NERF VORTEX | markabusse

VORTEX

Vortex is project I worked on for Hasbro to develop a new, high-performance projectile and Launching mechanism for the NERF team.

At the time, NERF’s Dart Blasters had a performance somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 ft.

The design brief was for a disc-shaped projectile that would fire 60ft in a straight line... and pass safety testing.

NERF VORTEX PROJECTILE DEVELOPMENT

DISC TESTING MATRIX, "CAPPED RING"

NERF VORTEX PROJECTILE DEVELOPMENT

DISC TESTING MATRIX, "RING"

NERF VORTEX PROJECTILE DEVELOPMENT

DISC TESTING MATRIX, "SOLID"

OVER 50 VARIATIONS ON MATERIAL AND GEOMETRY WERE TESTED TO ACHEIVE THE FINAL PRODUCT.

Tools/Skills- Solidworks, Testing/Design of experiments, Data acquisition & analysis, Asia vendor management

THE FINAL DISC DESIGN SURPASSED THE PERFORMANCE GOALS OF "60 FT IN A STRAIGHT LINE" BY ALMOST TWICE THAT.

SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS, REIGNED IN THE PERFORMANCE BACK TO 60 FT.

NERF VORTEX, VIGILON

5-Disc Integrated Magazine, Mechanical, Disc Blaster

NERF VORTEX, PRAXIS

10-Disc Magazine, Mechanical Pump-to-Fire, Disc Blaster

NERF VORTEX, MAVERICK

Single-Shot Mechanical Disc Blaster

NERF VORTEX, NITRON

20-Disc Magazine, Fully-Automatic, Battery-Powered Disc Blaster

VORTEX BLASTER LINE INCLUDED THREE MECHANICAL DESIGNS, AND A FULLY-AUTOMATIC, BATTERY POWERED MECHANISM BASED ON A BASEBALL PITCHING MACHINE.

Demo video- VORTEX PRAXIS

Demo video- VORTEX NITRON

Demo video- VORTEX VIGILON