Demonstrating how Coriolis effects bullet drop at 1000 yards

Jeremy Winters demonstrates how Coriolis effects bullet drop by shooting 1000 yards to the west and 1000 yards to the east and comparing the results.
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[@raztubes]

I have been such an idiot. Here I go paying for plane tickets when all I had to do was get up 3 feet in the air and wait for Europe to come to me.

[@glenwood89420]

raztubes This concept is the same as why a flight from Europe is hours longer than the same flight to Europe.. Try walking up the down escalator lol

[@kdmc40]

raztubes The jetstream has little effect at 3ft,, dude!

[@raztubes]

kdmc40 No shit, Sherlock. But it does have an effect on the duration of transatlantic flights; which is what the poster I replied to was talking about. Keep up, dude.

[@hromundr7825]

Your body in relation to space is rotating with the earth at the same speed, if you had a way to levitate in a fixed point you could wait for Europe to come to you... but remember that we are orbiting the sun too.

[@RikardKrvaric]

So, a hot air balloon?

[@Basedmursenary]

Captain Price definitely watched this before shooting Zakhaev

[@barefoot_fishing3187]

This comment deserves so much more attention than it’s received in 2 years.

[@Basedmursenary]

@@barefoot_fishing3187 😂

[@israelargollo6030]

@@barefoot_fishing3187 SO MUCH MORE!! HAHAHA

[@andreasrydell1078]

🤣

[@bethanyjacksoncanfield]

I’m very happy to see this. Lucky he had little wind flags

[@maxwellshammer5283]

I think that’s actually the Eothvos effect that’s being experienced. Coriolis would have an effect shooting north or south causing you to miss to the left or right.

[@HomoVastans]

My thought as well.

[@MrDschubba]

My thoughts too

[@steezydan8543]

My think also

[@wyattcisco]

Huh what they said 😎

[@ladamyre1]

I repeat my reply from 4 years ago... *_Coriolis affects your north or south trajectory as well and he wasn't clear on that point. When you're shooting north the bullet will go left and vice versa to the south..._* *_...which is the main reason those damn Yankees won the war! lol_* *_So, what about north-west and such? North-west would be down and to the left, both about half the expected amounts of either straight on direction._* Coriolis is the term and it is merely referring to the spin of the Earth. Which direction you're shooting in doesn't change the physics of it, it's the same effect. To be sure there is some eotvos effect as well, but that is a _perceived_ gravitational effect and with a bullet that weighs 160 grains the difference of the eotvos effect over 1000 yards would be less than a millimeter.

[@Argoneui]

To everyone saying "It's not Coriolis, it's Eötvös!", this is just splitting hairs. Yes, it's true that in some applications the Coriolis force refers only to the horizontal (wrt the surface of the Earth) component of the cross product -2m(omega x v) and the vertical is called the Eötvös effect. However in general "Coriolis force" refers to the entire cross product. I've never come across a mechanics book that makes the distinction between the two components (most never mention the Eötvös effect by name).

[@DANGJOS]

Good point

[@Manudyne]

What exactly do you mean by horizontal and vertical?

[@pentallica893]

Agreed.

[@pentallica893]

@@Manudyne left or right vs up or down.

[@jimsmith7212]

@@pentallica893 Not accurate though. The Eötvös is the effect of different centrifugal forces "strenghening or weakening" gravity and coriolis is conserved momentum. The bullets were displaced vertically from Eötvös effect and horizontally from coriolis simultaneously.

[@standard1664]

I'll try and settle this for those reading the comments and wondering who knows the truth, who thinks they know the truth (that just ain't so), and who's on acid: He is in fact showcasing the effect the Coriolis effect can have.....AND the Eötvös effect. The Eötvös is the vertical (elevation or "up") component that the Coriolis effect has on a moving object. Backing up a bit, to calculate the Coriolis force with relation to directions that make sense to a shooter at a point on the earth's surface (North, East, Up), you must compute the cross multiplication of the Earth's rotation vector with the velocity vector of the object traveling (note: an object must be moving relative to the earth's surface to experience Coriolis. It can't be stationary or geostationary/floating). When you do this calculation, for a given latitude, and a given flight time (which can be estimated based on muzzle velocity and distance), there will be an expected push on the bullet to the right in the Northern Hemisphere, and to the Left in the Southern Hemisphere. This push is pretty much constant at your given latitude, no matter what direction the bullet is traveling. What DOES change depending on direction, is the "Up" push of the Coriolis force, which is also known as the Eötvös effect. So.... because the dude is trying to showcase the Coriolis without having to drive or fly several hours to change his latitude, he changes direction E to W, knowing that the bullet will be pushed up and down respectively (At Gunwerks Wyoming they're at about 43 degrees of latitude, and for 1000 yards, at an estimated muzzle velocity of 2800fps, I calculated about 4.8 inches of deflection up to the east, and down to the west). Props to him for trying to keep all other variables constant, like distance, gun, bullet, and environment. And, I guess in Wyoming they say CoriAlis. Jk, this is all bullshit, the earth is flat.

[@selmtron]

Yeah, Wyoming! I plink at trash cans-1300 yards...(1903 30.06 sporterized) this is awesome! Didn't know about the up and down. I studied meteorology and atmospheric science, and the coreolis effect. I just learned something new... i thought there was always a right "drifting" of the bullet. In an ideal world high pressure would run straight to low pressure-due to the coreolis (in n hemi) however, high pressure systems spin clockwise, low pressure systems anticlockwise. As a rule of thumb, find the direction of upper level cloud travel, line up looking down their path, low pressure center is 90° to your left. Awesome vid! Makes me want to get out there!

[@blantant]

Thanks for clearing that up at the end

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

It's flat, it does not move and retrograde motion is bull shit to, and il burn anyone at the stake who sez otherwise! 🔥

[@IanMcFerran]

How comes snippers, hunters and the armed forces don't make these corrections before firing over long distances but always hit their targets? Maybe the scope on this person's riffle is off... or... maybe the scopes for all the riffles used by snippers, hunters and the armed forces in the world - ever - are off to such a degree that they coincidentally happen to be corrected perfectly for this 'theory' to appear plausible on its own? 🤔

[@raptorspence100]

Sounds like a long explanation for a simple answer the world is not spinning. We don't live on a ball.

[@Alex-jl5yz]

“Keep in mind variable humidity and wind speed along the bullet's flight path. At this distance you'll also have to take the Coriolis Effect into account. ” - Cpt. McMillan

[@greybone777]

Altitude as well.

[@xenabidin8788]

shoot the helicopter.

