I'm Luke with Out of Darts.
Today we're introducing a new member of the Little Rocket family.
This is Mighty Mama.
Three, two, one, go!
The Little Rocket family has been really popular,
and we've had a lot of fun with all of the different variants.
Tark has gone pretty much crazy with all the different options and barrels and ammo types,
and the number one request we keep getting is “I want it to be more powerful.”
So, he made it more powerful.
Tell us about it.
So, this is called the Mighty Mama.
Remember, all our names are alliterations,
so this one has the Caliburn spring and tubing system inside.
You can see it out here; we made a little window for everybody to view.
What makes this one very interesting:
Not only could it fire larger ammo at higher performances,
but (as you saw) we can have a rail version, a non-rail version.
The way we're doing this is we have this detachable Picatinny
that allows you to mount it in three different orientations.
So, you got a Little Rocket, and a Proud Papa all rolled into one mega blaster.
Now obviously, it is considerably larger than our previous Little Rocket blasters,
but that comes with a lot of power behind it.
Tarik and his wife Bree did a ton of work on
actually optimizing and making sure that we could fire this…
The biggest goal with this project for me personally
was for it to fire Mega and for it to fire triple Mega—
Excuse me, mega XL and triple Mega.
Because the Crooked Cousin, Little Rocket,
and Proud Papa really just didn't have the air volume to push…
You can see the size comparison here.
There just wasn't enough air volume there to push such a
large projectile, especially with how inconsistently these are manufactured.
Tell us about the testing process,
about length, and about all the different variations you went through.
Yeah, so we've done a lot of testing.
So, the first thing we always do is like, “the whole point about is about performance.”
So, what I did was I made the ugliest humanly thing I could
print as fast as humanly possible, and I used parts from Breaking wind.
I used the rods and everything; I just reused the parts,
and I was just checking that performance seeing,
“okay, if you make the tubing bigger, what does that do if you make the barrel length longer—"
I mean, “what does that do if you make the length of the plunger tube longer?”
We found out that there's a limit that's been hitting.
We didn't realize this, but these barrels, for instance:
You're going to get a performance increase for the Mega Barrel, but if you use an elite or short
Dart, you're not going to get much performance difference because it's about tube length.
So, this is kind of interesting to learn.
So, with that idea, then we're like, “okay, we don't want three bodies like for Proud Papa.
Can we reduce that?”
So, I started working on a completely new type of clamping system.
So, the first thing you do is make these little,
tiny prints so that we can just make sure this works, and we start building the body.
You can see here each one is a different shape for the corners.
So, doing different [plunger tube heads] …
One of the things with Proud Papa is that it's very thin;
we had to make a very small plunger system.
So, this time we reinforced it; there's a doll pin that goes right through the entire thing.
Then we plugged up the hole, so it looks a little bit better.
It was a really fun process getting to hear from Tarik
on all the spreadsheets of different FPS testings.
They went through endless variations because every time you change one thing,
you've got to test all the different barrels again.
Every time you change the spring, you test all the barrels.
You change the plunger tube; then you test multiple different Springs again.
It's a cascading effect of a lot of data, but in the end,
this is performing really well with that larger plunger tube.
What was the final plunger length on here?
I think it's 70 millimeters.
And that's what I cut for this demo.
I think I was half mil short, but we'll get the jig figured out for that, and we should be good.
So, like we mentioned, this is the same plunger tubing that is used in other
blasters like the Lynx, and it's used in, of course, the TalonClaw and the Caliburn.
So, we've got lots of that around because, as you probably heard,
we’re going to be offering all of the captain slug products since he's moving away.
Because of that larger plunger volume, we got a major kick even with Mega XL.
This also opens up other avenues of being able to do a triple Mega, which I think is awesome,
and we've got a five-round Elite (or, in this case, it's actually 10-round half darts).
Pretty awesome.
I like that.
It's like you can't miss if you're close.
Coming around a corner; just bam!
I really think this is an elegant solution.
One of the things we ran into with the Proud Papa is that because there are four variants:
There's a handheld (Little Rocket), a left, a right, and a vertical…
It means that we've got four different variants to constantly print,
and we've got four different variants to actually store for a single product.
This has really simplified that, and it's a lot more elegant because it's adjustable
you can have those three different positions or use it in your hand.
So, you really can have it four ways, ultimately.
I think Mega XL is just a ton of fun.
We've made these Shield Busters like the Rockets of old, and I think this
is a great way to add Mega to basically any blaster that's of, you know, reasonable size.
So, if you've got a specialty zombie-or specialty Shield- Buster, you've got that option.
This works with all of the previous existing barrels except for one.
Tell us about compatibility.
So, anything that has multiple darts is going to perform better:
Your hyper is going to be performing better…
Your triple -- if you ever had issues sometimes with firing all six of the short darts – now,
you'll definitely be able to pump it out. Don’t worry about that.
Mega, you're getting about 10 FPS more, and we'll be throwing numbers up there
for all these if you're interested (and they will be obviously on the listing as well).
The one that is a problematic child is the inline clip, as usual.
So due to the increased Air volume, you're not firing one Dart anymore.
You're firing two, sometimes all three out this thing.
So, I would say that this is about probably one
that won't work with the Mighty Mama or our variances like Fate adapters.
(If you're not familiar, we made Little Rocket adapter for a lot of different blasters).
