You're a life saver. Disassembled my son's gel blaster coz it won't shoot and was just making grinding noise, was losing hope on reassembling it but thanks to your video I got his blaster fixed now.
Thanks man this really helped. Few days ago my little brother was having trouble with the motor we found out it was because there was a bit of water damage and some parts started to rust, we cleaned it up a bit and now its working as good as new
1.Is it possible to swap the battery for more reliable performance if so could you recommend any? 2. If not the battery what eles have you notice that could cause a decline in performance? Help
Is this basically same as the gel blaster nova? Because I believe my battery is kaput. I got two gel blasters a few months ago but one of them won’t charge anymore. 😮
Great video. Im currently toying around with my blaster but I can't seem to put it pack together. Maybe you could make a video on this version of the gel blaster?
I see different prices for these on Amazon from $20 to $60. I would assume the more expensive ones are the latest gen. Is it worth going with the latest genertation version?
Im trying to mod a gel gun for on a drone. Need as compact as possible. What's a good model for that in your opinion. Would be cutting as much of the gun away as possible, I do have a 3d printer I can access as well
@@CollinGdirks The SKD 1911 gearbox is the standard used in pistol sized blasters, which is what the original gel blaster surge used. Later versions of the GB Surge had a slightly modified version of the SKD 1911 gearbox. The X2 or X5 gearbox may be more compact, but quality tends to be lower
@engineerable if neither the piranha or the surge look good ill order the skd. I think the piranha has potential do to its size but cannot find a pick of the inside. So just waiting on Amazon now
Is the motor on these replaceable? I have one that barely shoots and it takes a while to get up to speed and the motor kind of sounds like it's burned the brushes and runs slowly and barely has any power. I have a bunch of motors in a container but unsure if one would work. I happened to lose the trigger spring but I recently vacuumed my room and luckily I found it and I will be trying to fix this one. I bought another to replace this one. If I fix the first one I'll have two.
@@engineerable I don't think that it's the gearbox. I'm thinking that these motors are driven quite hard. And another is some people keep firing the gun when the gel ammo is out.
can you do it with the xshot hyper gel trace fire i bought it and cant seem to put the gear box together im tryna reassamble so i can finish my gel blaster collection
I have a question do you know what the two smaller wires running parallel to the main cables that run to the battery located in that front grip do? I was wanting to mod the gun and I would probably have to cut those to do it but I still want the gun to work. if they just control something negligible then I can cut them but if it does not allow the gun to work I won’t. Thank you this video has been very helpful.
The cables that run to the contacts ion the front are for their flashlight add on and as such can be cut without affecting the function of the blaster.
@@engineerable I see thank you. I had gotten it wet and the lights started. Dimming and it wouldn't shoot or turn on but when I plugged it in the lights will turn on but very dim
@@rodrigosaucedo7361 still means that the gel balls are not growing large enough. The barrel is designed to be slightly smaller than the gel ball. A gel ball that is grown to the right size won't leak out the barrel.
@@engineerable OHHHH so that spring thing isn’t supposed to be up all the time? It just sounded weird cause it’ll do it and then it won’t and it sounds weird when it does but thank you I’ll soak them for longer
Check the links in this post www.engineerable.com/single-post/what-s-inside-gel-blaster-surge-i-take-apart-this-gellet-blaster-toy-to-see-how-it-s-made-works
So i have the starfire version of this and from a full charge u get through a full hopper and the light starts flashing red but still fires is this normal and roughly how many hoppers befor its compleetly dead
@@engineerable I’m planning on buying it today a lot of people have said there gear broke really quick but I think it’s them charging it too much and holding automatic fire too long but I’ll still buy it and hopefully it holds out until your vids drop
@@Germ17 You should contact Gel Blaster, unless you are prepared to do some soldering and hacking battery wires. Their custom battery setup makes replacement tricky.
Yes, but you probably want to use a MOSFET to run the motor. Running the power through the microswitch will burn it out eventually. Then you will need to charge the battery directly through the 3 wire balance connection.