[@varunk4724]

I was hoping someone would comment this

[@carrythebanner1589]

Legendary comment

[@akencas]

I love it when he said "Coriolis Effect"

[@smicksmookety]

A good way to help people visualize the Eötvös Effect is to think about orbits - if you're orbiting the planet at a very fast pace you'll start to leave the earth and if you stand still you'll plummet towards the earth. Shooting with the earth's rotation increases the bullet's orbital speed relative to the center of earth mass (helping it exit the earth's gravity pull) and shooting against it decreases the bullet's orbital speed relative to center of earth mass (making it harder to exit the earth's gravity). In other words, we're constantly being spun around on the surface (centrifuge) which reduces our perceived gravity, just like the spin on a merry-go-round tries to make us exit its surface (albeit horizontally). This is why your odds of getting pee on yourself if you pee into the wind while facing westward are better.

[@jegr3398]

Ok that makes more sense thanks.

[@jaydubbyuh2292]

Most retarded & ridiculous foolishness I've yet heard, next to the gender pronoun lunacy

[@RichM0410]

Fascinating! Learn something every day.

[@Southernshaker]

so where can I buy anti-coriolis ammo?

[@tatanyave]

Same place where you buy your anti-psychotic drugs and marijuana from.

[@cincomithell]

Bert Cochran I

[@michealblackwell3271]

Bert Cochran you can, I think the company is called "Nerf". Check it out, they're pretty cheap too.

[@AtlasReburdened]

If you send me the money first I'll send you some. They look exactly like normal bullets and only cost 10X more.

[@itsmrlonewolf]

When they make laser guns that would technically be anti Coriolis wouldn’t it? I bet they already have them too

[@diogenes5381]

We understand these unseen forces in physics & probability. This is why we get as close to the target as possible. It is however valuable to know these no matter how minute they may be because it is very entertaining to bring these things up at a beer joint during hunting season.

[@0570965]

Thanks for getting this video out here.

[@ghollisjr]

Minor correction from your friendly physicist: The bullet will still rotate with the Earth, but not at the same rate. Angular momentum must be conserved, so as the bullet moves across the surface of the Earth and changes altitude, this affects the relative angular velocity of the bullet compared with the surface and thus all objects connected to it.

[@redberries8039]

you're right, but it's not a minor correction... the guy in the vid is completely wrong

[@beenschmokin]

Because everyone knows you can hover in a helicopter and just let the earth move under you. Saves fuel.... GTFOH

[@brendan4859]

I'm bored so I did some math to see how far off a bullet would be if it just flew off into space like the guy said at 0:45 (I know he said "in lamen's terms", but it's more fun to take his words literally lol) Let's say you shoot a half mile (almost 1000 yards). A 300 winmag will get there in about .8 seconds. If you stood at the equator and shot south, the bullet would move sideways going west at 1000 miles per hour (or 1525 ft/s) and be like 1500 feet off target lmao. Not to mention the Earth also rotates around the Sun at like 67000 miles per hour, and the galaxy rotates at 130 miles per SECOND. Then you start getting into weird concepts like how do you even tell the speed of something in the universe if nothing is standing still.

[@brendan4859]

If I'm understanding you correctly, the real "Coriolis effect" happens because the angular velocity the bullet inherits at the altitude of your barrel is slower than it would need to be to keep up with the Earth's angular velocity during the portion of the arc where the bullet is higher than it was initially, right? So if you were to somehow turn off gravity and shoot perfectly parallel to the ground, the bullet wouldn't drift sideways at all?

[@GWAYGWAY1]

The Royal Navy in the 1890s developed a mechanical computer for long distance naval firing. In the First World War it was used to calculate the drop, rise and the Coriolis affect for the shells , over 20 miles and the direction of fire , also to compensate for the wind as well. Bombsight from high flying aircraft need similar correction.

[@Sphere723]

Coriolis effect does not occur when shooting east-west. That is Eotvos. Eotvos is simply the fact that shooting with/agaisnt the spin of the earth will effect its velocity relative to someone watching from a stationary spot in space (on the surface of the earth the velocity seems the same). It is this velocity from the perspective of a stationary spot in space which will determine the bullet drop, because earths gravity doesn't care about our perspective on the surface. Coriolis is North-South. If you are on the north pole, your angular velocity is small. But if you are on the equator it is large. If you try an shoot from the north pole to a target on the equator you'll miss.

[@frankymark7025]

You are 100% correct.

[@WombatDakk]

What about shooting NE or SW or something. I have yet to seen any real world circumstances where the target happens to be exactly north, south, east or west.

[@MrDcpishere]

LordDakson the more you are aiming N or S the bigger the effects gets. Technically it starts as soon as you deviate 1 degree to N or S, but then the effect is very small. I guess the effect grows like a sine function with respect to the degree of deviation

[@44sharshooter]

I looked up the Eotvos Effect and it seems to do with the resulting felt force of gravity comparing east to west moving objects. Or: "a phenomenon in which two objects, one at rest and the other moving relative to the earth, have different values of the acceleration of gravity at the same point." So, I would like to see more of how the curving earth will raise or lower a target and it's point of impact by the eastward or westward moving target. It certainly will not effect the mainstream citizen as they will not be doing TOO much hunting at 1000+ yards or defending self and home at those ranges either.

[@oldgus01]

44sharpshooter You are right, and Sphere is right. Think rocket physics (which is much easier to think about in terms of objects in orbit rather than objects on the earth's surface.) The power of gravity remains constant, however the velocity affects the path of the object around the sphere. When an object is in orbit, it does not use any fuel to maintain its orbit. Its velocity is instead at the right speed and direction that when the force of gravity pulls it towards the center of the sphere, it cannot pull with enough force to bring it down, only to bend the path into a never-ending circle. If the speed decreases in the direction of orbit, the force of gravity doesn't increase or decrease, but the speed that pulls the object away from earth is lower, therefore the arc returning to earth is sharper. If the speed in the direction of orbit increases, the speed pulling the object away from earth also increases, so the arc returning to earth is more shallow. A bullet flying around the Earth is similar, except with near instantaneous changes in speed, and a starting speed equal to the speed of the Earth rotating at that point. So, when the bullet is fired against the rotation of the Earth, that is like an object in orbit lowering its orbital speed. When it is fired with the rotation, it is like increasing its orbital speed. Most planes and cars don't travel fast enough to really show any effect here, since orbital velocity is damn near 18,000 miles per hour, and even at the equator, the Earth barely tops 1,000, a speed fast enough to make you feel maybe a pound ighter at the poles than the equator (and faster than the speed of sound, but the air travels at the same speed, so no sonic boom), while cars and planes have land speeds slower than sound (most of the time). A bullet from a rifle, especially one that can accurately hit a target over a thousand yards, actually has a muzzle velocity closer to 2,000 mph, meaning that firing at the equator, the bullet actually has an initial "orbital" speed of 3,000 mph (1,000 + 2,000) in one direction (west to east), and an initial orbital speed of 1,000 mph (1,000 - 2,000, since its fired against the speed of rotation) in the other direction (east to west). Since one is 3 times the orbital velocity of the other, and even the lower one is 1/18th true orbital velocity, then if there were no air resistance to slow it down, the two would have drastically different arcs. Even with air resistance, the arcs are different enough to cause a noticeable drop over distances as small as even 500 yards. tl;dr, but still mind blowing... imagine if you launched a rocket exactly straight up at the equator, so that when it reached orbit, its orbital speed would be exactly the same as our rotational speed on the surface of the Earth. When it finally reached orbit, it would be one million miles up, 1% of the distance to the sun and almost 5 times farther away from the earth than the moon, and while we would travel all the way around this pretty spinning marble every 24 hours, that rocket would make one complete orbit of the earth in more than 270 days. Meanwhile, a rocket orbiting the earth at the equator at the same speed as a bullet fired to the east would be only 130,000 miles high (a little more than halfway to the moon,) and orbit the Earth once every 11 days. THAT is the difference the speed of a bullet makes.