So, this one gives you a little bit of a problem, and we're going to try to come up with a matrix
that explains what's compatible with what; whether it's it works, doesn't work, or is recommended.
And we'll put that on the listings as well to make it a little more clear.
But pretty much it's just…
This is problematic with this one because it has too much air volume and then the mega XL Barrel.
While it can work with the Little Rocket, the Proud Papa,
and Crooked Cousin, it doesn't always depending on the fit here.
Sometimes there's just not enough Air volume to fire that off.
Like that one which just went about not even five feet.
So, the mega XL we definitely don't recommend for the smaller plunger tube.
Try it if you like it.
If you get the right fit with a specific Dart,
I found it can work because I did use that in a game, but uh, really where it's at is
increasing the air volume so that you can power through that massive projectile.
So, I know a lot of people have always been requesting rockets,
and yes, we did make a barrel for it.
Now the thing with rockets -- and I can tell you from testing for months,
and that's why you haven't seen it -- is that each rocket is different.
So, some Rockets are going to fire this really well,
and sometimes the Rockets are not going to fire well.
So that's just a little disclaimer.
But, as anything else, you can just pop out that Barrel in
(and this is a beefy prime, I should say), and then you can fire off.
You're getting pretty good distances with it as long as the rocket is behaving.
(And that's just manufacturing differences.
Sometimes even the same manufacturer will have different fits for their Rockets.)
So, one thing in this whole system allows us to do is make very interesting barrels.
So, this is not a barrel that we're not sure if we're going to be selling or not,
but this is a y-hopper Barrel.
If you don't know what this is, then welcome to the Hobby.
This is one of the oldest things, but it is a Twist cap;
you can load four short darts in here, pop it in, and it'll fire.
Like I said, it's a little bit temperamental, and it needs a little bit more work.
But if this is something everybody's interested in,
we have no problem adding it as an extra Barrel to our system.
I just had the great opportunity to play a good SENC old-school game with all Y-Hoppers and such.
It was quite fun.
I can see how, when those came along, they actually dominated everything.
Additionally, it's also worth noting that these new barrels, the mega XL, the triple
mega, and the five-shot, and the rocket are also great options for the Fate Little Rocket adapter.
Here I’ve got the Fate. This is actually the stock spring, and that has plenty of power there.
And, if you go with the upgrade spring that we sell, you get even more oomph out of it.
So, we mentioned before that barrel length matters,
and I know people love being snipers, so we created a sniper Barrel.
The sniper Barrel is just a longer version for short darts.
Now we did try with brass and without brass, and I can tell you it made no performance difference.
If you don't believe me, you can look at the numbers yourself;
you're gaining one FPS for a lot of brass that you have to insert.
So, yeah, for those people who are interested in the “sniper mode,” you can add it for this.
You can add it to the Fate Blaster too.
So, if you want your darts to be fired even further, put a short dart onto that.
What kind of performance are we seeing on
the normal spring for the Mighty Mama and sniper Barrel?
So, the sniper barrel for Mighty Mama is 140 FPS.
Not bad.
So, you're going from 110 to 140; you're getting about 25 FPS improvements.
Pretty big difference.
That's great.
Additionally, there's another nice little Easter egg here as well.
This is a great Mega XL Barrel.
It's also a versatile Barrel.
The inside diameter here happens to be elite,
so what that means is you can shove in a single Elite or [up to] three short darts…
And they do pack a punch.
And so now when somebody thinks you're out of Mega XLs, you actually have short darts in there.
Wait! question:
Can I fire…
You know where I'm going with this.
Yes, I have no idea.
We're gonna find out right now!
And then if it doesn't work, I'm Gonna Be Sad.
Okay, so this is three short darts plus –
They're gonna be like inside it.
Yes, you're gonna fire inside…
Let's see what happens.
I pull the trigger of the Lynx(!)
I saw it fly.
Is there anyone left in there?
No, they're all gone.
It can fire three completely pointless darts.
They're still inside the mega.
Wait, I'm gonna get it.
Hold on; I’ll bring it back here.
Two of them!
Okay, so that's really pointless because two of them are still inside the dart.
Well, in cases in your games if these were Shield
Busters (but doesn’t tag the player), this also takes out the player behind it.
I just like that it's a backup because that's a pretty beefy three shots.
I think that's gonna be my loadout of choice there.
We hope you enjoy this new Blaster.
I think this is a really huge improvement over the previous system.
It's obviously a lot larger, so it doesn't work everywhere,
but I'm really excited for this one, and I think it's going to see a lot of more practical use.
It's probably the most practical out of all the ones we've made so far,
just given the performance and the wide range of ammo type compatibility.
You can see with this new power, we can add some very funny barrels.
So, if you have an idea for a barrel.
Maybe you want a 10-shot barrel, 12-shot…
I don't know what I can push it to, but we can play around.
So let us know what you want.
Do you want five megas being fired?
Two Mega XLs?
Maybe it fires three different types of ammo simultaneously?
That sounds fun.
Instead of just lining it up like that, you have three short darts next to a mega.
Thanks for watching!
Let us know if you have any questions about the whole system compatibility or ideas for
a different Barrel type that we haven't thought of yet, down in the comments.
Until next time:
This is Tarik, I'm Luke...
And I'm out of darts.