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[ice]

So I just finished modifying my Nitron, re-wired the whole thing (to skip all the electronic locks), took out some physical locks, and hooked it up to a 12v 2000MAH RC battery. The fly wheel is no considerably louder, much more so then just 3 volts should have increased it by, but I'm thinking, since there's so much less wire, maybe the current stays stronger as it reaches the motor? Anyway, I put the whole thing back together, and went outside with a 10 shot clip to range test it, having 8 discs loaded. They all traveled considerably far, maybe in the 80-90 foot range. I went found 7 of said 8 discs, reloaded my mag, and shot again, this time only hitting about 40-50 feet. Puzzeled and unhappy, I loaded the same discs a third time, in which they barely went 10 feet. It's kind of a hazy day here in PA, but it wasn't raining really, just that the grass is moist. When the discs landed in the wet grass, they didn't feel wet themselves, but maybe they got heavier? I went inside and brought out fresh discs, and they flew the original 80-90 foot range, and then decreased range each consecutive time I shot them, just like the first batch of discs. Then I used another group of fresh discs inside, shooting from my room, down a hall, into the living room, hitting a wall 60 feet away consistently every time (though the discs weren't very accurate, they maintained there velocity and hit the wall every time for each round I fired them).

I've obiously come to the conclusion that water, even the very little bit that touched the disc's, none of which seemed to soak in, either makes the discs heavier, or changes there grip on the fly wheel, so they don't spin as well.

My question is, has anyone else seen this same thing happening to there Nitrons? I'm also interested to see if anyone can test this with a stock nitron and tell me there results.



Interested with said data, I just went outside with my stock Praxis. Discs went 50-60 the first time (dry). Then, I reloaded the discs (which had landed in the grass) and fired them again (8 shots). Almost every single disc went out straight about 10 feet, then abruptly turned vertical and flew right of me. Being that this blaster is stock, I'm rather upset, cause it's not something that I'm doing wrong, it's that the product literally doesn't work with even the slightest bit of moister. Most nerf war attendees will see this as as big of a problem as I am if they planned on doing anything at all with the vortex series blasters, assuming the other two smaller variants preform the same was as the two larger ones. If you have a small vortext blaster, or a stock Nitron, please preform this same test and post your results, for the benefit of the community, and hopefully someone will have an explanation better then "Cause it's wet".

Thank you

Edited by ice, 21 September 2011 - 04:36 PM.

[Ivan S]

I've had similar problems with wet darts in my clip modded barricade. Losing grip from moisture is probably the most likely explanation. Maybe if you were to put grip tape on the flywheels it would help some.

Edited by Ivan S, 21 September 2011 - 07:22 PM.

[Exo]

I've jumped my Barricade all the way up to 18 volts, (Why the hell not?) and I noticed the same thing, but for a different reason. It was because of the OVSRF (Over Voltage Self Resetting Fuse) it's a little orange or yellow disc somewhere near the battery box. The batteries would feed less and less power, and they were fresh batteries, and they would slowly peeter out, then it you lefr it for a while, they would "charge" back up and put out full power. You may or may not be experiencing that phenomenon, or it may be the water.

OR, it may be that the wheels are softening up the foam, and making it less succpetible to the acceleration of the wheels, kind of like how old darts are always slightly looser than new darts. Or it could be the water.

I've noticed that my proton (different internals, I know, but) isn't exactly the most accurate blaster either. Just based on an infintessimal hair of angle, it will totally change the range of the gun, it's probably because of the air under the disc and the angle of the disc. Or it could be the water.

[MultiNerfMods]

That happens both with my Praxis. I have to compensate for it by curving (kinda like a loser over long range). I haven't found a solution though other then adjusting my aim, or leading the target to hit the person. Then again I still have to crack my Praxis open and mess with the internals

[thefreelongshot]

it happens with all vortex guns the disc either get heavier from the water or they get soggy and wet.