[@PLA5207]

Excellent explanation and demonstration. Thank you.

[@erikydelauritsen3973]

Let's call it a mnemonic. The actual explanation is flawed.

[@yourmomsdildo3938]

Flat Earthers are losing their mind over this.

[@EpochUnlocked]

This will blow your mind but the Earth is neither flat nor round.

[@Al-sg7kr]

Nice try spherecuсk

[@kgkg6649]

@@Al-sg7kr yeah your right, since is for dummies...now go back to using your iPhone and drinking red wine with your pinky raised

[@DefinitelyNotAnOsprey]

@@Al-sg7kr It would appear you've caught someone with that bait somehow. Well done.

[@sebastiangiovannella7778]

Technically earth isn’t a perfect sphere as the spinning makes the equator wider and the poles slightly squished in

[@seankyleb.6739]

Actually the Coriolis effect is active when shooting north and south because speed of the equator is spinning fast than a point closer to a pole because it covers more distance in a certain period of time because the radius of the circle it rotates with is larger. So when you are shooting northward the target is moving slower than the eastward momentum of the bullet so the bullet will hit to the right of the target. Shooting south ward the bullet will hit left.

[@mackal598]

Sean Kyle B. someone understands at least, this whole video got it wrong lol

[@yaykruser]

even then, when you shoot from 1km below the equator to a target 1k above the equator it shouldnt make a difference, right? Cause bothe the shooter and the target are same distance from the equator and thereby moving at the same speed. Same should apply to the north and south pole.

[@whiskeytango9769]

Not correct, you will hit to the right whether shooting to the north or the south if you are located in the northern hemisphere. The reason is because when shooting south, the target is moving faster than the shooter, so it moves left faster, which means you hit right of the target.

[@trevorkolmatycki4042]

Respectfully… This comment is incorrect as worded… In the Northern hemisphere, horizontal deflection due to Coriolis is always to the right relative to the shooter and always the same amount to the right regardless of shooting direction. In the Southern hemisphere it is always to the left relative to the shooter. The amount of horizontal Coriolis deflection is greater at the poles, lesser at the equator so to calculate horizontal coriolis deflection you need your latitude but you don’t need your azimuth of fire. Vertical deflection due to coriolis is different… anywhere on the earth it is zero when shooting due north or due south… and is maximum up shooting east and maximum down shooting west. So vertical coriolis depends on both latitude and azimuth direction of fire. Vertical coriolis deflection is zero at the poles and maximum at the equator. Unfortunately, the majority of the civilian shooting community has coriolis understanding wrong in one way or another… but fortunately the aviation and meteorological communities have it right… if they didn’t, airplanes would not arrive at their destination. The military artillery guys are definitely on point with their understanding of coriolis effects on projectiles.

[@lancelot1953]

Hi Gunwerks team, thank you for all the videos and information. Just a slight correction on your video/title, what you are referring to is the Eötvös effect which affects the vertical component of the bullet trajectory in your example, your example is otherwise perfect. The Coriolis effect will give you a horizontal deviation depending on your latitude, Ciao, L

[@kirkf4crewdawg604]

You are so correct, Lancelot! Also, Coriolis Effect only effects objects traveling far enough and slow enough to experience the effect (like weather systems moving from South to North (in the Northern Hem.). Bullits are moving too fast and for too short of a distance to experience the "Effect."

[@lancelot1953]

Hi Kirk, nice to finally read someone who has an open mind and/or is educated on the subject. The effects of Coriolis "laws" (vertical such as Eötvös effect and horizontal such as Coriolis proper) are there all the time but as you mentioned, for short distances/fast bullets, the results are negligible. When you look at hitting a target over 1,000 meters, depending on your theater of operation: latitude, direction of flight to target, size of target, weapon used (cannon vs. bullet vs. nuke ;-)!... you start making calculations. The sniper team works that on their hand-held computer and charts. Ciao, L

[@tubemonks]

+Kirk Crewdag Wow!

[@kjelladrian3205]

Actually, Kirk, snipers are adjusting for the coriolis effect. In long range shooting the bullet can deviate about half an inch roughly.

[@kjelladrian3205]

However, you are correct in that this video is about the Eötvös effect!

[@dr.g6105]

This was very cool. Thank you.

[@thomascragg783]

Thanks, learn something new every day.

[@nbuha56]

Iv'e been shooting through scopes for some time and account for everything down to the nearest fart. Never once accounted for the coriolis effect, I hit my targets.

[@charleysturbos7320]

Yep that's because the Earth doesn't spin at 1091 miles per hour. This guys paid shill or dumb. Only one video on the subject I keep getting. 5 millitary manual's on sniping in my phone and non account for this fake spin. Imagine trying to shoot East the target would run from you 1091mph at eqautor . Easy way to tell this is a lie. Shoot 1000 yards to the west and same to east ,then north, then South. Shoot a bell or metal. Have someone time it. They all will vary only puny split second apart and that is against wind obviously. KZbin , michealson and m Morley, michealson and Gale, aires failure. Theirs like ten others that price we don't move. They don't teach these in high school or collage. Also Google or KZbin government admit the Earth is flat and stationary. Let me look they sensor this heavily now.

[@charleysturbos7320]

Here's proof he lies. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYOWd6agaJKoj7c

[@nbuha56]

@@charleysturbos7320 Lol the best part about this video is that you have to trust that the guy in this video is doing what he says. He doesn't show his work, we have to take his word on how far he is shooting, what direction, and what the wind is doing. we also cant see where he is aiming nor what kind of a shot he personally is.

