[maddoccanis]

I have been working on some ballistics software and am looking for some friendly users to test and comment. I will post a download page to make them available. If the moderator will let me iwill post the URL, otherwise you can e-mail me for it.

There will be an internal ballistics simulator, an exterior ballistics simulator to calculate range at a given elevation angle with a printout of trajectory and the effective drag coefficient as a function of speed, a trajectory calculator that outputs a table in the form usually displayed in shooting magazines and a handy reverse polish calculator program....doc :right:

[SPOCAHP ANAR]

Hey we love free stuff - got some guns to go along with it?

[Big Dog]

Howdy, and welcome to G&G.

I wouldn't mind trying the program for you. I had another program, but lost it when my old computer had a melt-down. PM me, and we can talk further.
Normally, I'd caution against a new guy posting a URL til we know you, or have the Admin's blessing - but it doesn't take long to get known around here!


Again, welcome to the forum!

[jamesfaync]

id love to give it a try

[phrogg]

...That'd be cool. I wouldn't mind having some good software with some standard ballistic coefficients programmed into it, too... I found a great ballistics program for my palm pilot, and it does everything. It calculates how far you have to lead a moving target at what distance and with what muzzle velocity, trajectory, speed of sound at a certain temperature, ammo buying and reloading costs, and just about everything else you could imagine in a ballistic calculator - except a graph (you don't need it, though, it has a nice table maker in there).

I'd be happy to try your program on Windows 2000, if you like.

[wirehunt]

Welcome and count me in! I've looked at a few but haven't found anything I particuly like (so far) PM me if it's a goer.

Cheers

[maddoccanis]

Well it took me a few days to get around to getting this set up, but I think it's working now. I made a download page where you can download three different programs. One calculates the trajectory of a bullet for a gun sighted in at 100,150 or 200 yards. it makes a table similar to those often published in magazines. This code uses a composite drag coefficient function, sort of a mix of the G1-G7 functions.

The second program calculates the trajectory for a selected elevation angle. It also plots the calculated drag function. If you fire at a large elevation angle (300 min.) a supersonic bullet will slow into the subsonic range and the drag function will show the effect. For low elevation angles the bullet remains supersonic and there isn't much shape to the cd function.

The third program is a simulator of internal ballistics. It is mostly educational and can't be used for developing loads etc.

The executables some README files and a dll file that they need are in zip file that must be uncompressed.

The download page has only these three links. There is no advertising or even a link to my home page or any other page.....doc

http://66.49.163.218/ballisticslinks.html

[rastus]

Hi, I have tried to use the program to calculate velocity at range and its stop half way through with an error. can anyone help me out?

Thanks

[Big Dog]

My home PC is down right now, internet-wise, but I'll get it up this weekend and am anxious to check out the programs!

[maddoccanis]

Quote:       Originally Posted by rastus

Hi, I have tried to use the program to calculate velocity at range and its stop half way through with an error. can anyone help me out? Thanks

If you set the elevation angle too large you may exceed the maximum number of steps. Send me the values you are running and I'll look at it and see if I can get it to run your problem.....doc

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