Flag choice??

Don the ring is made out of an empty 1 Gal. plastic paint can and you can get three out of one, the means of rotation is left up to one's imaginarion mine has a 1/4 stainless steel rod that rides on top of a ball bearing inside the sleeve. The sock is made out of the cheapest home garbage bags one can find, very thin in Mills and very responsive to minor wind changes. The seam of the sock is Scotch Taped together and it is also attached to the ring via Scotch tape and they are very durable in adverse conditions including rain.

J.Louis
 
Here is a video clip of the flags I've made in the past. Not too much time now. The propeller bearings are different from the Auzzie flags from what I understand. Foreground is our flag, background is one of the many auzzie flags. In this clip, I seem to recall about the two flags about 5 feet apart. The one in the background may have had a problem as I am sure they are as responsive if not more then the ones I made. http://www.rpsinternational.com/100_1901.MOV
 
Butch Lambert said:
Joe,
I didn't see any Aussie flags, but your pinwheel is an Aussie copy. They work good don't they?
Butch
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Hi Butch!

If you look closely in the background you will see one of the Aussie flags. I could loan you my reading glasses ...lol... While the RPS flag is showing excellent response (tail and propeller and vane) only the tail on the Aussie flag was working ever so lightly. I suppose there could have been a wind only at my flag but... The 2 blade propellor is actually a copy of a New Zealand propeller which was a copy of possibly a copy or a copy of an original. I also have a 3 propeller version very similar to the 2 blade. All probably a copies of a typical child propeller, The propeller bearing design is my own made entirely from delrin materials. As you can imagine there were different considerations taken to produce my flag bearings. Regardless, of course I suspect neither bearing design is original. I suppose for the application they might be.

Take another look at the video clip if you have time.

The photos of the aussie flag setup looks great! Truly professional and very clean appearance of a real quailty neat package. I haven't touched the design of these flags since around 2002/3. Lots of plans to optimize the design and portability/compactability but no time....sob sob...
 
in the first part of the video, the aussie flag is behind the yellow propeller. As the wind moves the flag from right to left, the vane of the RPS flag covers the aussie flag. The aussie propeller is sitting horizontal..... If your not colour blind you will also see the aussie flag with the pink tail. the pink tail and vane move a bit, but the propeller is well balanced and stationary.
 
Lee. Get your eyes checked by an ophthalmologist.
And shoot faster.
Then again.
How many Benchrest Group Tournaments are held in a corn field???????
Kelbly's is closest. It does smell like a cow pie. When you are setting flags, at bench 55-60 for 200y. I always wondered about that hill....does it get bigger each year...??????
I missed the Super Shoot this year. So's I am not sure.
Stan Buchetal will know.
 
There is a great set of videos on youtube from the WBC 2011 that show multiple flag types next to each other. It was interesting to note that the Aussie propellers were much more responsive than the daisy wheel right next to it. As the wind picked up the propellers of the Aussie flags moved in exact harmony with the tails while the daisy wheel lagged behind the tail significantly. not to say that this is true of all daisy's but interesting to watch. Only saw a few wind probes in use and one vertical indicator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKm980JrEhw&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
The user has multiple videos of the flags only and are interesting to watch if you are in the market or analyzing your current flag setup.
Mike
It was also interesting to see how much wind and how much it was changing direction despite being in a high walled "lane" for a range. Tough conditions...especially in the back half of the field.
 
I've found surveyor tape just too light. 10 mph or 20 mph, once they're straight our, they're straight out.
 
I am also experimenting with some different material for wind flag tails. Not sure how to describe this material other than it is a synthetic type material that is pressed together i think. Very similar to frog togg rain suits, if you know what that is. Here is a pic. Its not a very good pic but you might get the idea. So far it is working really really well. Lee

flagmaterial037.jpg
 
The rimfire guys are cutting tails from white trash bags into 4" wide strips and they seem to work very well. In the video posted above it looks like the flags near the center use this kind of white material and it is very visible and seems to accentuate changes. They also seem to be extra long which magnifies the signals.
 
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