I have 4 Manta 2s. They were my favorite atty for a while. I haven't used them in a long time. Lately, I've been pretty stuck on Stumpys and O-16s.
I have 4 Manta 2s. They were my favorite atty for a while. I haven't used them in a long time. Lately, I've been pretty stuck on Stumpys and O-16s.
I bought and paid for 2 authentic Manta 2's that were to be BF'd before sent. But these V1/V2 hybrid abortions after a song and dance that they would be better than a V2 is what the order was changed to. Maybe if they had not been made from rejected V1 bases from the first run that were rejected for good reason (they were not usable at all). A trip back for rework (at my expense) got them to where they can be used, but by then I was so mad about the whole situation and the man that did it that I didn't use them much before delegating them (and all the others I got from the same source) to the reject box around December 2015. I brought them back out to try on the P67's when I first got them, but soon enough they were banished again and have remained there ever since. I doubt they'll ever see the light of day again.
I was the same way about the whole Manta debacle. It left a bad taste in my mouth (no pun intended). It was hit or miss, what base you got. There were 2 base types. One was flat; the other had a ledge. On some, the machining was bad; on others, not too bad. None were what I would consider good machining. The last run of V1/V2 hybrids was a joke. They appeared to be made from rejected parts. Never the less, if you got a good one, it worked well, and was a decent atty.
@Spydro, you should be a professional photographer in your next life!
^^^ Nice pic of some really nice REOs.
Spydro.. what was the build you were using on your hadaly?
Just tried a new build to me.. 2x26 with 30 gauge wire clapton 5 wrap 2.5mm. Comes out to around .35-.4ohms. Way too strong to me. Was hoping for .6+. No idea what to do to raise it.
Have 26,28,29,30,32 and 33 kanthal wire.
How about a 2x700 battery reo p67?? A tad bigger.. maybe fit a 24mm rba as well at the same time?