rounder balls=better accuracy

[FreakBaller12]

well in another thread, i saw that balls aren't exactly round and the two highest part of the ball only touch the sides.

With this being true is there a way to make rounder gelatin shells?
is there a different type of shell we coudl use without pain facting and break factor comign too much into play?

[Crimson_Turkey]

It would never happen but what we really ought to do is switch to drum feeds and pill shaped paintballs with rifled barrels.

[FreakBaller12]

with that theory it woudl cost a ton of money to change over, with my idea it wouldn't cost that much, the paint prices might go up for both our ideas too

[argnot]

Last time I checked what causes the odd shape of the balls is the seam. Nitro Duck I think is the company that came out with seamless paint which would give you the best shape because the ball wouod the be as perfect as the mold. Also a big time flight issue arises with liquid core paint due to the fact it shift and then favors on side while it is spinning. WGP I think again came up with gel paint. Same as before except the shift doesn't occur to the degree liquid paint does. If for some strange reason I am wrong let me know.

[hitech]

Tom tested round plastic balls without a seam. They weren't any more accurate. The problem is the shape, round. A sphere is a blunt object, it's NOT aerodynamic.

[painTech]

as a paintball flys it take a slight teardrop shape, but not enough to effect accuaracy at that point.

if you mind paint more elastic it would be more aerodynamic after about 10 ft of flight.

[Crimson_Turkey]

And would only break at 10 foot range. People want BRITTLE paint. Imagine adding elasticity.

[painTech]

when it streached it would bcome thin and brittle. so it would break untill its like unreasonable shot length

[Pykon]

A while ago I seem to recall RP Scherer's Premium paint had a new starch-based shell. It seemed to have a less extreme seam on it and seemed to shoot better than the regular PMI paintballs at the local place.

[hitech]

Originally posted by painTech
as a paintball flys it take a slight teardrop shape, but not enough to effect accuaracy at that point.

Actually they do not. Look at the high speed video Tom took of paintballs in flight.