Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20181025042817/@comment-24743922-20181026032243

Kay... I am not a specialist, but I can try my luck at this- I've had some lessons on general dynamics on my Mechanics course. So, sorry if I say something wrong.

About ranges... You guys ever heard of the drag coefficient? It's a thing expressed by a very long and boring mathematical sentence, so I'll just chew it for you guys: the bigger the coefficient, the bigger the impact wind has on the thing.

You have seen it before- on cars and stuff, right? Like, on the Suzuki Swift GTi- see my picture. Hah!- on high speeds, there is a limit on how fast the car can go. After a while, it won't increase its speed, no matter if using a G13B straight-4 engine with 101 HP or one of your V8 LS engines that can produce more than 400 HP. It... Just won't go. That's because of the drag coefficient. After a while, the wind going against the car starts to slow it significantly, so it kinda just stays on the same top speed. BUT depending on the car shape, or if it has any ways to make the wind go another way, the coefficient changes.

The same goes for Nerf darts.

MEGAs weight 2,63g. Accuclones weight 3,26g. The heavier the dart, the more accurate it is, due to the way the weight is positioned on Nerf darts- in the case, on the front. However, the heavier the front, the faster they fall. Because of the drag coefficient.

You know, as you can see here, light stuff goes easy against the wind, deviating from its route, however- as I said, light darts fly more but less accurately. Heavier stuff doesn't. The bigger and heavier, the more the wind has to offer resistance to. So, again, heavy stuff is more accurate but fly less.

BUT the Accuclone darts have their own spoilers- these things on the head are there to help with the dissipation of the wind. The easier the wind flows, the easier they hit the mark. That's there to compensate the bigger weight, which means they are more- drum sound- accurate.

Elliott, could you please test this? I don't have the math as you have, but I am pretty sure, due to the WHOLE THING I wrote, that MEGAs fly farther but you miss more with them, and the Accuclones have a lower range but are way more accurate.

Sorry for the whole text without numbers. I am a humble technician, I don't know a lot about the subject. :(