Come on Gillie, wade in, it's FRIDAY :D
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Come on Gillie, wade in, it's FRIDAY :D
Short answer: The wind changes the direction the projectile is travelling in. It is an angular defection not one parallel to the original projectile path.
Can’t remember if the projectile slows faster or slower over time. I suspect the projectile slows down slower over time. Yes, the slower the projectile the more the wind will affect its path.
Damn you… I should never have responded. :P
Yes. :thumbsup:
This is wrong unless the 10mph wind is only acting between 0m and 100m. :wtfsmilie:
While wind is still acting it is compounded. Just about nothing in life is linear. :oh noes:
You lost me with this but I will offer one little bit of insight – ballistic coefficient. :ORLY:
Don’t change the subject :P
So sticking to the 1” deflection at 100 for a 10mph wind – the deflection is 1” at 100. The deflection at 500 will be more than 15”.
So sticking to the 1” deflection at 100 for a 10mph wind – the deflection is 1” at 100. The deflection at 500 will be 5”.
So sticking to the 1” deflection at 100 for a 10mph wind – the deflection is 1” at 100. The deflection at 500 will be a little less than 4”.
Ouch – no comment :thumbsup:
I repeat: damn you all for dragging me into this :thumbsup:
Got it. The angle of the dangle changes proportianate to the slope on the rope and the pitch in the ditch.
LMAO Gillie, it's a drag a tell ya :D
My yacht example example if very close to your BC insight...
We having prize giving at the rifle club tomorrow, will pose some of these theories to two current 300m NZ team members, and report back if the evening does not get too raucous ;)
This article covers it well A Scientific Basis For Evaluating Variable Crosswinds The idea is what is the difference in a 10 mph wind from 0 -500 yds at 1000 yds vs a 10mph from 500 - 1000yds at 1000 yds. Basic answer is the 0-500 10 mph causes twice as much drift as the 500 -1000 yd wind.
ebf, i think your yacht example has something to do forcing a natural stability onto a shape/mass by forcing it to pivot round a point not it's natural center of mass. I am certainly not a ballistics expert though. Read Bryan Litz's books... well i think they should help i haven't actually read them myself :)
more time hunting less time reading google wikipidia an fuckn books.you guys sound like geeks..............sound impressive but still geeks:thumbsup:.........seriously though go for hunt and shoot a deer at 100yds and forget about the fuckn wind.
Buy a 338 DCM and just hold a little to the left or little to the right without actually holding off the target and your good to go👍
Sam Wallace :D