(02-10-2016, 11:21 PM)MadMike4 Wrote: (02-10-2016, 10:10 PM)Regulatori Wrote: Easiest way to tell is if a shaft needs a ring/cap is to look at the edges at the end. If it's a squared off/open edge, it's for champagne caps/champagne flights. If the ends looks like a normal stem end with a taper/cone, it can be used with regular flights.
L Style and Laro are the same thing.
Laro spin shafts known as "Laro Silent" can be used with regular flights...they're at the bottom of the link. Notice how they taper at the end like a standard stem.
https://www.lstyleglobal.com/shaft/laro_shaft.html
All of the L-Shafts require a cap. Notice how the flight holders have a different shaped rear. If you didn't use a cap, your dart tip would catch one of those rear edges since they don't taper.
https://www.lstyleglobal.com/shaft/l_shaft.html
The L-Shafts also have a tiny canard looking wing to protect the edge of the flights.
Great explanation. Thanks. Do you agree that the champagne is the preferred system to own?
It depends. Long term, no. Just try out and see if you like it? Yes.
It comes down to the type of darts you use and how often you destroy flights. Do you destroy flights quickly or do you get a lot of life from your flights?
If you are easy on flights and your darts don't destroy them, go with Champagne flights and Champagne caps.
If you destroy flights often, you may want to go with a Shell Lock system. You will need to purchase a Shell Lock punch (which are not cheap) and Shell Lock caps. These caps have slits on the side with a pointed cone shape (the Champagne caps are smooth, shorter, and a flat nose/hole in the end).
With a Shell Lock, you can use any type of stem. Cheap plastic stems or any of the special L-Shafts which are much nicer.
With this system you can buy any folding flights, punch it, and then insert the Shell Lock cap which will keep the flights straight.
I go through flights a lot and will destroy L Style flights in a few days....so I went with the Shell Lock system. Makes it nice only to pay .50 for flights.
Rarely I'll get a robin hood or split a cap but you get 6 caps in a pack.
See my signature for more details/pictues.
Here is a flight punched with the Shell Lock system with a 50 cent R4X flight and cheap plastic stems.