Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20181104032833

Tonight's project (drumroll please...) the AfterBurer Rev1 from our friends over at BlasterCore. This is a Nerf compatible front attachment flywheel cage that can be screwed onto the front of any blaster that has a barrel attachment point. Want to turn your LongShot into a flywheel blaster ? It's possible. Want to upgrade your stock Stryfe into a NIC level blaster ? No problem.

So here's how the AfterBurner works. Most blasters, even moderately upgraded ones, shoot darts between 60 and 120 feet per second. An afterburner sits in front of the barrel and catches the dart as it shoots out, then accelerates it even faster using a better set of motors, flywheels, and batteries. Conceptually, it's pretty simple. Right ?

But holy cannoli, trying to find anyone who's willing to post simple before-and-after FPS readings for their afterburner is next to impossible. The web is full of the maths, but no concrete results. So in the interest of transparency, that's exactly what I intend to do.

To be fair, the BlasterCore AfterBurner needed some minor detailing and sanding to get it to fit together properly. Nothing a woodworking chisel and some sand paper couldn't fix. If you're looking for "out of the box" plug-n-play compatibility, this isn't for you. But if you've got any basic Nerf skillz, this baby's for you.

Okay, I started this build with a pair of Artifact 50K RPM motors. They weren't suitable as primary motors because they burned the crap out of every dart I tried them with. And for all that wear and tear, the max FPS was only about 119. So yeah, 50K might be definitely way past the glass ceiling.

But as an afterburner, I think these motors might be perfect. So I swapped out the motors on my favorite Stryfe with a set of Fang Revamps. Even if the afterburner is a complete fail, the Stryfe will still stand on its own as a decent blaster.

So that's where I ended the evening. The Fangs are in, the Artifacts are transplanted into the AfterBurner, rewires are needed all around.

Dayum. Stryfes, AfterBurners, motors, sandpaper, screwdrivers, chisels. Dang, this was a really good day. 