Fascinating, and very nicely done. At first, I couldn't understand why there was a right hand deflection in the northern hemisphere when shooting both east and west. But when you showed how things work near the pole, I got it! The target is essentially moving out of the way after the shot is fired. (I find I often grasp ideas better when they are taken to a limit.) The diagrams went by a little fast for me, but I could pause and rewind until I got it. Thanks again!
Awesome explanation. I just got my first bolt action rifle.. haven't even shot it yet and I'm.l already down the rabbit hole learning. Interesting stuff!
What's frightening is the amount of thinking that people don't have to do anymore because they have computers. The group of people who understand the core principles of the way things work is shrinking for an end-user model of planning and thinking. Everyone knows what things do, but have no clue why or how at the root.
I tried to ask this question on Sniper's Hide but something went wrong. So I'll try again: Is the following statement true: the Coriolis effect is more related to the time of flight of the bullet than to the range of the shot itself? If I shoot subsonic bullets 250-350 meters (mostly), then given the relatively long flight time, the Coriolis effect in this case must be understood and taken into account. Although I use Kestrel and everything is automatically taken into account there, I was always interested in this nuance
It's a very good question. The effects, both vertical and horizontal are more affected by muzzle velocity than time of flight. Higher muzzle velocities cause an increase in the vertical effect; however, the reverse is true for the horizontal effect, where high velocities reduce the horizontal Coriolis drift.
Fascinating, and very nicely done. At first, I couldn't understand why there was a right hand deflection in the northern hemisphere when shooting both east and west. But when you showed how things work near the pole, I got it! The target is essentially moving out of the way after the shot is fired. (I find I often grasp ideas better when they are taken to a limit.)
The diagrams went by a little fast for me, but I could pause and rewind until I got it.
Thanks again!
Awesome explanation. I just got my first bolt action rifle.. haven't even shot it yet and I'm.l already down the rabbit hole learning. Interesting stuff!
I love these videos!!! Thank you!!
This really helped these concepts gel in my head, thank you Bryan!
Well done Bryan. Using a spinning board would have been useful using a marble to show deflections.
Since the gravitational pull of the moon can effect oceans, I suspect it can effect bullet trajectory.
Bryan thats like a Christmas gift to all of us!
keep them coming and i will keep pressing like button.
so good , thank you for the priceless knowledge
But what if the earth is flat? :)
Booo lol
And if your mother had a wheel she would be a wheelbarrow.
Thank you so much. I want to learn all I can.
I can't imagine how they programmed this math in the 50s to steer an ICBM
Smart people with slide rulers.
What's frightening is the amount of thinking that people don't have to do anymore because they have computers. The group of people who understand the core principles of the way things work is shrinking for an end-user model of planning and thinking. Everyone knows what things do, but have no clue why or how at the root.
I tried to ask this question on Sniper's Hide but something went wrong. So I'll try again:
Is the following statement true: the Coriolis effect is more related to the time of flight of the bullet than to the range of the shot itself?
If I shoot subsonic bullets 250-350 meters (mostly), then given the relatively long flight time, the Coriolis effect in this case must be understood and taken into account.
Although I use Kestrel and everything is automatically taken into account there, I was always interested in this nuance
It's a very good question. The effects, both vertical and horizontal are more affected by muzzle velocity than time of flight.
Higher muzzle velocities cause an increase in the vertical effect; however, the reverse is true for the horizontal effect, where high velocities reduce the horizontal Coriolis drift.
Good Q thanks to both of you for asking him, and for answering.
The merry go round was an excellent analogy and easily understood by a knucklehead like me 😀😀😀😀
I'll use this video when I need something to counter the Flat Earthers.
What? Top goes dark last on the west face of a mountain.
In other words. you CANNOT be a flat earther and shoot long range at the same time.