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The airsoft electronic gun AEG is really a fairly simple mechanical device with very little electronics to it. Using mechanical means, it can provide three selector modes: safe, semi-auto, and full-auto. But the most popular airsoft gun in the United States is the M4 (AR15 replica), which is used heavily in the U.S. military. The real M4 fires in three shot burst, a feature that is not easy to achieve in a mechanical airsoft gun with simple electronics.
That's where Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2comes into the picture. The Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 not only provides multi-burst features, but acts as a MOSFET, LiPO and LiFePO battery protection, a resettable fuse, and other features that only sophisticated electronics can provide to an AEG. Before we go into each of the features in detail, let's take a look at the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2.
Cross-Reference
We actually purchased the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2in order to provide semi-auto mode to an AEG that only has full-auto mode. See our Fixing Your AEG Broken Trigger Post article.
The Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 came in a yellow packing envelope. Luckily, I live in the same vicinity as its vendor headquarter, so I received the product a day after it shipped. Inside the yellow packing envelop, the content is stored inside a ziplock bag.
The photo below shows the ziplock bag content; the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2, two red wires for permanently installing the product in your AEG (optional), two shrink wrap tubes, and instruction sheet.
The newer Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 is actually smaller than the Burst Wizard King Kong Elite. There is a size comparison photo on the vendor web site. The Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 is the size of two dimes place side by side. The entire unit is shrink wrapped in a black tube with a label (see photo below).
There are two ways to install the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2. One, it's a plug-and-play unit where you plug it into the AEG where you'd normally plug in your battery (see photo below), then you plug the battery into the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2. One nice feature of the plug-and-play method is that you can move the unit from one AEG to another quickly. The other way is similar to the first way, except you also permanently solder the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2, with the supplied wires, to the trigger connector. In this second way, you can't move the Burst Wizard King Kong elite from one AEG to another. But it provides a few important features that is unavailable in the plug-and-play manner.
Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 comes in two versions: 1) a Deans connector version; and 2) a mini-Tamiya version. We ordered the mini-Tamiya version. The instruction sheet says to plug the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 into the AEG first, and then plug the battery into the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2. It doesn't warn or say what would happen if you do it in reverse. My guess is that it doesn't hurt because the trigger contact is open anyways. But we haven't actually tried that.
Five seconds after plugging the battery into the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 unit, the LED stays on to let you know that the unit is ready for operation. If you squeeze the trigger any time within the five seconds after plugging in the battery, the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 goes into programming mode (see the "Programability" section below).
There are many other burst control units on the market. However, most other units I see costs $100 and up. Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 is priced at $40. The only other units I seen at the price is the Burst Avocado. However, I couldn't find a place to order the Burst Avocado anywhere in the U.S. Other more expensive units also seem to have some availability issues.
So far, it seems that you can easily order the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 from its AEG Wizard vendor web site. It's also available on Airsoft GI, AirSplat, and Amazon.
During our review of Burst Wizard King Kong Elite, it smoked and failed. We suspected a defective unit and contacted the vendor during the day. An hour later the vendor contacted us and asked us to ship the defective unit back for a replacement. Since we were in the same vicinity, we received the replacement unit the next day. The customer service seems to be extremely prompt and reliable.
At the time, the newer Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 unit is out on the market. So we received the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 for this review.
Cross-Refernce
We originally had the Burst Wizard King Kong Elite. Then we got the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2. You can see our review of the original product here: Burst Wizard King Kong Elite Review.
Last weekend, I went to an indoor CQB airsoft field with the APS ASR106 Mini Patriot M4, which I installed the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 into. The Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 was programmed for single round burst.
Half way into the first game on the field, the gun stopped firing. After sitting out to mess with the gun in the second game, I found that the gun fires without the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2. Apparently, the battery does not have enough power to drive the gearbox after Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 had pulled down its voltage.
My APS ASR106 Mini Patriot M4 has always been a battery hog. Only my 9.6v NiMH battery has been able to drive it. Nothing less will drive it for too long. Sadly, the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 draws enough power to drop the voltage beneath the threshold. With the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2, I'd probably have to move up to LiPO or LiFePO.
So in your application, you'd probably need to go one battery grade up to use the Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2. For example, if you are using a 7.2v battery now, you may need to move up to a 8.4v battery.
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