calculating distance
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calculating distance
is there anyway of calculating a rough distance by time of how long it takes from when the lead leaves the beach to when it hits the water?
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oh dear :( i did physics for th e leaving does that help :lol:
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calculating distance
A good way of calculating distance over water is to step it out, a good step is a yard, so i have been told by Andrew Gormley after all he is god and can walk on water.
Distance over water is very deceptive and has caused many a good argument there is no real way of calculating it and many a good 200yd cast on the beach turned out to be a lot less when the lad turned up on the casting court
Distance over water is very deceptive and has caused many a good argument there is no real way of calculating it and many a good 200yd cast on the beach turned out to be a lot less when the lad turned up on the casting court
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this will help the calculation.. you just need to know the angle and speed and wind speed.. the calculation formula is there :shock: :D
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hb ... .html#tra4
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hb ... .html#tra4
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The easiest way i know off is to get yourself a detachable line counter (lidle do them every now and then E5) once you have cast lock the line counter on to the rod run the line over the wheel and as you retrieve the lead it clocks up the metres, there not 100% accurate but are within 5-10metres
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stevecrow74 wrote:this will help the calculation.. you just need to know the angle and speed and wind speed.. the calculation formula is there :shock: :D
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hb ... .html#tra4
Steve there's one element that doesn't take into account and which would stop the shape from being the perfect elliptical curve shown in the attached picture and that's the force back towards the angler of the line being dragged, so it's not going to be a perfect ballistic trajectory.
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Remember the question was arough distance by time not scientific.
Just time your cast by counting the time over grass and measure. Apply the same counting while on the beach. For instance if you cast 100 metres over grass and you count to 6, if you then cast on the beach and it counts 9 you can assume its around 150 metres.
Just time your cast by counting the time over grass and measure. Apply the same counting while on the beach. For instance if you cast 100 metres over grass and you count to 6, if you then cast on the beach and it counts 9 you can assume its around 150 metres.
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