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LoadBase 2.0 Question
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<blockquote data-quote="woolecox" data-source="post: 291754" data-attributes="member: 18551"><p>Any LoadBase 2.0 experts out there?</p><p> </p><p>I just fired off an email to Patagonia Ballistics. There are no support phone contacts that I could find. Here is a copy of the email I sent. Perhaps someone here has an explanation. Thanks!</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">"I installed your program on my desktop at home and so far have been pretty impressed and satisfied with the program. I would like to know if I can also install the program on my laptop as well. Can I do this under my current license agreement? <strong><u>If so, How?</u></strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Secondly, if I read your documentation correctly, the mathematical model of this program does not use the normal G1 Ballistics Coefficient (BC) that is so commonly listed with most bullet manufactures. I understand that the program uses a parameter called Drag Coefficient (DC) to make ballistic calculations. <strong><u>So how do I arrive at this Drag Coefficient needed to calculate ballistics for a given load?</u></strong> Again, if I read your documentation correctly, this involves taking a series of four velocity measurements over incrementally increasing distances to a point where the projectile is just above supersonic velocity.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Does this mean that I need to set my chronograph up at increasing distances on the range and shoot through it? This is impractical/unsafe on the range and impossible at most ranges. A 7mm Remington Magnum is still well above supersonic velocity at well over 1000 yards! I am confused. Please explain.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This would be a lot easier to figure out if I could speak to a real live human being. Please feel free to call me.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Thanks,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Steve"</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woolecox, post: 291754, member: 18551"] Any LoadBase 2.0 experts out there? I just fired off an email to Patagonia Ballistics. There are no support phone contacts that I could find. Here is a copy of the email I sent. Perhaps someone here has an explanation. Thanks! [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]"I installed your program on my desktop at home and so far have been pretty impressed and satisfied with the program. I would like to know if I can also install the program on my laptop as well. Can I do this under my current license agreement? [B][U]If so, How?[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Secondly, if I read your documentation correctly, the mathematical model of this program does not use the normal G1 Ballistics Coefficient (BC) that is so commonly listed with most bullet manufactures. I understand that the program uses a parameter called Drag Coefficient (DC) to make ballistic calculations. [B][U]So how do I arrive at this Drag Coefficient needed to calculate ballistics for a given load?[/U][/B] Again, if I read your documentation correctly, this involves taking a series of four velocity measurements over incrementally increasing distances to a point where the projectile is just above supersonic velocity.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Does this mean that I need to set my chronograph up at increasing distances on the range and shoot through it? This is impractical/unsafe on the range and impossible at most ranges. A 7mm Remington Magnum is still well above supersonic velocity at well over 1000 yards! I am confused. Please explain.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]This would be a lot easier to figure out if I could speak to a real live human being. Please feel free to call me.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Thanks,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Steve"[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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