Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-30049823-20190708030947/@comment-30049823-20190711041139

Well this recipe isn't cheap, but it's very easy and extremely quick.

Ingredients and Instructions:

From Home Depot, grab:

- Foam SS pipe insulation, 1/2" inside diameter, $2.30 for a 6' length with self-sealing adhesive on it.

- A 3/4"x9/16" rubber stopper (found in the nuts&bolts hardware drawers), $1.06



Cut a 5" piece of the pipe insulation, peel off the yellow adhesive covers, and CAREFULLY stick them together.  They bond INSTANTLY, so if you don't align the inside edges for a nice smooth seal, throw it away and cut another 5" piece.

Shove the rubber stopper into one end, narrow end pointing outwards. Grab two ordinary twist ties and crimp the end around the rubber stopper as tightly as you can get it.

Ta-friggin-da, stick it in your launcher and fire it.

Testing/Performance Analysis:



In a Demolisher, it actually outperformed the Hasbruh missile in both distance AND accuracy (!).

In a Modulus launcher, well, it can't compete because that sucker can throw a Hasbruh missile across the entire width of my house.

Here's why I think it works so well without any sculpting or aerodynamicizing or fins or ANYTHING: Center Of Mass.

I don't have a precise scale, but their weights are "similar". But, when I balance them on a DQ spoon (#scienceometercheap) to see where the center of mass is, that rubber stopper is clearly the dominant force.

(The pic is a top-down view so you'll just have to take my word for it that neither missile is touching the pyrex dish, or anything else except the red DQ spoon)

Unfortunately, that rubber stopper is also the most expensive part. So I also picked up a 3/4" dowel to cut up for use as nose-plugs.  Yeah, wood is a little harder than rubber, but if I make them a little longer and glue a bit of foam OVER the front end of the dowel piece, nobody will know my missiles have wood.