My 14 yr old son got a dart board for his birthday recently. Not the old school bristle board with needle sharp brass pointed darts, rather the modern “soft tip” dart board that scores a mind-numbing number of games automatically and even heckles you as you play.
We have had a lot of fun and are learning about the game of darts along the way. We researched how to properly mount the board the correct height from the floor and where to stand to “throw” the darts and how to replace the tips and keep the flights straight.
We have purchased better tips and better flights and in this pursuit I learned that one can actually have CUSTOM flights made….so this “might” happen:
I was surprised to learn that there are several shapes for flights:
Both the shape and total surface area come into play during a throw. The heavier the dart and the faster you throw, the more surface area you need to keep the dart “flight” path straight. The lighter the dart and the slower the throw, the smaller and more aerodynamic flight you need to keep from slowing the dart down and making it “float”.
A single dart/flight combo will not work for everyone. We are rank amateurs and so we are all using the same darts and flights and having a blast!