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Originally Posted by HaZarD SFD
I will concur with all of this. It is good to dial down hopup in windy/cold days
as if you have it set perfectly in non windy situations that in a windy situation it will overhop like its on acid.
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Yes, that was one of my observations and have been telling the boys about it recently. I'll get into more details at a later date, but as pointed out the lift created by a BB's backspin is sensitive to the air density/pressure. We all know that even little gusts are a bit higher pressure/desity of air molecules, so once your BBs get out past the point yourengery wears off and the BB is really in just 'loft mode', it'll lift and possibly veer off course. So set your hop up as best yo can then tweak it down a slight bit. You'll lose a bit of range, but it's a lot easier to raise your muzzle a bit to get that extra range, but if your BB hits any little gusts or denser air pockets, it'll hop a bit more making it fly straighter. And of course, it's MUCH easier to deal with a BB that consistantly drops at X distance than it is to try to lower the muzzle to deal with overhopping.