Fluid Mechanics in Paintball

[ShooterJM]

Originally posted by eskimo
Does the fluid's properties inside the paintball have different effects? Do more dense fills "fly" better than less dense?

I personally don't know. I would guess that the more viscous the fill, the closer it approaches the characteristics of a solid, if you assume that the volume of the fill is the same. Cross winds might not have as great an effect with a heavier paintball. Theoretically, if you filled a paintball with extraordinarily dense fil,l it would tend to follow the ballistics of round musket shot.

All things being equal (fill amount, etc) a heavier paintball would probably require higher pressure or increased volume to hit 300 fps. Guess if you went with increased volume you could formulate a more brittle shell so as to hurt less at close range.

How's that for a rambling response that probably should have been "beats me man"