Jeff Siewert
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So so the foster slugs are a bit of a I think the word I want to use is enigma.
So they start off as this, you know, kind of hollow based dome shape that you see on the on the far left hand side where it says foster slug.
And, you know, it's got a big cavity in the base.
I know a federal uses what they call their true ball design where they put a little plastic ball underneath that thing to help it maintain shape during the launch.
But, but basically the lead has such high density and such low yield strength that it
When it exits the tube, if it doesn't have that little true ball underneath it, it's going to come out like the picture in the middle.
It looks like a dinner plate flying flat face on.
And so as a result, that is quite high drag, which limits the range, which is one of the desirable features of it.
But it also doesn't have anything for stability.
It doesn't have gyro stability.
It doesn't have static stability.
The only reason that it is able to do what it does so well is it's, okay, in other words, as the bullet yaws, as it tilts relative to its velocity vector, it can't generate much energy.
lift to swerve the thing off the flight line, okay?
And then, yeah, if you go look at Tau Flater Maus on YouTube, he's got a high-speed video of foster slugs, and they do rotate, but it's pretty slowly, okay?
So that helps from a dispersion standpoint, group size standpoint.
But it's not enough spin to actually stabilize, okay?