(Sep. 22, 2012 12:06 PM)th!nk Wrote: Okay so yesterday I finally got around to sitting down to go through my plastic launchers and separate the skipping ones from the working ones. But when I started, I wasn't finding any skip. Then I retested with a different ripcord, and they all skipped.
And then it struck me: skipping for plastic launchers seems to be related a lot more to the ripcord than the launcher. I mean sure, I did have 5 dodgy launchers, all of which I fixed, as well as cobbling together 3 from parts (including the first left spin launcher I ever owned, something I've been trying to do for years), but it really was just two bad ripcords - and these are easy to spot, the main factor being the teeth of the winder being chipped.
Seems fairly easy to chip sonokong dragoon g ones, but much harder to chip MFB Light Launcher 1 Ripcords - and I'll take one less tooth as a sacrifice for that any day (I also find them more comfortable).
Of course, some launchers do handle skipping ripcords better than others, and gear damage to the launchers does cause it too, but for standard EZ Shooters that's quite rare.
All in all, came out of it with 7 or so more launchers, so I'm pretty happy with that!
I also found a working beylauncher, so now I do have a right spin MFB launcher finally, though right now I'm much more focussed on plastics what with beywiki and all.
You know, this is something I've noticed before as well. Not to the point of completely realizing it, but close, lol. In my Gyro Gears (Hasbro) some ripcords skip, others don't. Usually my Dragon Winders skip, due to their prolonged use, but regular ripcords which have hardly ever been used, almost never skip. I thought it was a problem within the actual gear, but it's good to realize finally that it might not be.
On the topic of Gyro Gears, they're really cool. I love the tricks you can do with them, kinda like how you could balance it on your finger or something.
I have both of the Hasbro Gyro Gear beys (forget their names atm) and I've only ever purchased two, but for some reason I have one that's literally been pulled from the base, and I have no clue where I got it.