@@engineerable Any mosfet you recommend? At this point I might as well modify it to take a different battery when I opened it up. A little chip was fried where the positive connector from the motor is at
This looks like something decent and gives some programmability amzn.to/42ttvyC I've also started a blog post about adding a MOSFET www.engineerable.com/single-post/how-to-add-a-mosfet-mod-to-gel-blaster
I just got one, I just finished charging it completely, and it sounds like its fully changed based on its fast fire rate and power, but the light started blinking red literally within 10 minutes, is it something wrong with just the light or do I have a defective one with a bad battery, has anyone else had this issue before ? Please help
Yes mine started flashing red after one hopper full but would still fire but iv only used one hopper full so not sure how long before its fully dead and wont fire
May i also add i would not be able to contact gel blaster as i bught it new sealed from ebay shipped from usa to the uk as they dont sell them in the uk
can you give me a reason why it wouldn’t work if I made CAD copies of all the parts, scaled it up 500%, 3D printed and CNC’d them in stainless steel, then assembled it with a high powered spring, and 1 hp electric motor? 😂
@@engineerable no but I’m dead serious. Finding a lot of compatible larger metallic gears on McMaster. Can 3D print or have fabricated the rest. Seriously considering tackling this as a fun project. Done a bunch of research and haven’t found anyone who has attempted it before. Really can’t see a reason It wouldn’t work. Imagine using a truck suspension spring as the piston main spring and a big 5 inch diameter tube.
@@EITFM Did you die? If not, did you ever make this monstrosity? The closest thing I've seen to what you were talking about doing, was a guy that built a hpa nerf rifle with the goal of 1000+ fps. At first it was so powerful the darts just disintegrated before leaving the barrel lol. But once he got it dialled in he was punching holes through plywood.
You're a life saver. Disassembled my son's gel blaster coz it won't shoot and was just making grinding noise, was losing hope on reassembling it but thanks to your video I got his blaster fixed now.
Nice!
I'm having the same issue right now, can you tell me what you did to get it to actually shoot?
Yeah same here, how did you fix it?
@@engineerablehow do u fix this issue what should I touch if I’m having the word noise
Can u make one an skd cs001 electric gel ball blaster.
Thanks man this really helped. Few days ago my little brother was having trouble with the motor we found out it was because there was a bit of water damage and some parts started to rust, we cleaned it up a bit and now its working as good as new
Nice work!
Ive got the same problem! How did you repair it?
I’m glad you exist thank you
Glad you did this as I never had an og surge I always suspected that the fps increase was an upgraded spring
I like this types of gel blaster very much and i want to buy this gel blaster 😍😍
Great video+explanation+presentation! Thank you for sharing! Well done mate - NEW SUB 🙏🏻
1.Is it possible to swap the battery for more reliable performance if so could you recommend any?
2. If not the battery what eles have you notice that could cause a decline in performance? Help
2:15 if you were to put a gel ball threw it would is shot still?
Yes
Can you do a what's inside the nerf gel fire? Curious to see what gearbox they went with
Yes, working on that. I will do a what's inside every blaster I get.
Here's the Nerf what's inside video th-cam.com/video/78YZIaHimt8/w-d-xo.html
Is this basically same as the gel blaster nova? Because I believe my battery is kaput. I got two gel blasters a few months ago but one of them won’t charge anymore. 😮
How do you mod this?
Here's a mod guide for GB SURGE www.engineerable.com/single-post/gel-blaster-surge-review-mods-tracer-teardowns-reassemble
@@engineerablety
great vid, i had to take my apart and didn't know how to put it back together Thanks! ;3
good video
that plastic gearbox wont last
Master Xavier whatu doing here 🗿
It is everlasting😂😂😂
How are you
Legend xavier😅😅
Whats the battery voltage?
What battery do I get and from what website is the best
Great video. Im currently toying around with my blaster but I can't seem to put it pack together. Maybe you could make a video on this version of the gel blaster?