[@37rainman]

+Nick: All that proves is that there are a whole pile of irrational dumbasses who own guns. YOU THINK!!?, lol. And that, like +charlysturb, there are a lot of people who own guns who are marginally mentally ill and/or do drugs. I too own guns, and for a LOT longer than you have. Done lots of shooting. There is nothing you or I do at a range that will prove or disprove coriolis. All you are doing here is the standard flatter "proof": If some effect is so small it cannot be seen, it doesn't exist. Obviously no proof of anything, my friend. Hey genius. You have never done precisely the test the guy did in the vid, at 1000 yds, correct?? You have done some shooting at targets though. Say, you sighted your rifle in at 300 yds. How are you at that range, at that spot, shooting at targets, like you do, EVER going to prove coriolis one way or the other? You cannot. The point is, at the ranges you shoot, and the way you shoot you cannot demo anything anyway. And finally, with this level of irrationality, it is probable you shouldn't be messing around with guns.

[@hectorlozada8056]

@@37rainman You make no sense. Other than insulting your basically saying theres no real way to see if the coriolis effect is real or not. You proved no point let alone have a point.. People have confirmed kills at a mile away. You think they had to account for the coriolis effect? NO

[@Lauri2014]

How it AFFECTS!!! THE EFFECT IS WHAT AFFECTS...WOW.

[@bartacomuskidd775]

youre are only confusing people who were already confused..

[@heraclitus6100]

Lol I love you.

[@johnmathews2030]

This is actually called the Eötvös effect. The Coriolis is a result of firing North or South. Because of differences in rotational speed as you go further North or South of the equator, less ground is travelling under the bullet so it travels to the side. I.E. A bullet fired directly North from the equator has an Eastern momentum of about 1,000-mph. If the ground below it is only rotating at 500-mph then the bullet will be travelling East at 500-mph making it appear to be travelling North-East. Of course, the rotational speed difference would never be that drastic with modern weapons because a bullet would have to travel from the equator to about halfway across Greenland more than 5,000-miles away. Despite the difference in rotational speed in mph, each part of Earth is rotating at the same number of degrees per hour, which is why if a person at the North Pole and a person at the equator could see each other through a telescope they would remain centered in each other's view no matter how much time passed. This is basically a 3D representation of a fan blade. The outer edge of the blade has more distance to travel than the inner edge so the outer edge has to travel at a greater mph to maintain the same number of degrees per hour and hold its position relative to the inner edge.

[@stgraves260]

All I know is I keep it simple. When I shoot West I add 1 moa of elevation. When I shoot East I subtract 1 moa. The only time I do this is when I shoot past 700 yards. Now this will all change when you get closer or further from the equator. But sense I hunt in the US I just use my 1 moa correction. Thanks for sharing.

[@37rainman]

+stgrave: So I take it you are out there making 1000 yd shots at deer. How is that going for you? Some hunter. My BS meter is pegging

[@stgraves260]

37rainman the furthest shot I’ve made on a deer is 705 yards. I’ll give ya tip. If you don’t like long range hunters than don’t watch. Don’t sit in your blind and bait animals and call yourself a hunter and then Ridicule someone who spends the time and hard work and dedication it takes to be better shot than most people. Years Of training to learn the pattern of animals. How to know the animal your tracking by the footprints on the ground. Yeah I’ve spotted and stalked for over 40 years. I may be a little slower than I used to be. But I still have the Passion for hunting. I still love to hunt with my dad even if he is in a wheelchair. He will all ways be my hunting partner no matter how difficult it is for him to tag along. We will take the shot if we are confident. That’s why we train ourselves. Ready for any situation. When we take our shot and drop our target I will push him over any mountain, wheelchair or not. I will carry him if I have to. There might be a few breaks in Between and maybe some father and son ass chewing’s. But we will handle it together.

[@stgraves260]

George Paris if shooting North or South I don’t adjust for Coriolis. Some people adjust for twist rate in barrels. I’m not knocking that in any way. I just don’t have a weigh of proving if that changes bullet impact because I’ve never shot a rifle with no twist in it.

[@stgraves260]

George Paris just dial in. Coriolis does not effect true north or true south.

[@Rikkitikk]

What if I told you that you can make gun videos without rock music.

[@InterstatePlates]

mind. blown. :D

[@dickjohnson8636]

Texas would tell you to fuck off 🙄🤣

[@bruceevans56]

@@dickjohnson8636 Tell Texas to fuck off. The rest of us have grown past the age of 14.

[@flatearthreality8683]

you are stupid as shit hahaha

[@martymcbean3733]

Bruce Evans what does that have to do with rock music?

[@ArtisanTony]

The vertical effect on the bullet is called the Eotvos Effect. The Coriolis Effect is the effect on the horizontal movement of the bullet.

[@mcsx3mcsx397]

Awesome video, awesome teacher, awesome explanation!

[@erikydelauritsen3973]

Just to bad that the explanation is flawed.

[@mcsx3mcsx397]

@@erikydelauritsen3973 Explain...

[@erikydelauritsen3973]

@@mcsx3mcsx397 . Jeremy Winters said "....the Earth is still rotating, and the bullet is not rotating with the Earth, so the Earth will actually rotate from out the underneath of the bullet while it is in flight." That's definitely a misconception. If it was so, then the FlatEarthies claim - about hovering in a helicopter above the ground will take you to another place due to the rotation of the earth - would be correct. And of course it isn't.

[@erikydelauritsen3973]

@@mcsx3mcsx397 "if you’re shooting West, your target’s gonna rotate up and towards us, which is gonna cause the bullets to hit lower.” “if you’re facing east, the target’s going to be dropping and slightly moving away, which is gonna cause the hits to be higher" Same kind of misconception. That's not how the coriolis acceleration is explained.

[@jorgeparra9058]

Your explanation is correct for another effect called Spin Drift hitting up or down. Coriolis affects bullets flying to the North or to the South, hitting left of right the target.

[@JimGiant]

This is the Eötvös effect. The Coriolis effect influences left/right curve. It will curve the bullet right in the northern hemisphere and left in the southern with greatest effect at the poles. The Eötvös effect accounts for the drop difference east to west with greatest effect at the equator.

[@monkchips]

Wow someone knew this. Coriolis effect is N-S. Bravo sir.

[@qualicumjack3906]

That’s not correct at all. Where did you get that idea? The Eotvos effect relates to how the Earth’s rotation affects an object’s gravity

[@MsTittentei]

EOTVOS EFFECT!

[@geraldj9963]

Great video.

[@pjsmfasheri]

Perfectly explained. Thanks.

[@erikydelauritsen3973]

Unfortunately, the explanation is flawed

[@MedicXDm]

in this case accuracy would be affected left to right if shooting north and south.....right?

[@DimitrisSiozos]

My thoughts exactly...

