news flash in the atlanta journal

[robdamanii]

Originally posted by dansim
the writer of that article was imeaditley run out of town, when reaching a nearby cliff he quickly fell to his doom, when his family was contacted for a comment, they said he must of looked down..and he was falling at aproximetly 7fps the speed of most bullets

Acceleration of gravity is -9.8 m/s, which is roughly 32.5 fps.

He'd be going a lot faster, something like...19.6 m/s or something. Someone else can figure the math.

[dansim]

Originally posted by robdamanii


Acceleration of gravity is -9.8 m/s, which is roughly 32.5 fps.

He'd be going a lot faster, something like...19.6 m/s or something. Someone else can figure the math.

you ever seen that comedian with the dummy peanut, the wuzzle?


"Vroooooooooooooooom!!!!"*streaks hand over his head*

[shartley]

[Hexis]

Originally posted by robdamanii


Acceleration of gravity is -9.8 m/s, which is roughly 32.5 fps.

Nevermind the fact that the acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s^2, not m/s. It's really quite different.

[robdamanii]

Originally posted by dansim



you ever seen that comedian with the dummy peanut, the wuzzle?


"Vroooooooooooooooom!!!!"*streaks hand over his head*

Erm, it 'twere a joke. Or somethin.

Originally posted by Hexis


Nevermind the fact that the acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s^2, not m/s. It's really quite different.

This is why I'm not a physics major, and why I only got a C in it. :P

[dansim]

Originally posted by robdamanii


Erm, it 'twere a joke. Or somethin.

[Dryden]

Setting aside how completely wrong the ballistics analogies in this article are, I don't have a huge problem with it. It obviously reads as an alarmist warning to paintballers, but the fact remains that this article was printed in the Atlanta Journal, not Action Pursuit. The majority of kids aren't reading the daily newspaper, their parents are.

However wrong the article might be in some (or many) respects, if it makes a mother wonder, 'Does my kid even own the correct goggles for this?' then it is effective enough.

Teens aren't going to heed the warning labels on the products they buy. If this article causes ONE parent to reevaluate their teen's safety regarding paintball, and saves one kid (and the peers in his or her clique) their vision, then I'm all for it.

lamby ... yup, BB guns, bottle rockets, roman candles ... my friends and I shot everything at each other when we were growing up. My mother had two nervous breakdowns, and that was only from the things she knew I was doing!

[paint magnet]

.22 bullets with primers only (read: no powder) fire at 500-550 fps...so I too am wondering where they get the 300 fps/firearm illusion.

[Odder]

Re: news flash in the atlanta journal

Originally posted by bedspread
"No one would think of using a BB gun, for instance, against a friend."

How many times I can remember people talk about BB gun wars when they were young when I bring up paintball. Kids will always do what the parents least expected !!!

[lamby]

Dyden: Off topic, but we used roman candles also. Until I had a blow out of the side and got a phospher burn. That sucked and ended that little game

Thinking about velocities, I wonder what my potato launcher shoots at. My launcher can out shoot my paintball gun by at least double the distance, and that is powered by propane.