Videos tagged with Crosswind

This video showcases the Hornady Ballistics App, a free tool designed for shooters seeking extreme range precision. It highlights the app's 4DOF™ (4 Degrees of Freedom) ballistic calculator, which uses projectile drag coefficients and physical modeling for superior accuracy compared to traditional methods. The description details how the 4DOF™ calculator accounts for aerodynamic jump in crosswinds. Gun Talk Media's Kevin “KJ” Jarnagin shares his hands-on experience at a Hornady NRL Hunter Prep Course, demonstrating the app's intuitive design, extensive features, offline capabilities, and comprehensive bullet library.

This video explains the physics behind wind deflection on spin-stabilized projectiles, such as bullets. It aims to clarify the often misunderstood mechanisms involved when a crosswind interacts with a projectile in flight. The demonstration focuses on the forces at play and how they influence the projectile's trajectory.