Wiffle Paintballs

[going_home]

http://atomicpickle.industries

Data :

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12HVMlNHMeBYn6N0zlHJz0dp6_KxlUdJDcRhty1bxng4/edit#gid=0

We play year round here but indoor in cold climates ?


What say you ?

[maniacmechanic]

Interesting

[cledford]

What type of velocity? The issue is going to be the "airsoft" quotient. (No mark means hit didn't count)

[going_home]

What type of velocity? The issue is going to be the "airsoft" quotient. (No mark means hit didn't count)

Its all in the Google docs spreadsheet. click the link in the op.

[bowcycle]

What type of velocity?

They seem to be bragging that the round has 80% less impact energy at 15ft than a traditional paintball.

I'm looking at the velocity #'s and seeing that a traditional paintball loses ~15% of its velocity by 15ft. Their round loses ~33% of its velocity by 15ft.
That's not okay.

[Patron God of Pirates]

Oh, paintballs with their own barrel porting. I don't see this working at all.

[maniacmechanic]

They seem to be bragging that the round has 80% less impact energy at 15ft than a traditional paintball.

I'm looking at the velocity #'s and seeing that a traditional paintball loses ~15% of its velocity by 15ft. Their round loses ~33% of its velocity by 15ft.
That's not okay.

Why not ,, seems to made for Low Impact Indoor play

[knownothingmags]

those are made from a horrible matterial lol

[going_home]

those are made from a horrible matterial lol

I'm guessing he probably used the least expensive material he could get.

[knownothingmags]

I'm guessing he probably used the least expensive material he could get.

i didnt put much thought into that post.
its a good idea if the perform for a market that exists.
always have to try somewhere

[MANN]

I wonder how it works with markers with eyes.

[zulubravo44]

They seem to be bragging that the round has 80% less impact energy at 15ft than a traditional paintball.

I'm looking at the velocity #'s and seeing that a traditional paintball loses ~15% of its velocity by 15ft. Their round loses ~33% of its velocity by 15ft.
That's not okay.

Yeah. The inference being that an Atom6 hits the ground at 25 feet. That makes for a lot of point blank showdowns, and reduces the "off season training appeal" for paintball because the play style is not longer an accurate analogue.

[going_home]

I wonder how it works with markers with eyes.

Good question.

[hathegkla]

I'm guessing he probably used the least expensive material he could get.

he used a soft 3d printable material, there aren't a lot of choices for that right now but if he gets a mold made he could have them molded with whatever durometer he wanted. just guessing these are maybe 40A and I think reball material is about a 60A but since these are like a wiffle ball they could be made a bit harder.

Good question.

I got a couple to test and they seem to work fine with eyes. one guy said he had a little trouble though. the problem is I only have 2 of them so it's hard to tell. eventually someone will get a hopper full and we will see.

[going_home]

Interesting