Technical information

Practical A.E.G Upgrade 2006

Is EG560 too weak and fragile to power an upgraded mechbox?

Can I use EG560 on my MP5?

EG560 offers very high speed and is one of the most durable motors we have

seen. The thing is, it needs higher voltage to efficiently drive an upgraded

mechbox (one that has a stiff spring). When an EG1000 works fine with 8.4V

2000 mah for a M120, an EG560 needs 9.6V 3000mah. However, at this power

level it rocks. We have a FAMAS under this configuration for over 2 years without

any problem. Based on our past experience, EG1000 is more fragile when

comparing to EG560 (we had a small war game field with approx 50 upgraded

FAMAS and 100 upgraded MP5K PDWs for hire. Last summer alone we got 8

overheated EG1000. The EG560 were all fine though).

Currently only the TM FAMAS, the entire line of ACX AEGs (including the MP5s

and the L85) and the Cybergun DPMS AR15 use EG560 / EG560 compatible

motors*. Although you may attach an EG560 to the MP5 V2 mechbox, the stock

MP5 lower receiver is too small to accommodate it.

* Remarks:

ACX (Cybergun) named its EG560 compatible

motor as AC1000. Althou

h both the EG560 and

the AC1000 are manufactured by Sagami and

are sharin

the same look, we cannot confirm if

they are 100% identical. Based on our

experience, two out of four AC1000s were dead

after about 12000 shots (using PDI 120%

spring). The EG560s had no problem at all.