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In a recent discussion in the "BGF Speed club" thread, NightKnight asked me to make a cone with the back end taped off to see if there is an effect in speed. I grasped the basic idea of the theory, (which I can't explain
, but I understood it enough to do something a bit different, in the attempts to reach the goal of improved speed.
I made two darts for the test.
A standard dart for the control
A prototype to test.
I took a number of shots with both darts to get an average of each.
I won't give exact speeds, but I did manage to get a 20% average increase in speed with the prototype. Lowest was 5% and highest 25%.
I am still working on a better balance with the weight of the darts, and with all of the other variables to project concrete data for the test is quite difficult (for me at least). However, the test was worthy enough to see that the chane affected the speed in the positive. It seems to me at least.
Pics below are of the two darts used.
I made two darts for the test.
A standard dart for the control
A prototype to test.
I took a number of shots with both darts to get an average of each.
I won't give exact speeds, but I did manage to get a 20% average increase in speed with the prototype. Lowest was 5% and highest 25%.
I am still working on a better balance with the weight of the darts, and with all of the other variables to project concrete data for the test is quite difficult (for me at least). However, the test was worthy enough to see that the chane affected the speed in the positive. It seems to me at least.
Pics below are of the two darts used.
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