Posted on 11/29/2016 11:26:22 AM PST by w1n1
Exactly.
Pie are round. Corn bread are square.
The idea that Coriolis effect happens because the target is advancing or retreating on the horizon is absurd. That might explain what a shooter sees but there is no (Newtonian) physics to support it.
The vertical component of Coriolis effect stems from the fact that the rotation of the earth contributes just a tad of KE to any bullet launched in the same direction as the planet is rotating in, and subtracts just a little KE if fired against the direction of rotation. The slight difference in KE also means a slight difference of velocity at the muzzle, which means a slight difference in the time a bullet needs to cover a given distance. And bullet drop is a function of time of flight (32 feet/sec^2). So the bullet fired to the east will exhibit less drop than one fired to the west. Which is precisely why NASA fires all its rockets to the east. Why pass up a little free energy?
But that’s only the vertical component. Coriolis also has a horizontal component, which is totally dependent on the shooter’s latitude, completely INDEPENDENT of both the vertical component AND the azimuth of fire, and the change reverses direction depending whether you’re in the northern hemisphere or southern. All of which flies in the face of the article’s dumbed-down (and totally fallacious) explanation. Which probably is why he doesn’t bring up the topic of the horizontal component.
Too bad the guys who invented the Internet didn’t think to limit posting to people who’d passed a literacy test.
White
After a google search, at the latitude of Camp Pendleton, the Coriolis affect would move the bullet about 3 inches laterally at 1000 yards.
I've had that happen on a longshot my ownself.
Sticky too. But in a good way.
LOL!
Phew...
I wasn’t sure of your age, gender, degree of tolerance for innuendo, or your position on wise-assness in general.
Glad to bring a laff!
I’m a guy, old enough to have voted for Reagan both times.
I admire a good pun or clever double entendre.
White
They used balloons with a radar target to determine wind speed at different altitudes in the old days
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