What will happen?

[the other one]

Ok, so i was in my jacuzzi a few nights ago, and i was thinking about paintball (as I always do.). Anyway, i was wondering what will a paintball do if it is fired and hits the water. will it break at the surface or go through the water, will it float, or sink? Also, what happens in the rain? do the raindrops affect the path of flight? Please give me some info, also, please tell me the approximate tempature of the air and water, and tell me what kind of paint used. thanx alot.

:)

[UTLadiesMan]

Depending on the angel, the paintball will go through the surface to the bottom, or skip off. I don't recall ever busting one on the surface before. Also, yes, rain does affect the path. When the paintball gets hit by a drop (or hits a drop) the weight is no longer symmetric and it flies as if you had a little paint in your barrel. Takes the backs out of the game, and makes it all a little more personal. Which really annoys me as a back, because people are slipping all over the place in the mud, can't run fast, or anything, and I can't shoot them... :(

[FinnMcKool]

I guess you mean "angle" cause that'd make more sense

[UTLadiesMan]

Sadly, I am usually the one to point that out.... one little typo and I get ragged on...

You are welcome to join me in the Association for the Correctness in the Areas of Grammar, Spelling, Math, and Physics on the Paintball Forums (ACAGSMPPF) if you'd like. ;)

[FinnMcKool]

Sure I love picking out grammar mistakes although it drives people nuts, this one kid kept spelling "angel" "angle" in a thread he did it like 50 times.

[jaredu]

I think that most angles will break a paintball. Because the force of the paintball hitting the water will almost always break the ball.

[AK47]

Yeah, won't angles break paint on the surface?

[UTLadiesMan]

The shell of a paintball is a bit harder than water, and is aerodynamic enough (it's a sphere) that they don't usually break. You can get them to skip off of the water at a low angle (like 10-15 degrees off parallel) and past that they just go in. (at least they have everytime I've done it) If someone has a pool, go try it and tell us the results. (I'm not responsible for a paintball getting into something expensive and destroying your pool though :rolleyes: )

[the other one]

hey, i want to be a part of the acagsmppf. i just do. and if you can find any major english flaws in my posts, you can kick me right off. i don't know, just a crazy late night idea.

[UTLadiesMan]

Originally posted by the other one
hey, i want to be a part of the acagsmppf. i just do. and if you can find any major english flaws in my posts, you can kick me right off. i don't know, just a crazy late night idea.

Just learn how to use capital leters, and you're more than welcome to be in.

[anchorite]

when I experimented the same idea (shooting paint into my pool) I noticed that the balls actually broke on the surface (they made a big splash, but they still broke). I was shooting all-star. maybe the brittle paint had something to do with it though.

ohh, UTladiesman... does your cocker (in your sig.) have constant flow mod? if so, do you like it?
when I lived in Austin, I got a cocker from CA, and it never worked properly. It was in the shop (between CA and Paintballmart in north austin (where I lived)), and it still never properly worked.

ohh well.

[UTLadiesMan]

Yeah, it's got the constant flow. It works pretty well, and the only time it really goes down is when I messed with it.

As for the paint, when I was shooting into water for fun I was using Blaze, which is a bit thicker shell than the all-stars... so that might be it.

[SpYdeR-GuY]

I have fired a paintball at water many a times. Yup it is the angle thing. You fire parralel to the water it will skip quite a few times actually. If you fir more down at it it will bust. It wont go through it.