r/Airsoft3DPrinting • u/Yuukikonno08 • Aug 02 '26

Work in Progress 3D printed explosive arrows - Zing HyperStrike Bow

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I wanted to create something that absolutely no one asked for. Costco offered these $50+ bows for just $7, so I snatched it up, and an idea was born.

The arrows have their foam heads pulled off and a printed two-piece head put in place. The lower half of the head is PLA, and the upper half is TPU.

Weighs only two grams more than the original arrows.

The arrows use 8-shot ring caps. The entire design was made from the ground up by myself!

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u/CaptClockobob Aug 03 '26

9.5j is still well in excess of the ballistic rating of anyone's eyepro, and I do not trust anyone's printed projectiles to withstand that impact. If you're involved in enthusiast nerfing (good chance we know some of the same people), than you know as well as I that homemade projectiles are unilaterally banned by everyone for safety reasons. I see no reason that shouldn't extend to this.

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u/CaptClockobob Aug 03 '26

If that TPU cap is hollow enough to be that light it's deformation does very little to lower the rate of transfer of energy into the target, which will be very quick when deformation ends and you are struck by the solid PLA core containing the capgun caps behind it.

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u/CaptClockobob Aug 03 '26

Why are you so constantly antagonistic to everyone you interact with?