New design AEA Pellets update & comparison to old design

[Franklink]

I didn't jump onto the AEA/JTS hype, but all of this sounds very familiar.

 

[Ballisticboy]

if you look at both pellets, you will understand, watch my video I show two pellets zoomed in from the back.
Diameter of the pellet same, skirt diameter same, skirt thickness same, just that opening is different.

look at the photos on top of the page.
it's an AEA miracle

There are only three possibilities if the hole in the back has been increased in size:-

1 The new pellet is lighter than the old design, which will change the flight behaviour and BC of the pellet compared to the old design due to the change in sectional density
2 AEA have managed to increase the density of lead in some way, possibly using a nuclear reactor, which will change the stability and flight characteristics but may glow in the dark thus aiding nighttime shooting
3 The pellet has been changed in some way by adding the lost lead to the rest of the pellet, which will change the centre of gravity position and the moments of inertia, which will change the pellet flight characteristics.

The size of the hole in the base is largely irrelevant to drag, though it could affect dynamic stability as has been shown in full scale projectiles.

Of the three choices, I think 2 is most unlikely, and for possibility 1, it should be easy to check the pellet mass change if there is one.

 

[Superpete]

I would vote for number 2, defiantly.

 

[Revoman]

All the above, except MAYBE #2, per Ballisticboy's reply was my point in my reply of "where did the 'extra' lead/material go?"

mike

 

[zer0dev]

If you look at the pics on page 2, they redistributed the lead from the skirt to inside the pellet. So the skirt thickness is thinner, and the inside is "filled up" more. This brings the flat part of the shape closer to the skirt opening, and since it is a cone, makes the hole look "bigger".

Since it is simultaneously taking away weight from the rear (skirt), and adding weight to the center mass, but also farther back... no idea how that shifts the center of gravity.