[@zeuso.1947]

MedicXDm ,No ; North/South the rifle, bullet, and target are all moving together relative to each other. East/West the bullet exits the rifle at a specific point in the arc of earth's rotation as the earth continues to rotate towards or away from the point of launch.

[@badlandskid]

ThisISREALLYDumb probably not significant enough to notice unless you were at one so the poles. That would be a highly unlikely scenario. How about this... would the deviation east to west be greatest at the equator, the same or least?

[@UTurnCub]

+ThisISREALLYDumb I'm impressed. You're the only person I've "met" on KZbin who really understands Coriolis. Especially the bit about how there is no effect when shooting north/south at the equator. Almost no one gets that, even after you explain it to them.

[@jhanks2012]

right but just how there is very little effect while shooting north/south at the equator, there is NO effect from Coriolis while shooting east/west no matter where you are.

[@jacobm.493]

🖐🤗🤚 🖖 question. What about the other 2 directions do I need to aim a little to the left and a little to the right?

[@kenrobba5831]

Yes ! Then you correct port or starboard

[@saleplains]

to make it easier just make sure to always take your 1000yd shots aimed due south from 500yd north of the equator

[@heraclitus6100]

​@@saleplainsI just laughed way too hard at that.

[@tyronekim3506]

You are correct about the bullet impact due to the Coriolis effect. The science is with you. Disregard the contrarian comments. If you had said Eötvös effect, you would also be correct, because Eötvös effect is a special case of Coriolis effect of a projectile motion only in the Earth's latitude direction. Good luck.

[@agronopoulus]

Great video!

[@methylene5]

This entire video is an excellent demonstration of the Corona effect, that 4.8% alcohol sure affects the brain after a half dozen bottles or so in quick succession.

[@greenmachine1987]

This explanation is wrong. Coriolis effect does not effect a bullet east west, only north south. The Coriolis effect comes from the Change in relative speed of the earth, relative to an object in motion above it. As a bullet fired north from the equator flies, it is travelling both north at 3000 feet per second, and east at 1500 feet per second, a target north of the equator is also traveling east, but at a slightly slower speed, since the bullet is moving both north and east, but east faster than the target, it will, in the same time, travel further east than the target does while in air, striking to the right. In reverse, if you fire from the slower moving target south towards the equator, the target at the equator is moving faster east than the bullet, so it the bullet fired this direction will also strike right. When firing from the equator south, the bullet is traveling east faster and will hit left (in both cases, when firing from a faster moving point on earth, to a slower one, the bullet strikes further east, when slower to faster, further west.) When firing East / West, a different thing happens, the shooter and the target are moving at the same speed. So when in flight, the target does not actually move up and towards the bullet, when firing west, or down and away when shooting east as depicted in the video. This is just plain 100% false, not arguments about it. Something else is happening to cause the results shown above. When firing east, the bullet is moving in the same direction as the earth, so, relative to the center of the earth, it is moving at a higher degree of rotation around the fixed point in terms of degrees per hour. This causes a greater amount of centrifugal force, which "slightly" counteracts the effect of gravity, essentially making the bullet "lighter" and it will follow a flatter arc, causing a higher "hit". When firing west, the angular velocity or speed of rotation around a fixed point is lower, causing less centrifugal force, and allowing gravity to take more effect, essentially making the bullet heavier, causing a lower hit. This is the Eotvos effect, something tangentially related, but different than the Coriolis effect.

[@sfmngsgnshg]

***** The earth moves under the bullet either extending the flight time or reducing it. this causes the bullet to impact higher or lower on the target.

[@greenmachine1987]

Tom Codie No, I does not. ^This is just plain wrong. The earth does not move under the bullet any more than it move under you when you jump up and down on a trampoline. When at rest the bullet it is moving with the earth relative to space, but is stationary relative to the ground. As long as the relative speed of the ground below the bullet does not change, as it would when traveling north or south from the equator, the earth's movement is essentially canceled out of the equation because it is a constant. The effect shown above is the result of Eotvos effect and is a result of centrifugal force.

[@sfmngsgnshg]

***** Right i corrected myself later, please try to keep up. The equator moves at a higher velocity than the poles. So if you shoot north from the equator the relative ground speed at which you leave the barrel is, keep the demo simple, 1000mph as you move further north the relative ground speed slows down but you the projectile do not because the last time the earths rotation affected your relative velocity was when you felt the barrel. hence if firing north the bullet moves to the right. If you are firing south from the north pole the relative velocity would increase and you would still move to the right. Now shooting east and west is a bit more complicated but in essence a bullet will try to fly away from the center of rotation when moving with the rotation and towards the center of rotation when moving against it.

[@greenmachine1987]

Tom Codie Tom, this is exactly, exactly the same thing that I said. The "trying to fly away from the center of rotation" is centrifugal force, which is slightly greater when firing east, so the bullet escapes gravity a bit more, and is slightly less when firing west, so it is pulled down a bit more.

[@sfmngsgnshg]

***** Right, i am agreeing with you. we are just talking past each other. In the video his explanation is correct the terminology is wrong. Which really only matters to a very few people.

[@PassportReasons]

All of the flat earthers cried and died when this video was published

[@gedgar2000]

Excellent. Anyone should be able to follow your explanation of this interesting, but mysterious to many people effect. Great video. Who could give it a thumbs down? It's factual. Do they don't get it, or think more technical detail was needed, I don't know.. I thought it was about perfect for it's purpose.

[@johnnybarbar7435]

This is not even close to too factual. Coriolis effect us when shooting north or south and having a physics effect of a windage variation of approximately 4" in 1000 yards in the absence of other variables. What he is describing in this video is the

[@anthonyhamilton6843]

Finally something useful in my recommended.

[@nick62040]

Head and tail wind will give at least that much variation, also the velocity variation from round to round could add to the wind effect and give even more elevation spread.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

I'm with the wind on this week ass test,, feels dirty like myth busters,, no wind measurement equipment out there.

[@lxxsxxx7845]

I too am wondering about the wind speeds on that day. Obviously it wasn't blowing but I did see the grass moving and the gunpowder smoke blow away rather quickly. Even a few knots of wind can cause several inches of drop. (depending on the load and its drop table)

[@dragonhealer7588]

@@lxxsxxx7845 Yes, Coriolis adjustment is your last concern, unless the conditions are pristine and the distance and flight time extreme.

