FEATURE TMC STAGE ELECTRONIC TRAINING SYSTEM
TMC STAGE ELECTRONIC TRAINING SYSTEM
WHILE NOT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO AN RANGE, BEING ABLE TO PRACTICE YOUR SKILLS IS EVERY SERIOUS AIRSOFTER’S IDEAL SCENARIO, ESPECIALLY IF IT ALSO PROVIDES BOTH CHALLENGES AND INSTANT FEEDBACK. STEWBACCA REPORTS FROM TAIWAN, WHERE A PARTICULAR SYSTEM ATTRACTED MORE THAN JUST HIS PASSING ATTENTION…
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hen I arrived in Taiwan back in summer 2017, I began searching out local airsoft shops and gaming sites almost immediately, as well as attending the 22nd Hooha Show within a few weeks of arriving and the first MOA show just before my first Christmas here. Happening upon my local KUI Airsoft store in Zhubei (where my first teaching posting was), north of Hsinchu, one of the larger stores in their chain which has shops in every major city on the island, I was very interested to see that they had an in-store firing range positioned as soon as you entered through the main doors, created in the space between the two rows of display cabinets. At the end was a local Taiwanese-produced XCortech electronic target system, consisting of a control box at the firing point, with ethernet cables running to the target end connected to an array of circular target plates mounted on motorised boxes. These would lift on command and register when they
were shot down, as well as providing green or red LED uplighting for shoot/no-shoot target modes. KUI would become a regular haunt of mine after hours, with me spending many Wednesday evenings there after getting off work, or whichever weekend day I happened to not be actively gaming. I’d hang out there and chat with the store operator Ben, while he helped sell me or service my ever-growing collection of GBB pistols, SMGs and carbines, as well as indoctrinating my colleagues into airsoft and testing out their new guns too. I would naturally gravitate towards running all of my various guns against the clock on their XCortech range, to the point where I wore out some of them and apparently the targets too! I did at least set a speed record for 2.8 seconds on 5 targets with my WE G36C, which I believe still stands and apparently my photo still adorns their range - fame and glory clearly await me! Fast forward two years and I was moving to Taipei
“I WOULD NATURALLY GRAVITATE TOWARDS RUNNING ALL OF MY VARIOUS GUNS AGAINST THE CLOCK ON THEIR XCORTECH RANGE, TO THE POINT WHERE I WORE OUT SOME OF THEM AND APPARENTLY THE TARGETS TOO! I DID AT LEAST SET A SPEED RECORD FOR 2.8 SECONDS ON 5 TARGETS WITH MY WE G36C, WHICH I BELIEVE STILL STANDS AND APPARENTLY MY PHOTO STILL ADORNS THEIR RANGE...” 74
NOVEMBER 2021
