Science project

[belvins]

I have to do a science project at school and I want to make it something having to do with paintball but I can't think of anything. Oh yeah I'm 14 so don't do anything too easy/too hard. If you think of any ideas, tell me.

[maxxa1221]

trajectory or velocity.

[drchocolate176]

accuracy of different brands.

maybe durability? i don't know how you could test that, though.

[xtremesnipr223]

Efficiency of HPA vs CO2?

Set the gun in a vice, then do different rates of fire for each gas. idk...Then make some fancy graphs!

[slaminator3323]

Efficiency of HPA vs CO2?

Set the gun in a vice, then do different rates of fire for each gas. idk...Then make some fancy graphs!
Fancy graphs are always good for an A.

[di$TOrTed]

my friend did the diameter of the splat with different types of paintballs

[belvins]

my friend did the diameter of the splat with different types of paintballs
That sounds like a decent one....I'll consider it.

[cookie123]

see how many times you can run over your tippman compared to some other gun. i bet that tippman will be like rawr i will nor break.

[senghing27]

trajectory:tup:
Accuracy through different barrel bore sizes:tup:

[maxxa1221]

ahh misread your question. Do you have to actually conduct an expeiriment, or are you just writng about it?

[xtremesnipr223]

Bah, not efficiency, I meant accuracy/consistency. A chronograph would be useful too.

[Son of a Sailor]

Velocity to Accuracy, crank it up and down and see where it goes inaccurate. Or Velocity to air usage.

[tippmann pb 732]

Velocity to Accuracy, crank it up and down and see where it goes inaccurate. Or Velocity to air usage.

then tell us the results ;)

[Team Chokepoint]

Paint to barrel match. Look in the barrel thread for a list of diameters. As your local store if you can borrow some barrels/kits in return for some sort of promotion.

Velocity to Accuracy, crank it up and down and see where it goes inaccurate. Or Velocity to air usage.

That one's good too.

[Trulyoldnavy]

You could combine the velocity to accuracy and air usage and just do the effects of velocity changes. You'ld end up with twice the number of graphs for the same amount of work.

[belvins]

ahh misread your question. Do you have to actually conduct an expeiriment, or are you just writng about it?
I have to actually conduct it.

[pbfreak8675309]

in front of class if u do then see if it herts too get shot 200 times shooting 200 fps or being shot 20 times at 280 fps

[nocoolname]

in front of class if u do then see if it herts too get shot 200 times shooting 200 fps or being shot 20 times at 280 fps

sounds like wht i did to my freind the other day i was messing around with his gun and was like hey go stand by tht tree over there o and take this mask i wana c how many time i can hit the tree u count hes a lot younger then me so he goes over there.. then i just light the crap out of him

the only reason i did this is becuz he is wearing abercrombie and some new vans
the moral of this story is to not drink and drive while chasing the muffin man cuz he took your waffels



uhhh...yeah idk compare 2 things in a ven diagram like uhh difrence between brass eagles paintgballs and marbelizers... lol

tht would defeat the purpose of a venn diagram cuz there nothing a like

[jjohnson]

Here's a suggestion we'd all love to do if we have rich parents:

"The effect of quality in gear on playing capability"
(Compare a mech fish to an ion to an angel speed to a dmc) And don't forget to shred the receipt and burn it too BEFORE your parents see the credit card bill.

[Canderous]

I got one, measure the ph level of the fill of a variety of paint types and see if that makes any difference the ouch factory, velocity, viscosity, etc...I dunno.

[slaminator3323]

The ph level is uniform through all of them I would think.

[TheBoss429]

sounds like wht i did to my freind the other day i was messing around with his gun and was like hey go stand by tht tree over there o and take this mask i wana c how many time i can hit the tree u count hes a lot younger then me so he goes over there.. then i just light the crap out of him

the only reason i did this is becuz he is wearing abercrombie and some new vans
the moral of this story is to not drink and drive while chasing the muffin man cuz he took your waffels



uhhh...yeah idk compare 2 things in a ven diagram like uhh difrence between brass eagles paintgballs and marbelizers... lol

tht would defeat the purpose of a venn diagram cuz there nothing a like
Wow... You are really stupid.

Damn 06ers.

Anyway...
I think the velocity vs. Accuracy would be the most benneficial to us players and would be a great one to do. You would just go through alot of paint and air doing it.

[Sheps]

The effects of drinking bleach on humans :dodgy:

Seriously though, a velocity/accuracy project would be good, as vould a closed bolt vs. open bolt project.

[naughtydogsrule]

my friend did what paintball r the most accurate.... he put the gun in a vice and put 10 paintballs in the hopper and shot them at a piece of wood an checked what paintball has a smaller spread

[Team Chokepoint]

I wouldn't think that accuracy vs. velocity would be that valuable to players. Most of us would choose to crank up the velocity as high as we can without causing severe accuracy loss to reduce the chance of bounces. However, its a great idea for a school project.

[TheBoss429]

I wouldn't think that accuracy vs. velocity would be that valuable to players. Most of us would choose to crank up the velocity as high as we can without causing severe accuracy loss to reduce the chance of bounces. However, its a great idea for a school project.
Yeah but if you go too high the ball changes shape from how fast its going and doesnt go straight. And also he can find the point of most accuracy loss.

The closed bolt vs. open bolt is also a great idea but he might not have access to a cocker.

[di$TOrTed]

the effect of ingesting paintballs on dogs.... that would be useful for us all to know.... now you just need to find a test dog......

[Team Chokepoint]

Yeah but if you go too high the ball changes shape from how fast its going and doesnt go straight. And also he can find the point of most accuracy loss.

I think that happens at ~310 fps, so outside the legal limits.

It would be a great experiment to find the point where he is most likely to make a ball break within the smallest area (on a soft surface), the statistical analysis alone would probably get you a good grade.

the effect of ingesting paintballs on dogs.... that would be useful for us all to know.... now you just need to find a test dog......

Why not you?

[Tweeter]

the effect of ingesting paintballs on dogs.... that would be useful for us all to know.... now you just need to find a test dog......

There's really no effect aside from a very shiny coat. After burning through half a case on a few pallets outside (I live on a farm), my dog went and licked up almost all of the paint. Turns out she just got a really shiney coat of fur. And a blue tongue.

On a science related note, I think accuracy vs. velocity would be awesome, and open bolt vs. closed bolt would be quite useful to ballers. Just make sure you follow the scientific method very closely. I want good results.

[Hiryuushige]

lol, why are you asking pbr? By the questions these people ask, if they knew any shred of science, they could figure it out themselves.

Here's an idea, what are the shoot down rates at different ROF's for a specific paintball gun. For multiple trials, use different regulators. This experiment has only one variable, everything else is a controlled factor. For a background report, look up reg recharge rates, pressures, shoot down percentages, etc. Your graphs would be shootdown over time. There would be a graph for each different ROF trial. Make sure you take multiple tests and factor in degrees of freedom, and I can guarantee an A.