[@imconfusedtwo9268]

That's crazy ! My mind is blown

[@allenkuester781]

WOW I learned something today,,,, thanks ,,,, make sence

[@mattcero1]

I flew 53s in the Navy so let me pose the question in a slightly different way. The surface velocity of Earth is about 1000 miles per hour due to it's rotation. If I wanted to fly 1000 miles west, couldn't I just pick up into a hover and hover for an hour. Then after landing an hour later, I would be 1000 miles west of where I started the hover This would be one fast helicopter wouldn't it at 1000 miles per hour? Everything that starts on the ground is moving with the surface of the earth including helicopters, bullets and people. We're all moving at about 1000 miles per hour. You would start seeing a difference with balloons over a significant amount of time compared to bullets but for the scope of this conversation, I hope I made my point. MC

[@alexswaggsalot9184]

8=====D

[@arizonadiyhunting5253]

Alex Swaggsalot my gosh. I hope never ride in ANYTHING you are piloting. Effing socialist.

[@jetskiwu]

Not necessarily, hypothetically it works but you would need to reduce the velocity of the plane or helicopter because when you take off you are moving at about 1000 mph, earths rotation, in reference to earth your not moving, but chose another reference point and you are moving with the earth, so once you reduce your speed to 0 mph from the non earth reference point, then you will eventually get there however, from the reference point of earth you will be moving at 1000 mph which is not hovering.

[@johngriffin618]

I think that would work if the earth had no atmosphere, but you have to take into account the atmosphere. It moves with the earth otherwise we would have 1000mph winds all the time. You don't move when on the surface because it is solid, but with gases you can move through it a lot more freely, so you would slowly move but not very much.

[@themistoklis6237]

Go on a train traveling 100 mph. Jump. Land on the same place? Yes. You and the train have the same velocity. Now try this on a fast merry go round. Jump...oops you go off on a tangent. The merrygoround spins under you. It’s velocity is changing and you have the velocity (speed and direction) at the time of your jump. Rotation is different.

[@rjjablo]

When we were shooting 4.2" Mortars and doing the calculations manually, Coriolis effect was an additional calculation if you wanted to be more accurate on the first shot. 81MM and 60MM did not have enough range to make a difference

[@trickeydick5024]

Motars do not have a flat trajectory so I believe what you say. cheers

[@stuartgray5877]

@@trickeydick5024 even "flat trajectories" have to correct for earth rotation. Parabolic paths have longer "hang time" so the effect IS greater.

[@gregchabot7160]

Great post, for over the horizon (artillery) this is important. For a line of sight weapon (rifle). Not so much.

[@harrywalker1621]

I was in Afghanistan is 2006 10th mountain mortar team helped us out in Kandahar op Apollo smashed them we did a dm found mush legs and arms

[@pietekoo5559]

@@stuartgray5877 The earth is flat. Guy can't shoot straight.

[@johnblythe8229]

This is one of the best demonstrations on the topic. Mentoring an 18 yr old I used your video to assist with his leaning.

[@pilotguy40]

That is one lucky 18 year old. Can you adopt me. I am in my 70's but I am potty trained.

[@johnblythe8229]

@@pilotguy40 Thats funny…. I’m on track behind you at 56 and just now fighting off my second case of Covid in 6 months. No vaccines here.. These kids are our future (smile)

[@jlocke62]

I learned something today :)

[@SirBlikkster]

"As you can see, every time I jump into the air, the Earth rotates out from underneath me and I can travel from Texas to Australia in just one giant leap for mankind."

[@Noey145]

+simon wyatt This was good, +1

[@josephsmith7865]

+simon wyatt LOL!

[@SirBlikkster]

+Yudha Krakata I wish you spoke English well enough for me to understand what you've just said, sadly I don't speak hee haw hee haw.

[@SirBlikkster]

+Yudha Krakata go to bed.

[@SirBlikkster]

+kidmosey so it's gone from a great joke to scoffing, incredible.

[@iatsd]

How to butcher both the pronunciation and getting the definition/explanation wrong all in one vid.

[@cmendoza1094]

Leave it to those 2nd amendment solution folks.

[@Rocketninja200]

Every language has dialects. Maybe you should travel more...

[@jhanks2012]

well, if he had gotten his explanation correct, we'd be more lenient about having mispronounced it :)

[@williamfairfaxmasonprescot9334]

OUTSTANDING

[@charlesludwig9173]

There are many elements and factors important to good shooting which must be understood for the best results at long distance, Coriolis is just one miniscule part of external ballistics concerns. For example: a 20 degree change in temperature could be worth an MOA at 1000 yards and just a 1mph change in wind velocity could be worth an MOA at 1000 yards. Over all, what's important is an understanding of wind/weather effects, slope shooting effect, target distance, bullet drop compensation primarily from forces of drag and gravity, shooter/target analysis, and position/act of firing consistency. My comments are based on what I've learned is necessary to get to the High Master level of NRA Long Range Competition earned using a .308 rifle and iron sights and from USAMU training to coach SAFS, and SDM students.

[@starchild2121]

What's he talking about, the earth is flat and doesn't move. @4 :13 Illuminati confirmed

[@vasija4000]

Geniooooooooo jajaja sos un maestro. tenes razonnnn 666 illuminati a full

[@Blayze1017]

So if theres a rain cloud over atlanta, the rain should fall in Birmingham. Gotcha.

[@basedbear1605]

Shhhh. You're using logic and reason vs. "settled consensus Science"

[@joeltunnah]

Hilarious. To these globeheads, everything shows “coriolis effect” unless it doesn’t and then it’s “gravity”.

[@TruthNerds]

@@joeltunnah Oh, a flat Earther, awesome! While you're here, could you briefly explain what causes the line drawn by a Foucault pendulum to rotate? What are you saying, Bob Knodel? You're picking up a 15° per hour drift? Oh, sorry, Joel Tunnah. Bob beat you to the punch. But you can still explain why, for the pendulum, the rate of drift depends on the latitude. (Well, you can't, because of too much density, but could you try, please? I'm getting some popcorn in the meantime.)

[@ronalddump4061]

+Joel: Lol, I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt. I am sure your irrational idiotic world view is about you "believing in God", rather than you being insane. I wonder what God thinks about his best creation making such a fool out of itself?? All in some vain attempt to get Gods attention. Attempts to get Gods attention is not going to ever work. You are obviously worshiping a religion, based on things you think you get out of an old set of books. Worship of religions, and worship of old books is not worship of God, and is indeed blasphemous. You are supposed to be witnessing the Gospel of Christ, but in witnessing this rubbish, you are causing any sane impressionable mind to reject your stupid message, and likely the real message along with it. You are making Christians look like morons to the world. The fact is, there is not a thing in science today that conflicts with belief in God. But science surely DOES conflict with a whole lot of stupid religions dogma, and should. Correction, it would be better for you if you were doing this because you are insane, rather than because you "believe in God.".

[@DANGJOS]

@@basedbear1605 Do you know what logic is? Think about his statement again and how logical it actually is.

