LOLspudfarm wrote:quite hard for me. lives on the country and it is not easy to drag a 21foot cannon and a compressor to the sea and have the cops sitting in their chairs eating dounuts after they hear a loud boom.
spudfarm you crack me up man...is it possible to trace?
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i like it that waystarman wrote:LOLspudfarm wrote:quite hard for me. lives on the country and it is not easy to drag a 21foot cannon and a compressor to the sea and have the cops sitting in their chairs eating dounuts after they hear a loud boom.
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You could add about 2 feet of twine behind it and dip it in the liquid from a glowstick, then just shoot it at night, I can't think of an easy way to make a golf ball glow, the liquid prolly wouldn't stick to the ball. You could also glue a cotton ball to the back of the golf ball and dip that in the glow stick liquid.
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Yes, you can talk to me. Although my range calculator isn't public release yet, it is mostly working, so I can give answers for things like this.is there a easier way to find it?
like if i chrony it and messure the angle and do something with those numbers..
I've looked it over, and using a variant of the Gs drag model, my guess is that because of the poor drag characteristic of a golf ball, unless you induce backspin, even at 2400 fps, you're unlikely to fire said ball more than about 500 or 600 metres (depending on the angle).
Spheres aren't good supersonic projectiles, and they'll slow down from 2400 fps to below 1000 in the blink of an eye.
It'll do about 200 or 250 feet of flight in that time - a healthy distance, but if you consider that the extra 1400 fps contributes less than a 100 yards extra range, you'll recognise the diminishing returns involved.
The goal of a mile golf ball shot is an impossibility, because in order to fire a golf ball that far, the ball would have to be fired so fast the friction from drag would cause it to immolate.
With backspin, obviously you'll gain range, but it won't triple the distances to your desired mile-plus ranges.
I don't think you'll need to worry about methods of finding a golf ball that's flown a mile, because it's not going to go that far - sorry, but it's the truth.
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Does that thing kinda look like a big cat to you?
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intresting.
to talk more about that i PM you tomorrow. (to get numbers on a barely supersonic 600g lead slug.) i will send you pics etc so you can model it.
to talk more about that i PM you tomorrow. (to get numbers on a barely supersonic 600g lead slug.) i will send you pics etc so you can model it.
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not a golf ball, but when I want to test range I use smokebombs
as far as the golf ball, try painting it florescent orange
as far as the golf ball, try painting it florescent orange
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Brings back memories of the 50km/s tennis ball, doesn't it?The goal of a mile golf ball shot is an impossibility, because in order to fire a golf ball that far, the ball would have to be fired so fast the friction from drag would cause it to immolate.
The goal isn't impossible, you'd just need a 1 mile long vaccuum chamber.
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Haha Okay then.micro: almost nothing electronic will survive through that barrel. it has 30000G's
lol. for my spud gun, i borrowed a sensor off the school and used that. it measured a speed of 571.9km/h for a tennis ball. running off purely start ya bastard. basicaly aerostart but its a higher ether concentration 25% instaed of 24%. lol
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I think using a glowing GB at night would be your best bet. Whether you do this by using the commercial glowing GB, insert a glowstick, or spray/drench it with glowliquid, thats your choice.
The perfect way of finding it would be to place a radioactive material in the golfball and then using stuff to track it up after shooting it. But how would you get access to radioactive material?
The perfect way of finding it would be to place a radioactive material in the golfball and then using stuff to track it up after shooting it. But how would you get access to radioactive material?
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spudfarm wrote:i may start to look for one of the glowing balls
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