Wind Flags

[Magical_Merlin]

Here is a short video of my pinwheels in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcZ2Qtnq9Pw

 

[StephenPerry]

Michael
Nice to have a video for your product. Nice blustery day.

Stephen Perry
Angeles BR

 

[rayjay]

I made up a wind flag that helps keep me from getting confused about which way the bullet is going

 

[butchlambert]

Do you shoot yourself if you have a headwind?
Butch

 

[StephenPerry]

Rayjay
I like your wind flag vane. Effective up close but I would suggest you only use those out to 100 yds. After that you don't have time to track down a 150 yd flag like that looking for an arrow. When you get a head wind or tail wind your out of luck with that flag.

Stephen Perry
Angeles BR

 

[rayjay]

When I designed them my criteria was frictionless rotating elements and high aspect ratio lightweight vane. My other 3 use balsa vanes. The coroplast vane is much heavier requiring the prop mount to be much farther from the pivot for balance. I use either wood or carbon fiber tubing for the shaft. The pivot and the prop mounting are ball bearing gearboxes from electric power RC airplanes. All this was just excess RC junk I had laying around.

I have used them at 2 club events so far and due to the frictionless rotating elements and light weight they are much more responsive than the common commercially available biplane flags. Maybe more info than the shooter needs but I am still trying to figure out the whole game.

 

[StephenPerry]

Rayjay
Thanks for the decription of your wind flag project. You are going in the right direction. This should show the open minded benchrest crowd that there is plenty of room for innovation. Fry's my butt when some half dead shooters say that all the Rules should be turned upside down when they never mastered any part of the Sport themselves. All shooting Sports need to be supported and they will be long after the Crusties pass on. Good job.

Stephen Perry
Angeles BR

 

[ConnorExum]

When I designed them my criteria was frictionless rotating elements and high aspect ratio lightweight vane. My other 3 use balsa vanes. The coroplast vane is much heavier requiring the prop mount to be much farther from the pivot for balance. I use either wood or carbon fiber tubing for the shaft. The pivot and the prop mounting are ball bearing gearboxes from electric power RC airplanes. All this was just excess RC junk I had laying around.

I have used them at 2 club events so far and due to the frictionless rotating elements and light weight they are much more responsive than the common commercially available biplane flags. Maybe more info than the shooter needs but I am still trying to figure out the whole game.

Well wouldn't the little strip of surveyor's tape help with that determination head and tail winds actually?

 

[rayjay]

At the last event the little strip of surveyors tape on the flag closest to the benches ended up wrapped around the 'fuselage' for the last 100 yd match :, . Musta been why I went from 2's and 3's to a 7

I hope everyone realizes that I left the arrow showing just for the fun of it. You can't hardly see it from the bench anyway.

 

[ConnorExum]

At the last event the little strip of surveyors tape on the closed flag ended up wrapped around the 'fuselage' for the last 100 yd match :, . Musta been why I went from 2's and 3's to a 7

I hope everyone realizes that I left the arrow showing just for the fun of it. You can't hardly see it from the bench anyway.

With a 42x scope I bet you can see it at 300 yards.

 

[rayjay]

I will have to take your word for it as 200 yds is the longest I have shot. Plus I ain't got my gun pointed right at the flag .

 

[ConnorExum]

I will have to take your word for it as 200 yds is the longest I have shot. Plus I ain't got my gun pointed right at the flag .

OF course not, but with enough maginification you can see that little arrow...

 

[StephenPerry]

Connor
If during a Match you are looking for the arrow at 300 you are losing conditions. Which is more important to see the flag's arrow or watching changing conditions. I think you know the answer just a wake-up call.

Stephen Perry
Angeles BR

 

[ConnorExum]

Connor
If during a Match you are looking for the arrow at 300 you are losing conditions. Which is more important to see the flag or watching changing conditions. I think you know the answer just a wake-up call.

Stephen Perry
Angeles BR

It was a joke... I was just saying that in theory he could see the little arrows... I don't shoot benchrest so I never even really use wind flags more than a simple ones... And I don't shoot comp so my matches are always against me.