[@CharlesVanNoland]

Demonstrating how Coriolis Effect *affects* bullet drop at 1000 yards "Effect" and "affect" are two different words. "Effect" is a noun, "effects" is the plural form of that noun (e.g. "tie" and "ties"). "Affect" is a verb. It can be a noun too but not the way "effect" is. E.g. "He had a dreary affect to his demeanor". Something has an *effect* (whether or not the effect is on something) while something *affects* something else in whatever way. The Coriolis Effect *affects* bullet drop. Thanks for the vid!

[@Klemheist-vf1hx]

Jeremy, nice application of Eotvos. Most of us can't get out to a place where we can shoot 1,000 in any direction and not be arrested.

[@ru2yaz33]

are the elevations at both target location equal?

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

I would need to see wind measurement at 5 stations on both sides of this test. And we can go further out sat 2000yds in all 4 directions.

[@rafaelmadrigal1534]

So if you are shooting East or West it affects elevation. Than when shooting North or South it will affect windage. Right?

[@edlingja1]

No, it's a physics effect.

[@christosvaliotis7578]

Yes it will affect the windage. Bullet would drift right in teh northern hemisphere and left in the southern.

[@37rainman]

+Rafael: No, the rt/ft veer is exactly the same no matter which direction the object is moving. This veer is caused by the earth rotating underneath a moving object. Obviously the earth is rotating under it whether it is moving north or east. Lol, also obviously a Foucault pendulum rotates the same no matter which direction it swings. Large numbers of very intelligent sounding utube experts cannot visualize this matter, so they commonly make this error. One of these is Justin Green, and it would be interesting to know at what point he becomes embarrassed at some of the things he says. It is very easy to visualize mathematically Coriolis in the north direction, and more difficult to visualize it in the East/west direction. This is what causes this mistake, which curiously has almost gone viral on utube.

[@TheKitsuneCavalier]

What is being demonstrated here is indeed due to the rotation of the Earth, but it is demonstrating the Eötvös Effect; which makes projectiles fired due East or West "drift" above or below the intended location, respectively. The Coriolis Effect makes projectiles fired towards or away from the equator "drift" East or West, respectively--from the perspective of the person firing the projectile. This is due to the fact that, although the rotation is a little over 360⁰ per day) everywhere on the Earth, the *lateral* speed depends on your distance from the axis of rotation. Thus, while the *lateral speed near the equator is close to 1000 miles per hour, the lateral speed near the poles is close to 0. If a person is firing in any direction between the four directions mentioned, then the result is some combination of both effects.

[@gassonteddy6183]

Thanks brother.👍

[@michaelross5376]

"I'm the Great CORNHOLIO!!!"

[@notlikely4468]

I need TP for my bunghole! Thanks...it's been a bad day...I needed that

[@wakanakapisihello5655]

Was just about to comment on shooting north/south and be dropped it, thank you sir...

[@williamshumate5242]

Did you align the targets and shooting platform with a laser transit? And how did you ensure the level of the shooting platform when you went from east to west?

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

We also need wind measurement equipment at 5 points on both sides

[@b.hagedash7973]

Is the corialis effect similar to the coriolis effect?

[@BFFsEngineer]

HA!

[@caatabatic]

@@BFFsEngineer Cory Alice!

[@billscow]

@@caatabatic Cory O'Liss, he's Irish. Or she. It. They/them. Whatever.

[@withoutexcuse]

So shooting North/South you aim left or right so the target spins into the bullet?

[@timsmith7351]

They just make stuff up. So sure

[@digitalnomad9985]

@@timsmith7351 In the northern hemisphere you aim left (west) shooting north because you are moving east faster than the target. Still in the northern hemisphere, you aim left (east) because the target is moving faster than you. In the southern hemisphere, you aim right for the same respective reason when shooting along a longitude line. But most people can't hit a man sized target at sufficient range for this to matter, particularly under emergent conditions.

[@timsmith7351]

@@digitalnomad9985 just shhhh you sound silly

[@digitalnomad9985]

@@timsmith7351 ND asked the question, I answered the question. Your opinion is surplus to requirements.

[@timsmith7351]

@@digitalnomad9985 the earth is still and motionless. You and your 5 senses know it, but your mind believes something that has no bearing in reality. It's infuriating to find out all that you are led to believe is fantasy. It'll take time. Good luck

[@jonminer9891]

Hi Gunwerks. I was going to correct the pronunciation of 'Coriolis' but started reading the comments. Wow, I am so sorry for all the rude and stupid comments you received. Any player of Call of Duty knows about the long-range shooter's need to calculate the Coriolis effect. But it is probably not taught in school. Anyway, I enjoyed the visuals showing the target movement. It is now 2020. Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!

[@billroberts9182]

Thank you!

[@church4thetruth684]

What's even more amazing is that guys with with a Swiss rifle from the fifties can shoot farther, with open sights , and they hit bang on no scope. No corialis no bs

[@ottokiehl5413]

If you always shoot at the same location in the same direction and you adjust your shots for there, yes you can disregard the effect, regardless of what you are shooting with.

[@TheEvertw]

This effect only becomes visible when shooting in different directions. Otherwise you will not notice that your sights need to be zeroed differently depending on shooting direction.

[@Donnybrook10]

and no proof.

[@Will-wi7hv]

I just learned that also that you are technically lighter traveling east and airplanes are about .9% lighter when traveling east, quite fascinating

[@matts3729]

Solace2 Vsauce. That video also seems to contradict the existence of the Coriolis effect, but I'm obviously missing something.

[@jhanks2012]

different effect. the up/down movement shown here is not coriolis effect. if you shoot at a target to the due east, then the earth is spinning at the same rate when you fire as it is at the target, same if you shoot due west. it's the same as thinking that if you jumped upwards on a moving train the train will continue on underneath you. no, you don't notice the train move ahead as soon as you jump because you are moving with the train at the same velocity.

[@willitnitro8506]

@@jhanks2012 Inside the train or on the roof?

[@BornAgain77757]

Correction: Jeremy, You was saying, while shooting west target is moving up and toward us, this is going to cause bullet to hit the target lower. And if we are facing/shooting east the target is going to be dropping and is going to be slightly moving away, this will cause the hits to be higher. What is actually occurring while shooting west the target is Not moving up, target is moving closer to bullet during flight-time, "From when round is fired to target impact, target is closing gap from time rifle fired to target impact, this will cause strike on target to be higher, In Essence: by shooting west combination of easterly rotation of the earth in essence target is not as far away, "This will result in higher bullet hit/strike on target. Shooting East: Because of easterly rotation of earth from the time round has been sent to target & target impact, target is trying to outrun bullet in flight, In Essence, target is actually at a greater distance than one has accounted for, This will result in a low hit on target! . Note: Has Nothing to due with target moving up/west or down/east. . Curvature of earth,; If one was capable of shooting over great distances, Earth is to large to be of concern of small arms fire. curvature of the earth does not come into play, Does Not apply ! .. Bullet/flight time, "Target moving in/closer, and out/further, ..'Will apply ! . Obviously, shooting up and down hill of any significant degree can and will have an effect on shooting high or low. Noting to do with Curvature.

