Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20170404045025

Tonight I was comparing some of my new ACC clones ​(pictured here)

to some classic Universal Suction Clones (USCs). The results weren't what I expected.

In stock blasters, the USCs performed much more consistently. The range is not great, but the performance profile is unswerving. At 65≈FPS, time after time USCs shoot incredibly consistently. The Nipple Dart clones, yeah, not so much.

Okay, now double that speed. At 125≈FPS the USCs start to veer off course. But the Nipple Dart clones start to straighten out and become very consistent. Whaaaat ???

I'm going to chalk it up to aerodynamics. A brick at 10 MPH is reasonably stable. But at 400 MPH, it's completely erratic. I think that's what's happening with these two types of darts.

At any rate, lesson learned. At high FPS, lean toward aerodynamic darts. In stock blasters, stick with blunt nosed darts.

Unscientifically, of course. 