CAN CANNON STARBURST PELLETS

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Having had success with my can cannon pellets, I wanted to up the ante a bit. I got the idea for these from an anime called Trigun. One of the characters totes what appears to be a minigun but it fired what I call stun batons; long cylinders of unknown material that open from the front into a rather large "+" shape as they went down range to strike an opponent. I opted to have my design deploy 5 "petals" rather than 4 for balance and bore fitment. The first is a simple fold open type assisted by a rubber band wrapped around the tabs at the base. The second version has the petals shaped so that, with any luck, airflow over them would help induce a spin to the round increasing accuracy and stability in flight. Both versions have support material included in the part/stl files and it performs quite well, but YMMV. I can upload non support versions upon request. I have not test fires these yet so I have no idea if they will work. Hoping to get better weather soon so I can launch them and get it on video.