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Old November 7th, 2008, 09:38   #98
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Originally Posted by Sha Do View Post
I see some misconceptions in what you have posted above in the aspect that your proposed design actually has a much larger surface area than a standard airsoft BB. This in itself would creat greater drag and would overall increase the rate of which the BB loses velocity (ie, shortens the overall effective range).
Not necessarly true. A sphere is a horribly innefficient aerodynamic shape. Something that is streamlined with create less drag despite having a greater overall surface area.

For example, a football creates far less drag than a sphere of equal diameter, despite that fact that the football has more surface area.
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