Thread: Angle Compensation

Originally Posted by Dougie

Quick explanation.

Gravity works his best when on a 90degree angle from whatever it's pulling at. So, gravity is at it's most efficient when your bullet is shot horizontally.

When you add an angle (up or down is irrelevant), gravity isn't pulling as efficiently as it can. So you will be shooting higher, at the same distance, than if you were shooting horizontally.

Gravity is a constant regardless of angle, it is just acting over a shorter horizontal distance than the LOS distance in an angled shot.

Originally Posted by Moutere

Gravity is a constant regardless of angle, it is just acting over a shorter horizontal distance than the LOS distance in an angled shot.

Yeah, what he said ^^^

That must be where he got the distance thing from, distance travelled vs horizontal distance.

If you point a range finder uphill though, it says 100yards, then your target is 100yards. However it may be only 50yards of true horizontal travel in which gravity can do its thing on your bullet.