Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27058814-20170906215557/@comment-27306930-20170907225501

LeTesla wrote: Here's the thing though: They should also be more aerodynamic than Elite Darts, so maybe a bullet-tip shaped head with velcro, but make it the same size as an Accustrike Dart head. Here's the thing LT, we already know from our experiences with ACCurate darts that a bullet shaped tip does nothing to increase aerodynamics. In fact, everything we were taught about aerodynamics in grade school turns out to be false.

For example the actual shape of free-falling rain drops as they achieve maximum aerodynamic efficiency looks something like the top of a hamburger bun, with the flat side forward. High speed photography has revealed that  in larger raindrops, the cross section resembles the shape of a kidney bean, with the concave side facing forward.

As we see empirically when comparing darts, the most consistent variety actually have flat heads. By extension, a flat tipped tagger dart should perform optimally.

Science prevails !