Re: Spindrift Calculation??
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TiroFijo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've just contacted CheyTac, and they confirmed that ALL their data in the ABC comes from radar testing of each individual bullet up to the maximum range.
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I'm unsighted on this software; but someone mentioned earlier that the program's bullet 'library' was huge. Clearly that can mean different things to different people; but if that means:
<span style="font-weight: bold">each maker </span>at
<span style="font-weight: bold">each bullet weight </span>at
<span style="font-weight: bold">each calibre </span>at
<span style="font-weight: bold">each spin rate</span>,
that's <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">a lot </span></span>of different bullets and barrels.
In that context, their claim would seem a little.... er.... '<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">unlikely</span></span>'
and...assuming the library is indeed 'large'; it doesn't survive a common-sense check.
I have trouble believing their calculations are anything more than as described by Tiro initially:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TiroFijo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">All those programs mentioned, included the ABC, do not really "calculate" spin drift. Some have a built-in library for simplified calculations with specific bullets, and/or give a guesstimation of spin drift based on TOF, all based on real world data for a few bullets.
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<span style="font-weight: bold">Could someone clarify just how many bullets this fired radar data is claimed for
...ie how many bullets are in the 'library'?</span>