Printed GINORMOUS 320mg and 350mg flippers:
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Boy, do those SLAP! Checkmate!
I think it's because heavier flipper spends more time in flight, so spring has time to pump more energy into it (a = F/m, higher m -> lower a -> longer travel time).
Seems like 5-degree are slappier - also likely because of greater flipper impact energy: those activate deeper, so spring stores more energy at buckling time, resulting in greater force (which should result in flipper reaching the impact faster - but maybe total energy is still higher somehow - who knows..)
Also, 40-degree spring stand slope works, not worse than 45 - but should help with spring catching on the spring slide in assembly. Spring can still catch at the slope and not seat properly - Ellipse's keys not seating properly when spring is not totally vertical are likely exactly this problem: stem molds not being polished enough in the spring guide area, resulting in not smooth enough spring slide.
I found that pressing all the way down and then removing my finger
tothe side has a good chance to reseat the spring properly - at least on my 3D-printed stems.
Tried to print couple solutions to aid re-seating - nothing worked so far, but I'm not out of ideas either.
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