Comments on: Ballistics http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/01/05/ballistics-2/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:38:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe Huffman http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/01/05/ballistics-2/comment-page-1/#comment-212721 Joe Huffman Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:51:05 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=21077#comment-212721 I don't have iSnipe so shouldn't say a whole lot about it but everything you said in your first paragraph appears to be correct to me. If they add the environmental data it will be useable. If they add the "Solution" portion it will be a great app. Assuming they are using a good algorithm for their ballistic simulation. I haven't verified that yet but I intend to sometime. Bring it to Boomershoot and see how well it does for your first shot at 700 yards. Then we'll both know. Or compare the results with MBF at Boomershoot. I plan to have a local server running on the Wifi network and update the environmentals so the local users don't have to. I don’t have iSnipe so shouldn’t say a whole lot about it but everything you said in your first paragraph appears to be correct to me.

If they add the environmental data it will be useable. If they add the “Solution” portion it will be a great app. Assuming they are using a good algorithm for their ballistic simulation. I haven’t verified that yet but I intend to sometime.

Bring it to Boomershoot and see how well it does for your first shot at 700 yards. Then we’ll both know.

Or compare the results with MBF at Boomershoot. I plan to have a local server running on the Wifi network and update the environmentals so the local users don’t have to.

]]> By: ben http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/01/05/ballistics-2/comment-page-1/#comment-212715 ben Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:05:59 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=21077#comment-212715 OK, let's see... iSnipe tells me where the bullet's going to go (minus corrections for environmental factors), and MBF tells me how to make it go where I want? Says on their website that they've got a lot of new features "in the pipeline." Hopefully those will address your concerns and it will be a great app. OK, let’s see… iSnipe tells me where the bullet’s going to go (minus corrections for environmental factors), and MBF tells me how to make it go where I want?

Says on their website that they’ve got a lot of new features “in the pipeline.” Hopefully those will address your concerns and it will be a great app.

]]> By: Joe Huffman http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/01/05/ballistics-2/comment-page-1/#comment-212691 Joe Huffman Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:05:51 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=21077#comment-212691 Think of it this way, iSnipe tells you what the problem is. <a href="http://field.modernballistics.com/" rel="nofollow">Modern Ballistics for the Field</a> tells you what the solution is. Think of it this way, iSnipe tells you what the problem is. Modern Ballistics for the Field tells you what the solution is.

]]> By: ben http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/01/05/ballistics-2/comment-page-1/#comment-212684 ben Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:30:21 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=21077#comment-212684 Well thppppt! For those of us who know nothing about that sort of stuff, isnipe looks snazzy and tells us how much our dumb bullet drops at distance x in some conditions :) Hopefully they'll add those features, and hopefully I'll know more about what you're writing about when I get my dumb butt to boomershoot this spring. Well thppppt! For those of us who know nothing about that sort of stuff, isnipe looks snazzy and tells us how much our dumb bullet drops at distance x in some conditions :)

Hopefully they’ll add those features, and hopefully I’ll know more about what you’re writing about when I get my dumb butt to boomershoot this spring.

]]> By: Joe Huffman http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/01/05/ballistics-2/comment-page-1/#comment-212665 Joe Huffman Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:23:49 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=21077#comment-212665 iSnipe is pretty but is essentially useless. Currently it doesn't take into account the environmental conditions. And even if it did it doesn't give you the answer to the two questions you want to know before you take <a href="http://blog.joehuffman.org/2008/10/18/HittingThe957YardTarget.aspx" rel="nofollow">your first shot at that 1000 yard target</a> at 2000 feet elevation change and 40F temperature change from when you zeroed the gun. Those two questions are 1) What elevation setting do I use? 2) What windage setting do I use? Beyond that iSnipe doesn't help you with moving targets and it only works on the iPhone. It's currently a poor imitation of a good desktop exterior ballistics program. <a href="http://www.modernballistics.com/" rel="nofollow">Modern Ballistics</a> is showing it's age (originally written in '96) it still has features no other program has. iSnipe is pretty but is essentially useless. Currently it doesn’t take into account the environmental conditions. And even if it did it doesn’t give you the answer to the two questions you want to know before you take your first shot at that 1000 yard target at 2000 feet elevation change and 40F temperature change from when you zeroed the gun. Those two questions are 1) What elevation setting do I use? 2) What windage setting do I use?

Beyond that iSnipe doesn’t help you with moving targets and it only works on the iPhone.

It’s currently a poor imitation of a good desktop exterior ballistics program. Modern Ballistics is showing it’s age (originally written in ‘96) it still has features no other program has.

]]> By: ben http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/01/05/ballistics-2/comment-page-1/#comment-212657 ben Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:11:46 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=21077#comment-212657 meh, that's kinda lame. Check out isnipe in the app-store for iphones and the ipod touch. It rocks. meh, that’s kinda lame. Check out isnipe in the app-store for iphones and the ipod touch. It rocks.

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