but you can use the new tracer unit with .25g somehow with an adapter for the MP5 PTW right? I'd probably go that route.

[mojo]

Hopefully, the tracer will fit with the surefire foregrip installed. BTW, great heads up on the new Glock 34 on main page.

[DUSTER:recon]

does anyone know where to get .28 tracers?

[Shinden]

Hopefully, the tracer will fit with the surefire foregrip installed. BTW, great heads up on the new Glock 34 on main page.

Ah the Surefire foregrip would be a nice one! lol, I was too busy to write new things lately, but glad I did have time!

[MCXL]

Ooh I like how it looks!

Also, the button on off should be a lot better then those damn switches.

[slo_one]

Love mine to death. Will buy this new on and permanently affix my plastic one to my uzi.
But yeah the most fun I've had with my clothes on.......

[eel one [COE]]

All of you who complain about the plastic treads. Why did you not just buy the aftermarked metal treads? - Both PDI and KM made them, you can even still get the KM one at WGC.

http://www.wgcshop.com/pcart/shopper.php?i...ULL_srch_tracer
http://www.wgcshop.com/pcart/shopper.php?i...TA2_srch_tracer

[Catman]

My poor old tracer unit, I left the batteries in it once and one leaked destroying some of the circuitry. Managed to bypass/fix some of it but I'd turn the unit on and I could literally watch the this one PCB tracks destroy itself, I still got it and it half works still (has to be in the mood)

I didn't think tracer BBs were coated, IIRC they're solid glow-in-the dark plastic stuff - Mind you I've only ever used the TM ones. I wonder if it'd be possible to get blue or red tracer BBs?