you should make a mussel loaded version of this, using brass tubing as a barrel then using a similar setup to shoot but use a nylon cap behind the dart so it wont explode, and use more flash cotton to give it more power, maybe even use a revolving capacsiter holder that not only holds multiple shots but also recharges them
You need to stuff a slightly slower burning charge into the nose. It will ignite after the nitrocellulose and act as base bleed or like a sustainer motor, and significantly increase the range. You could also fashion some sort of converging/diverging nozzle to tuck into the end to optimize specific impulse, that should increase the range too.
Idea for improvement: using a small metal tube that fits inside the dart and is sealed on the capacitor side. The expandig gases could then accelerate the dart over a much longer distance.
You could also do Neodymium - Iron - Bore permanent launcher and a coil in the nerf bullet. With that kind of capacitor in the launcher you can achieve very powerful shots without burning your nerf projectiles
Add a "barrel" over the cap that is the full length of the interior of the dart. That should contain the gasses for longer and I imagine would shoot MUCH farther than the regular Nerf guns.
@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 Funnily enough it literally is, all modern smokeless powder (usually just referred to as gunpowder nowadays) is granulated nitrocellulose aka flashcotton coated in a thin layer of graphite powder. All the graphite does is prevent the granules from clumping and make it harder to ignite without an intentional ignition source. It literally Is the same thing. No wonder its effective lol.
this was my first thought as well. it would also have the added benefit of increased accuracy since the flash cotton would be mostly expended before the dart left the tube, so it would work less as a rocket with no fins and more as a launched projectile that uses the body of the dart for stability.
The problem you were having with the bulk of the combustible methods was a lack of oxidizer. "A syringe full of gasoline" isn't going to do a whole lot without being well mixed with air. A gas engine has to essentially mist gasoline into a volume of air, that is then compressed and ignited. The guncotton chemically "has it's own air" and doesn't require a whole lot else to go bang.
This actually has a pretty interesting practical use. With something like this you could design an airsoft gun with no charging mechanism. All airsoft guns need to pull a spring back, electronically spin a wheel launcher, or use some other manual mechanism because the darts aren't self propelling. With this you could make practical airsoft guns that have basically as many limits as a conventional one. We could finally see a true lever action airsoft, a break action airsoft, or a full auto without whirring noises. Has great commercial potential (as well as great video topic potential)
@@JoelCreates - Mhm. Mhm. I see. So, what you're saying is... if you build all the bad ideas there could possibly be, the only things remaining, by process of elimination, are the good ideas! ... I think this is what other makers think of you, but with only the bad ideas.
im not sure there would be space for it. im not an engineer, but on the outside is dangerous for whatever measures the speed, and the inside is where the spring and combustion is happening. unless you add a completely new area inside seperated from the combustion, which would be difficult for people at home still would be cool as hell
The best Fuel to use for such a small thing is HHO, its already at the perfect stoichiometric air/fuel ratio and will ignite with a tiny static spark and it packs one helluva punch, oh and the best part is its free, doesn't cost a thing
On the one hand I'm the tiniest bit sad it's not an entirely self propelled nerf dart. On the other that is ridiculously cool how you managed to get everything to work so well at such a small scale.
I'm gonna need to see a Part 2 where you attempt some of the improvements suggested by your rocket scientist comment section. The interior charge tube and dual-stage/dual-density fuel in particular sound lit.
My suggestion for the flash cotton nerf "gun" is to give it tubing so that all the combustion of the flash cotton will be directed forward to the rubber tip of the dart, so that the foam body of the dart doesn't have to experience excessive pressure.
I thought you'd make a tiny tiny QEV cannon. Plus the Presta valve can handle that tiny volume if only you use a pinless female valve adaptor, and unplug the valve adaptor while holding the Presta valve upside down so as to make a gravity spring.
"The most effective weapon of all is to be underestimated." Flamme and Frieren can attest to this. Nerf Heavy Weapons Guy: Some people think they can outsmart me. Maybe, maybe. I've yet to meet one that can outsmart dart.
"There's gasoline in here and it's making a spark! Why won't it ignite?" Because gasoline isn't flammable. It's combustible. However, gasoline *vapor* is explosive. Now all you need is a tiny carburetor.
If you made a small tube with one end capped off into the dart and using the capacitor, you can really load up on fuel and reduce the risk of popping the dart foam.
I have a solution for your problem with the side buttons. I think You could modify a glove and on any Finger attach a loop at the top in which you put the darts. Then you only need to press on the button of the darts and let it flow.
I would absolutely love to see a nerf gun that uses a capacitor to ignite nerf bullets that have the wool stuffed in them, the barrel wouldn't only help the nerf dart to build speed but you could probably add more wool as the barrel should hold the foam together as it ignites very similar to how your plastic sheeting is protecting it and then by the time it comes out of the barrel, it will have left all that pressure behind
With such low volume of combustion occurring you'd need a righteous amount of expansion forces. If you want a chemical solution, a peroxide reaction may be your best option, if done correctly you could essentially make an improvised 2 stage rocket. You "could" make that fit into the profile of a nerf dart, but the machining required to make an O2 engine that small would probably be counter intuitive. I guess this idea is more in the vein of a missile rather than a thrown projectile but it could totally work
We need 3d printed shells with flash cotton at the bottom and a heating element. Det Nerf gun will administer the shock to the shell. Shell ejecting semi auto without the flywheels or big springs
To fill them, you should put them in a pipe and pressurise the pipe so the pressure opens and closes the valve. This should allow them to stay pressurised.
In the foam blasting community we call them there's a huge difference between the real thing and a blaster blaster isn't deadly in a blaster isn't intended for force its intended for fun ✌️😁
My guy is using Streamline darts with an N-Strike Barricade... It's not gonna work that well because the Barricade was meant to fire the old suction cup and sonic whistler darts which have a larger head than the Streamline darts like old Clip System darts, Elite Darts, and Adventure Force Waffle darts
But technically it does not fire itself if you have to press a button to make it fire. It is also not self propelled if the spring mechanism is a separate piece that doesn't go with it.
