Post by Whistler on Aug 10, 2011 19:27:55 GMT -5
Sorry for the math lesson, but I figured that if anyone was curious as to how to find the angle you are shooting at as opposed to being level (or direct at the center of the target), this may be helpful... Some of you I'm sure remember how to do this, if not this may help you... I had to refresh myself on it. It's quite easy to use Trig. to find out what angle of shot you are taking.. You could also, if it suits you, use the angle you find at the end of this problem to determine how much (approx.) you'll miss by at greater distances... but I'm not going to get into that LOL.
Here is a Diagram of how to find how many degrees high you are off.
(for being to low just imagine the triangle flipped upside down, also will work for side to side you just have to imagine the triangle flipped on it's side as a flat plane with the top point being the actual impact point and the right angle being on the bull's eye.)
*You can use this to save paint by having to do less trial and error or clicking and walking the shots in with each adjustment. With the price of FS rounds I'd say this is helpful.. remember each shot is not going to be precise in paintball... but if you average out your shot pattern (of maybe 4 to 6 shots) this can still help get a little more accuracy with less paint wasted.*
**You will need a scientific calculator to complete this formula, it will also need to be set on "degrees" from the start and used on degrees the whole way through.**
Just to clarify Tan-1 means inverse tangent and will be a button on your calculator (probably have to hit a shift key... or maybe even a INV key then the Tan key
Here is a Diagram of how to find how many degrees high you are off.
(for being to low just imagine the triangle flipped upside down, also will work for side to side you just have to imagine the triangle flipped on it's side as a flat plane with the top point being the actual impact point and the right angle being on the bull's eye.)
*You can use this to save paint by having to do less trial and error or clicking and walking the shots in with each adjustment. With the price of FS rounds I'd say this is helpful.. remember each shot is not going to be precise in paintball... but if you average out your shot pattern (of maybe 4 to 6 shots) this can still help get a little more accuracy with less paint wasted.*
**You will need a scientific calculator to complete this formula, it will also need to be set on "degrees" from the start and used on degrees the whole way through.**
Just to clarify Tan-1 means inverse tangent and will be a button on your calculator (probably have to hit a shift key... or maybe even a INV key then the Tan key