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Originally Posted by Mitchell12
Oh ok I think I see what your getting at, Though I am very interested in this project.
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Agreed. This could still be a "magic bullet" in terms of superior accuracy, even if the range is marginally shorter (on that note, I can only speculate on the actual amount of fps lost....the overall loss of FPS may be only nominal).
Just going to have to wait for some test results
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Originally Posted by kalnaren
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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I'm going to agree with you on that theory. However, a foot ball is tapered from end to end, where as their suggested design not only has the spherical head common to our BBs, but it also has an abrupt tail along with those two ribs along its width.
The abrupt tail will inherently cause drag, causing the BB to travel straight (similar to how the fins on an arrow keep the arrow straight behind the arrow head), and the "ribs" will also create drag. Unfortunately, I see nothing in the design that would create lift....where as lift is created with typical BBs when a back spin is applied through use of a hop up.
Again, I'd love to see test results once they become available (based on the same weight of BB and using the same spring, with results measured over various distances).
That, and the use of teflon may be an issue. Teflon is completely non bio degradeable, and this may limit your selling market (ie, Finland has a stipulation (By Law, where all airsoft BBs they use must be BIO BBs). Not so in Canada, but just a note.
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