Does wind speed and direction affect a bullet and how do you compensate for it?

Question

And can I apply the same techniques to golf?

Answer 1

The wind will push the bullet/golf ball.

Of course the effect on the bullet will be smaller, because the bullet's surface is smaller and it travels much faster- so there is less time for the wind force to make it's effect.

You compensate by aiming a little "into the wind", so as to allow the wind to "push" the bullet/golf ball right on to the target. In some cases the amount of "compensation" can be calculated (eg. in long range artillery shots).

In the case of rifle shots and golf, I am afraid that practice in all kinds of weather is the only sensible solution.

After all, showing up with an artillery calculator at a golf tournament just might be considered "unsporting".
;-))

Answer 2

Yes, wind does have an effect. To compensate for it, you first need to know what distance is the target, the calibre of your bullet, the weapon you are using to discharge your weapon, wind speed and direction.

The information of your ballistics will give you a gauge of how much your shot is going to be affected by the wind.

As a rule of thumb, if wind is against you, you are going to lose out in terms of distance. We usually aim off towards the wind. Vice versa, you can take advantage of the wind if it is for you. This time however, you aim off using the wind for extra distance.

Yes, same applies for golf but you got to know your swing power and plane really well to compensate.

Answer 3

Less effect on a bullet than an air rifle pellet because of the speed and weight. Unless you are Tigress Woods not much of a worry (but still important) in golf because your average golf ball is heavier and moves more slowly. Compensation is a black art because the wind is so unpredictable (you should listen to my competition air-gunner mate winge about wind speed and direction).

Answer 4

A sniper will tell you that wind speed and direction do indeed affect the trajectory of a bullet but only over great distances. Similar technique for golf.

Answer 5

hi i guess that you cannot use the same technique like snipers to compensate the wind effect when playing golf, for you won't have any sights to help you with aiming.
short range wind drift are done by calculating the wind speed as the speed of the target in the opposite direction. wind from left you correct bz shooting slightly left from your /static/ target, and vice versa. when you are shooting with the bullet-over-target height maximum of the target height, you needn't to correct back wind head wind you correct by raising the aiming point slightly. do the very same when playing golf
balistics is general.
caution> when firing aroow stabilized ammunition like RPG round, the effect of the wind is different the round turns towards the wind so you fir slightly down the wind :]

Answer 6

Wind has a major effect on bullet fight, it needs to be taken into consideration when aiming and some times is the luck of the draw.
The higher the power the round the less it is initially effected by the wind.
As far as golf is concerned you are a girl and as such should not be allowed on a golf course???!!!??!?!? :)

Answer 7

Yes, common sense, yes.

Simple answers to something that is not simple to do. But as the conditions will always be a little different, practice is the only real answer.

The bullet is eaiser as you can brace the gun so you can repeat much of the effort, of course in golf you'll never get the person to do the same unless their a pro and do it all day ever day.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

the excellent informaiton for it is interior the Sierra Reloading handbook. you are able to anticipate a headwind to sluggish it, and a tail wind to velocity it. the quantity of result will variety for each bullet and is likewise velocity based - it may in basic terms be calculated in case you know the 'ballistic coefiecent' of the projectile. the better the ballistic coefiecent - the less the headwind will result the bullet.......... however the quantity the tail wind will velocity up the bullet could be such as maximum projectiles in the comparable weight class. that's the dynamics of wind and gravity mutually while a bullet is fired uphill or downhill that quite makes for long math equations. The above pronounced Sierra Reloading handbook has numerous pages of mathimatical equations committed to this difficulty. be certain to have your HP-89 scientific Calculator obtainable once you open as much as those pages.

Answer 10

In the artillery years ago we used what was called a Stevens Graph. We constructed this with Met. information we were given. It gave the wind speed and direction at various levels above earth. Using this graph we could calculate the line and range to the target taking met. conditions into account. For golf you would have to estimate these conditions and hit the ball accordingly.