Future of Hop Up?

[Fluffy Boy 32]

Found this in my subscription box and thought I'd share it. Will this be a good idea or are there flaws to this design?


Opinions?

[paparker21]

can't really see anything about the design. I'm not even sure what he's saying; he at one point says that it uses metal not rubber, and then shortly after says 'will keep the bb from rolling down from the rubber'. So i really can't tell whether he is, or is not, using a rubber bucking. If he's using a full metal hopup with no bucking, then no- i dont think its the future. too much variance and it requires the barrel and hop unit mate perfectly for airseal. This immediately kills swapping in and out aftermarket barrels to some degree.

I think a much more realistic alternative to the future of hopup, is what's being discussed at this link: http://www.airsoftforum.com/board/Flat-Hop-t220183.html

What theyre doing is moving away from cylindrical nubs, or even SCS / H-nubs to a long flat nub. They're trying to generate a more consistent hopup by generating a more consistent duration of bb to bucking contact. If you notice, long range groupings will not be perfectly circular, in fact, they'll be quite oval-- they'll be much taller than they are wide. Thats because you're getting a good central spin (through the help of shaped nubs) but the contact is very quick and often inconsistent. These flat nubs with long contact times are helping alleviate that, and are bringing those groupings back to circles as opposed to remaining oblong. They're claiming gains of 50' effective range on some of them!