How can I fix my gel blaster surge starfire cause it's not shooting fast
I see different prices for these on Amazon from $20 to $60. I would assume the more expensive ones are the latest gen. Is it worth going with the latest genertation version?
Im trying to mod a gel gun for on a drone. Need as compact as possible. What's a good model for that in your opinion. Would be cutting as much of the gun away as possible, I do have a 3d printer I can access as well
@@CollinGdirks The SKD 1911 gearbox is the standard used in pistol sized blasters, which is what the original gel blaster surge used. Later versions of the GB Surge had a slightly modified version of the SKD 1911 gearbox. The X2 or X5 gearbox may be more compact, but quality tends to be lower
I bought the surge and a piranha for this attempt. I'll see what looks easiest and return the other. Should be easy enough to do. But will see
@engineerable if neither the piranha or the surge look good ill order the skd. I think the piranha has potential do to its size but cannot find a pick of the inside. So just waiting on Amazon now
Is the motor on these replaceable? I have one that barely shoots and it takes a while to get up to speed and the motor kind of sounds like it's burned the brushes and runs slowly and barely has any power. I have a bunch of motors in a container but unsure if one would work. I happened to lose the trigger spring but I recently vacuumed my room and luckily I found it and I will be trying to fix this one. I bought another to replace this one. If I fix the first one I'll have two.
If the motor fits, and the shaft is the same size, it could work. Otherwise the next best option is to replace the gearbox.
@@engineerable I don't think that it's the gearbox. I'm thinking that these motors are driven quite hard. And another is some people keep firing the gun when the gel ammo is out.
can you do it with the xshot hyper gel trace fire i bought it and cant seem to put the gear box together im tryna reassamble so i can finish my gel blaster collection
I have a question do you know what the two smaller wires running parallel to the main cables that run to the battery located in that front grip do? I was wanting to mod the gun and I would probably have to cut those to do it but I still want the gun to work. if they just control something negligible then I can cut them but if it does not allow the gun to work I won’t. Thank you this video has been very helpful.
The cables that run to the contacts ion the front are for their flashlight add on and as such can be cut without affecting the function of the blaster.
Can you do the star fire surge I t tried taking it apart and replacing the battery it was the wrong type now I can’t put it back
Please pull apart the nerf one!!
NERF Gelfire Mythic take apart is here - th-cam.com/video/78YZIaHimt8/w-d-xo.html
Hello is there any replacement batteries available for the x l
Not easily. It's 7.4 li-ion battery made from 2 18650 batteries, but the wiring is custom.
@@engineerable I see thank you. I had gotten it wet and the lights started. Dimming and it wouldn't shoot or turn on but when I plugged it in the lights will turn on but very dim
What do I do if the gellets are leaking out the barrel?
They have not grown large enough. Leave them in the water longer or use distilled water.
@@engineerable it’s the thing that shoots them out it won’t stay out it goes in sometimes
@@engineerable i have the surge xl
@@rodrigosaucedo7361 still means that the gel balls are not growing large enough. The barrel is designed to be slightly smaller than the gel ball. A gel ball that is grown to the right size won't leak out the barrel.
@@engineerable OHHHH so that spring thing isn’t supposed to be up all the time? It just sounded weird cause it’ll do it and then it won’t and it sounds weird when it does but thank you I’ll soak them for longer
I have 12 guns with bad batteries any tips for good and cheap replacements?
Need to design a 3D printed external battery holder that allows changing the batteries.
Where can I buy a new gearbox
Check the links in this post www.engineerable.com/single-post/what-s-inside-gel-blaster-surge-i-take-apart-this-gellet-blaster-toy-to-see-how-it-s-made-works
I thought the two contact sensors up front near the muzzle are for shot-sensing.
No, but they finally made an accessory flashlight that fits on the end and uses those contacts.
So i have the starfire version of this and from a full charge u get through a full hopper and the light starts flashing red but still fires is this normal and roughly how many hoppers befor its compleetly dead
Still working on the hydro strike pulsar pro vids?
