Posted by: Jason "Zippy" Finnie on February 13, 2003 at 11:26:07

Any spin induced on a paintball must spin not only the shell of the paint, but the liquid paint itself. Take a glass of ice water. Rotate the glass (shell) around in your hand. You'll see as the glass makes on revolution the ice water (paint) stays relatively put. Keep twisting the glass fast enough and the ice water will start spinning faster than you're spinning the glass. You can't get a decent accuracy with the shell spinning at a differenct rate than the paint. Just my .02 : If you manage to put spin on an egg shaped paintball, it would go further and be more accurate. It'll be alot like a football. It'll probably hurt more too considering that there's less surface area for the paintball to impact and explode on. : Spitzer

Follow Ups: A few considerations Spitzer 15:02:05 02/13/03 (1) Re: A few considerations Tom Sparkman 15:17:45 02/13/03 (0) Post a Followup Show your name as: DefaultRealnameBothNickname E-Mail address (eg: joeschmoe@aol.com): Show your e-mail address? DefaultYesNo Your Password: Don't have a password? CLICK HERE - Forgot your password? CLICK HERE Subject: Subject:Message: : Any spin induced on a paintball must spin not only the shell of the paint, but the liquid paint itself. : Take a glass of ice water. Rotate the glass (shell) around in your hand. You'll see as the glass makes on revolution the ice water (paint) stays relatively put. Keep twisting the glass fast enough and the ice water will start spinning faster than you're spinning the glass. You can't get a decent accuracy with the shell spinning at a differenct rate than the paint. Just my .02 : : If you manage to put spin on an egg shaped paintball, it would go further and be more accurate. It'll be alot like a football. It'll probably hurt more too considering that there's less surface area for the paintball to impact and explode on. : : Spitzer [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ WARPIG Tech Talk - Miscellaneous ]