N-Strike vs Elite Round 5: Elite Rapidstrike CS-18 vs N-Strike Stampede ECS

Today's comparison post will be of Nerf's two full-auto clip (mag) system blasters. Hopefully this will keep you guys occupied until I get my Rapidstrike review done.

HFCBE - Nerf Stampede ECS

The Stampede ECS was Nerf's first full auto clip (mag) system blaster, and came with 3 of the extremely popular 18 clips. It is electric, meaning its ROF is totally independent of the user's strength or skill. So how fast can a Stampede fire?

7.2v
Time: 7.2sec
No. darts: 17
ROF: 2.22dps or 133.3dpm

~16v
Time: 3.97
No. darts: 18
ROF: 4.28dps or 256.9dpm

Loadouts 3: Defence

Scenario Description: Player has reasonably good cover and lots and lots of ammo. When necessary player can call backup from teammates. Player is guarding important item (e.g. flag in CTF) or important area (e.g. home base). Ideally opponents are exposed and vulnerable when attacking. Player has defined the field of combat so as to give themselves the biggest advantage and give the opponents the biggest disadvantage.
Keys to Victory: Intimidation can be just as effective (if not more) as actually tagging your opponents. Scared opponents are less dangerous than confident and fearless opponents. Ability to cope with numerous opponents in a small timeframe - a well organised team will attack as one. Manipulate your environment to your advantage. Make your opponents fight on your terms, not theirs. If you can do this effectively, you could defeat even the best and most well equipped player with something as humble as the Jolt or Nitefinder.
Unnecessary Burdens: Numerous blasters - a well equipped player should only need 2-3 blasters at most. A well equipped defender should only need one or two blasters, although backups can be useful for certain blasters.

Loadouts 2: Heavy Fire Support

Scenario Description: Close-mid range team based encounters. General engagement ranges ~7-12m. Generally numerous, small teams instead of few, large teams. May or may not have numerous obstacles obstructing lines of fire. Player has taken role of fire support for team. Where necessary player provides fire support for team, and where necessary team protects player.
Keys to Victory: Rapid fire blasters with reasonably high capacity, preferably easy to reload. Reasonable range - does not have to shoot particularly far. Must be able to effectively spray darts at opponents, idealistically suppressing or tagging them. Large amounts of ammo. Fearlessly spray opponents, even when under heavy attack.
Unnecessary Burdens: Sidearms - your team covers you when you reload, more than one blaster (with exceptions) - unnecessary weight and bulk

Nerf Stampede ECS SMG Test Vids

Some vids to test my Stampede ECS SMG.

ROF is about 4dps (I think).

Ranges up to about 23m flat (75ft). Accuracy is almost nonexistent.
EDIT: Probably don't give these ranges much stock.

All in all it's a great rushing and spamming blaster but it definitely sucks at accuracy.

Nerf Stampede ECS SMG War Review

Name: Stampede ECS SMG
Capacity Used: 18 + spare
Range: 10-13m
ROF: 4-5dps (full auto)
Mods: AR removal, air release hole plug, minimisation, 4AA battery conversion, voltage increase, sling point add (not in pic)
Point of View: Opponent

Scenario: Outdoor, 2v2v2 TDM
Other blasters: Rayven (voltage increase, me), 2*AT (stock), Recon (stock), Deploy (AR removal)
Facing the Stampede SMG, even with a blaster like the Rayven, is an incredibly daunting task. From a 3rd person view of the Stampede's usage, it's scary. It can spew out a great rate of fire with ease, and the person wielding the Stampede was also particularly agile, which made it difficult to approach. The Stampede's accuracy was terrible, as one person commented they wouldn't get hit if they stood still, but the agility of the person wielding the Stampede coupled with the Stampede's spammability made it a fearsome combo.

Overall, the Stampede was effective in close quarters, and had high intimidation factor, but was vulnerable to long range blasters (none of which were present).

Update on Stampede ECS SMG

Did more (horrible) work on my Stampede SMG.

 

Overall Shot.

Nerf Stampede Test Fire

A simple test fire of my Stampede ECS SMG. It has 4 14500 Trustfire batteries for an extremely high ROF.
EDIT: Please don't use Trustfires, especially for high draw blasters like the Stampede. Use eFest, AW or Windyfire IMRs.

Approx 4 seconds of full auto.
18 darts.
18/4=4.5 dps.
4.5*60=270 darts per minute.

Comparison: Nerf Rayven CS-18 vs Stampede ECS

This is a comparison of Nerf's two electronic CS blasters.

Nerf Stampede ECS SMG

Some mods I did to my Stampede:
-Minimisation (cutting and removing lots of extra bits)
-Use of 4*AA battery holder (reduced weight compared to 6D battery tray)

The first is a bare Stampede SMG, the other three are tacticooled versions.

Credit for original Stampede SMG mod goes to SG Nerf: link.

EDIT:
New version with a silncer hot glued on. Obviously doesn't actually silence anything, but looks cool.

Comparison: Nerf Stampede ECS vs Alpha Trooper CS-18

Well I had some time to kill, so I thought I'd write this up.

This is a comparison post of the Stampede ECS vs the Alpha Trooper CS-18.

Stampede Mods

I've done the following mods to my Stampede:
-AR removal
-Air release hole filled
-'Servulus' spring (10+kg load)
For indoor wars, I use the stock spring (no need for epic ranges).

Ranges:
Stock spring:
Streamlines: 13-14m
Lite/Heavy silis: 14-15m

Serv spring:
Streamlines: 25m
Heavy silis: 30m or so

I highly recommend the Serv springs, which can be purchased off Oznerf from 'Servulus'.

Nerf Stampede ECS Usage Tips

My usage tips for using the Stampede.

Nerf Stampede ECS Review

The Stampede ECS is the legendary 9-9-10 blaster. Pics of it emerged on the internet many months before its release, and it was also found in some markets in Asia before the release date. It's speculation is well deserved - 3*18 dart extended clips (mags), a 6 dart clip (mag), a tac-rail blast shield, a foregrip/bipod and a full-auto clip (mag) fed system.

Nerf N-Strike 2010 New Releases

This post is essentially a list of all the stuff released in 2010 that I'm aware of.