Yep
@@engineerable I’m planning on buying it today a lot of people have said there gear broke really quick but I think it’s them charging it too much and holding automatic fire too long but I’ll still buy it and hopefully it holds out until your vids drop
Everytime i shoot my gel blaster the trigger wont move i even charged it and everything what is it thats causing it
same issue here
Can you do one on the surge XL because mine is blinking red on the G and doesn’t want to shoot
First contact Gel Blaster and see what's up with it. It's tough to repair if it's due to the circuit board.
did anything come out of this? mine does the same thing & i wanna fix
@@Germ17 You should contact Gel Blaster, unless you are prepared to do some soldering and hacking battery wires. Their custom battery setup makes replacement tricky.
Can you make a video about this but replacing the battery, because my battery doesn't work no more😢
Sorry to comment twice is there any way to hardwire the XL ? I got the p c v board wet and it's got fried...
Yes, but you probably want to use a MOSFET to run the motor. Running the power through the microswitch will burn it out eventually. Then you will need to charge the battery directly through the 3 wire balance connection.
@@engineerable Any mosfet you recommend? At this point I might as well modify it to take a different battery when I opened it up. A little chip was fried where the positive connector from the motor is at
This looks like something decent and gives some programmability amzn.to/42ttvyC
I've also started a blog post about adding a MOSFET www.engineerable.com/single-post/how-to-add-a-mosfet-mod-to-gel-blaster
Can you open rs 99 gel blaster
Anybody know how to change the battery safely?
Can you do this for Aug assault rifle
If I had one, I would.
hi everyone does anyone know where i can find a video on how to mod this? im looking for a stronger shot or more fast shooting thanks
It's can't easily be modded. Buy a stronger/faster blaster that has an upgradeable gearbox.
@@engineerable can you upgrade the gearbox?
I just got one, I just finished charging it completely, and it sounds like its fully changed based on its fast fire rate and power, but the light started blinking red literally within 10 minutes, is it something wrong with just the light or do I have a defective one with a bad battery, has anyone else had this issue before ? Please help
If it stopped working quickly after charge, could be a battery/charger issue. Contact Gel Blaster
@@engineerable thank you man I really appreciate it I just happen to be at work so I saw that you responded to me right now thank you
Yes mine started flashing red after one hopper full but would still fire but iv only used one hopper full so not sure how long before its fully dead and wont fire
May i also add i would not be able to contact gel blaster as i bught it new sealed from ebay shipped from usa to the uk as they dont sell them in the uk
When i shoot my gel blaster the trigger wont move or anything i charged it turned it on what should i do
How long till the “hydro strike video”
mine won’t charge what do i do ?
Contact Gel Blaster. They will replace it.
This looks kinda similar to a bb gun on the inside the one that you just pull back the head and fire it over and over again.
It's basically airsoft, modified for slightly larger gel balls
can you give me a reason why it wouldn’t work if I made CAD copies of all the parts, scaled it up 500%, 3D printed and CNC’d them in stainless steel, then assembled it with a high powered spring, and 1 hp electric motor? 😂
Is this Mark Robber?
@@engineerable no but I’m dead serious. Finding a lot of compatible larger metallic gears on McMaster. Can 3D print or have fabricated the rest. Seriously considering tackling this as a fun project. Done a bunch of research and haven’t found anyone who has attempted it before. Really can’t see a reason It wouldn’t work. Imagine using a truck suspension spring as the piston main spring and a big 5 inch diameter tube.
@@EITFM Did you die? If not, did you ever make this monstrosity?
The closest thing I've seen to what you were talking about doing, was a guy that built a hpa nerf rifle with the goal of 1000+ fps. At first it was so powerful the darts just disintegrated before leaving the barrel lol. But once he got it dialled in he was punching holes through plywood.
Can you fix my I'll send it to you
Puedo verlo en español
I got mine had it one day and it went out I'm not buying one of these again one of the worst things to ever have😠😠😠
The batteries on older models don't seem to last.