I did not want to start another topic about a very simple dartsmithing tip I came across. I'm sorry if anyone has already posted about this, I did read the first 4 pages of dart tips before posting this.
Tip: How to know if your darts are equally balanced
Meaning, this will basically tell you if your weight to length ratio of your dart is balanced. It will not tell you if it will work for your gun or every gun. It simply is a method to determine if the length of your stefan is balanced with the amount of weight you are putting in.
Items needed: Custom made darts, an adequate sized bowl, water
Process:
1) Fill the bowl with about 1.5 inches of water
2) Depending on the size of your bowl, place a few darts into the bowl of water
3) Your darts will either flost (almost) perfectly vertical, float vertically at a slant, or the worst case... sink
4) If your darts float perfectly vertical then they are balanced, good job (You can skip the rest of the steps, your done

5) If your darts float but at an angle, the weight of your dart is off, Either your BB/fishing splitshot/etc. is not centered correctly or your hot glue did not cool/dry/harden/etc. equally acros the top of your dart. The hotglue may have also been too hot and melted the inner sides of your dart. In this case that dart will sprial out of control from higher powered Nerf(and spin-off's) guns such as the Titan, BBB, At2k, At3k, LBB, BBBB, etc.
What you can do if your darts are messed up: 1) Scrap the FBR and make little tiny shotgun like darts from them. 2) Salvage the BB 3) Re-melt the glue and reset the BB or fix the hot glue as it re-hardens
-TX