Why do nerf darts fly straight?

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Fri Aug 09, 2019 8:04 pm

As above, they fly well considering they dont have fletchings or spin?
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Sun Aug 11, 2019 4:03 pm

Section density. Head heavy with light tail. Will fly straighter if it had fins. I had plans to print a rifled barrel for a nerf gun and test out but haven't got the time.
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wyz2285 wrote:Section density. Head heavy with light tail.
Also a high-drag tail.

Relevant discussion and testing.
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