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Epicyclic motion of a bullet (video)
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<blockquote data-quote="BryanLitz" data-source="post: 251440" data-attributes="member: 7848"><p>The original video has stirred up quite a bit of discussion on this and other sites about the dynamics of a bullets flight. Unfortunately, there's been a common misunderstanding that the plot is showing the bullet path.</p><p></p><p>In fact the original video was showing the pitch and yaw <em>angles</em>. The scale showing the size of 1 degree is in the bottom left of the plot.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, in an attempt to clear up the confusion, I've created another video. This one shows the original yaw-pitch plot, and right beside it shows the actual bullet path from the shooters point of view, so you can see the minor effect of the pitch-yaw angles on the trajectory. The 25 rad/s initial yaw rate causes about a 1 MOA deflection in the opposite direction of the initial yaw, but the actual 'corkscrew' of the trajectory is very small. </p><p></p><p>Considering the actual bullet path, it's hard to say that such levels of pitching and yawing could be responsible for smaller MOA groups at longer range.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH9SCbCBHaY" target="_blank">Here's a link to the new video.</a></p><p></p><p>-Bryan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BryanLitz, post: 251440, member: 7848"] The original video has stirred up quite a bit of discussion on this and other sites about the dynamics of a bullets flight. Unfortunately, there's been a common misunderstanding that the plot is showing the bullet path. In fact the original video was showing the pitch and yaw [i]angles[/i]. The scale showing the size of 1 degree is in the bottom left of the plot. Anyway, in an attempt to clear up the confusion, I've created another video. This one shows the original yaw-pitch plot, and right beside it shows the actual bullet path from the shooters point of view, so you can see the minor effect of the pitch-yaw angles on the trajectory. The 25 rad/s initial yaw rate causes about a 1 MOA deflection in the opposite direction of the initial yaw, but the actual 'corkscrew' of the trajectory is very small. Considering the actual bullet path, it's hard to say that such levels of pitching and yawing could be responsible for smaller MOA groups at longer range. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH9SCbCBHaY"]Here's a link to the new video.[/url] -Bryan [/QUOTE]
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