Red Sky Mods

[Capt' Brian]

Morning/afternoon me hearties, hope this fine day is treating you well!

Morning ... I just have to let you know I have never in my life , had such a hard time solidering the negative wire to the connector.... I am not going to say I'm the best at it or the worst, but every other one I have done came out clean and perfect. I got the positive connected real easy and quick clean then the negative was just awful took for ever.

Did you use solder flux? When I solder tabs, I usually tin the wire and the tab edge before hand, then when I am ready to connect the two I put some solder on my iron tip, hold the wire against the tab edge and melt them together.

If you need any replacement parts just let me know and I will get them off to you, no charge for forum friends.

 

[violetvoo]

what a sweet thing to do!

 

[FlyingV]

No reply yet Cap'n, me thinks vp is sitting at the kitchen table swearing.

Clean parts - good connections. Wipe it off with alcohol first.

 

[Capt' Brian]

Arrr, I am curious .. what battery combinations have been used so far with the VV besides 18350s? I've only tried a couple different ones myself.

 

[Ruppy]

Ive used 16340s but I had to stretch the spring.

 

[Capt' Brian]

Ive used 16340s but I had to stretch the spring.

I should have actually recommended 18340 batts for the original VV retrofits, they would not have been so tight a fit as the 18350. The next VV's had a bit longer box to fit 18350s easily.

 

[violetvoo]

I love the 18350's but I've tried ICR123's they fit and worked just rattled a bit

 

[violetvoo]

I should have actually recommended 18340 batts for the original VV retrofits, they would not have been so tight a fit as the 18350. The next VV's had a bit longer box to fit 18350s easily.

They fit tight but you can get them in easy and out with a little pulling and they don't rattle!

 

[Capt' Brian]

I have a customer from France having a bit of a problem finding 18350's, I was curious if there was a battery type that would work that I didn't know about or haven't tried. Hopefully he can find something that will work there.

Oh yeah, remember, 2 - 3 second squeeze of the bottle at most for the tilt and shoot! People keep over squonking probably because they are used to upfright feeders and hammer down on the bottle too long.

The drip-well is mostly there for looks, mine is STILL dry as a bone. Yarrr!

 

[violetvoo]

Imr123's wth a spacer should work w/o the rattle!

 

[Drottwiler]

I love the 18350's but I've tried ICR123's they fit and worked just rattled a bit

Good to know the icr 123's fit.I didn't find any 18350's in my battery stash.Will have to order some.

 

[violetvoo]

Drott if u order from lighthound use the coupon code cpf for 5% off

 

[Camp43]

Hi there, I am very interested in getting one of the Mark-IV VV mods for sale on the the Red Sky site. $125 for a VV wood box mod of this quality (seeing the various vids and reading on this thread let me know about the quality) is just a silly good deal.

I do have a couple of questions though. I didn't find mentioned anywhere how the VV works. From the vids it looks like there is a small adjustment screw inset into the backside of the PV. I assume that this needs a small screwdriver to adjust it. If so, is there enough space inside the mod to store that screwdriver when you are out and about?

Also there has been mention of a catch cup, so if you over over squonk, the juice just gets sucked back into the atty. It doesn't appear as if the Mark-IVs for sale on the site have this feature. If I was to custom order one in order to get this feature(and to pick out my own wood, inlay combo) how much more would it cost and how long would it take?

Those are the only questions that I have at this point. Any other info from some of the owners would be greatly appreciated though.

I am ready to order one of these mods right now. They look very well designed and made. It also is nice that I don't have go through some ridiculous point and click race in order to buy one.

 

[Drottwiler]

TY vv.......

 

[aziffel]

Hi there, I am very interested in getting one of the Mark-IV VV mods for sale on the the Red Sky site. $125 for a VV wood box mod of this quality (seeing the various vids and reading on this thread let me know about the quality) is just a silly good deal.

I do have a couple of questions though. I didn't find mentioned anywhere how the VV works. From the vids it looks like there is a small adjustment screw inset into the backside of the PV. I assume that this needs a small screwdriver to adjust it. If so, is there enough space inside the mod to store that screwdriver when you are out and about?

Also there has been mention of a catch cup, so if you over over squonk, the juice just gets sucked back into the atty. It doesn't appear as if the Mark-IVs for sale on the site have this feature. If I was to custom order one in order to get this feature(and to pick out my own wood, inlay combo) how much more would it cost and how long would it take?

Those are the only questions that I have at this point. Any other info from some of the owners would be greatly appreciated though.

I am ready to order one of these mods right now. They look very well designed and made. It also is nice that I don't have go through some ridiculous point and click race in order to buy one.

Pm Brian,He's very helpful and a super guy to deal with.

 

[Camp43]

Pm Brian,He's very helpful and a super guy to deal with.

Ok probably should have just done that in the first place

 

[violetvoo]

@Camp43
I love my vv and I dont have a catch cup..mine and the models on the website are tilt and shoot so
they work different then the stand and squeeze do so you're not filling a catch cup, you just tilt it and squeeze
for a couple of seconds. A small SD bit fits inside mine

 

[violetvoo]

TY vv.......

You're most welcome Drott!

 

[Camp43]

Thanks for the information. The feed system looks really good, well thought out. I have a Phidias which I really like, but I wouldn't say that its feed system is it's strongest point.

I am not sure what the small SD bit is though.

 

[violetvoo]

Thanks for the information. The feed system looks really good, well thought out. I have a Phidias which I really like, but I wouldn't say that its feed system is it's strongest point.

I am not sure what the small SD bit is though.

Screwdriver bit..sorry! The vv is an awesome mod! different shaped, thinner and wider and the finish is beautiful
not glossy plastic-ey you can feel the wood! And doesn't leak not one drop!