[@kenycharles8600]

I'm leaving this video on my playlist because of the discussion in the comments section.

[@YouDingo88]

The Coriolis effect *affects* bullets' trajectory; it doesn't *effect* them.

[@aarevalo49]

You are correct, of course. I guess the affect does have an effect. JK.

[@Proman642]

effect affect further farther. We need people like you to keep us on our toes!

[@aarevalo49]

We are not amused. JK.

[@DeathBringer769]

swissgunner Language is ultimately an arbitrary opinion. It's funny you say it's not a joke when I laughed at that assertion about the Queen's english. To disagree is to misunderstand the nature of language and the evolution it constantly is going through, albeit slowly to our perceptions.

[@NickC_222]

swissgunner what? The second amendment is guns. The first amendment is speech.

[@scottaustin540]

follow up question, at what height do I need to hover above the earth for an hour and then return straight down and find myself a thousand miles from where I started. physics only please.

[@stuartgray5877]

Sorry but that's not how physics works. When you lift off from the earth you have the same momentum as the earth's rotation. SO you will continue moving in the same direction that the earth ws rotating. SO you will set back down in the same spot.

[@tammyhayden56]

@@stuartgray5877 But the insrtuctor in the video just said that it does.He said at 1:10 that the earth rotates out from underneath the bullet after it leaves the gun or contact with the earth.

[@stuartgray5877]

@@tammyhayden56 - "that the earth rotates out from underneath the bullet after it leaves the gun or contact with the earth. " But only if you shoot north or south. Then the momentum of the bullet when it leaves the barrel will NOT match the linear rate of the ground as it moves away from the gun. If you shot the gun straight up it will maintain the same momentum and hit in the same spot it was launched from (neglecting wind and assuming a perfectly "Plumb" aiming)

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

You need to stop your rotation on this merrygoround, but it will get 1000 mph winds, so wear sun glasses 🕶️

[@tammyhayden56]

@@stuartgray5877 If the bullet is already moving with the constant speed of the earth then it is already in sink with the earth and no rotatation of the bullet is to be expected. Wind and atmosphere would be more of a factor at these ranges than some undetectable effect that practically no one allows for. You said that the bullet is independent of the earth when it leaves the the barrel only when shot north or south so how does shooting straight up make any difference if there is a rotation of the earth? If you noticed in the video this guy changed his direction and his point of origin by at least 6 feet when he turned the shooting table. That alone would give differnt impacts on target at 1000yds.

[@klavsvasilis]

How long did you wait before shooting to the east? If not long- coukd this also be caused by chamber heating up?

[@MrAzrancher]

FYI: I dug this info out of my old scout sniper school notes.........General Reference: The earth circumference is 24,901.5 miles at the equator. The earth makes a rotation every 24 hours. The earth moves 1,037 feet per hour, 17 feet per minute and .28 feet per second. Rough estimate finger math for Marines that's 1 foot every 3 second (give or take). So if I bang out a .338 or .50 at 1500 yds and have a 4 second flight time muzzle to impact depending on my direction of shot my point of aim might move 6-12 inches before point of impact. This is rough math and differs based on where you are at and the direction your shooting and your elevation compared to target. A lot to compensate for in rifle shooting but artillery guys will probably understand quickly. Most rifle shooter will just shake their heads and fog over at this point but there are some ballistic nerds who really get into this for accurate shots and just a few more yds of range......like me..:) ANYTHING in the quest for that one perfect exact extreme long range "one" cold bore shot. Ohh Rahh Semper Fi!!

[@rddn2425]

1093 miles per hour maybe how you got even feet?

[@MrAzrancher]

Rd Dn Your correct, I had to go back and re-read my old notes. My apologies, I wrote them in the 1970's...:) Its 1037 Miles of travel in 1 hour which is 17 miles per minute and .28 miles per second. So a 3 second flight time to target from muzzle the earth will move 3/4 mile in rotation again moving the target up or down based on direction. But again this is only a variable in extreme long range shooting.

[@scottmerrow7617]

+MrAzrancher show link to training manuals......notes LOL

[@MrAzrancher]

scott merrow I have no "links" I have my old issue green military notepads with hand scrawled notes taken in field classes during the scout sniper course.......way before computers and ipads were ever thought of. I saved everything I have ever done shooting related as well as my manuals and books and find myself going back to them at times because good shooting data is always in style....:)

[@scottmerrow7617]

MrAzrancher That's nice.....break out the notes and SHOW US...is there ANYTHING in ANY army training manuals related to "the Coriolis effect" published BEFORE flat earth became popular...say from the 30's or 40's or 50's or 60's? Did your teacher talk about this with you without referring to manuals? It should be easy for you to PROVE the armed services took this "effect" into account by showing exactly where it's talked about in sniper and artillery training MANUALS. I can't wait to see your PROOF that the military EVER took this "force" into account. Your WORD and supposed "notes" aren't good enough evidence. You'd think you would have SHOWN the notes up close and readable. How do you think other snipers would feel about you if they ever watched this video? This topic seems important enough for you to make a video about, so why not get the man who trained you to come on video and confirm he taught you about Coriolis and explain it further? After all, the number of "dummies" who think the earth is flat is growing daily...

[@shawnmcdonald9352]

Thanks Jeremy. I never understood the Coriolis effect on long range shooting until this video. I should think that the higher the velocity of a high BC bullet the less the Coriolis effect on those East/West shots.

[@TheOfficialTYSIL]

This video is bs btw... This is not how the Coriolis effect works.

[@yaykruser]

Think about it, yes the target might move west to east, but so does the bullet before you fire it. Makes zero difference.

[@drshokster333]

Nice demonstration. Clean and neat! Thnx! Luv science!!!

[@crush3095]

AMAZING

[@rogernevez5187]

what you explained is not the Coriolis effects taught in physics

[@doutormanhattan5680]

Yes, it is. It also affects vertical moviments. Thins falling straght deviates from vertical. This is also call Coriolis.

[@erikydelauritsen3973]

The effect is the coriolis effect even though his explanation is was incorrect

[@rogernevez5187]

@@erikydelauritsen3973 Coriolis Effect depends whether the object is in the northern or southern hemisphere. The effect explained in the video doesn't depend on that. Therefore, it can't be the Coriolis Effect.

[@erikydelauritsen3973]

@@rogernevez5187 . If the direction of the movement isn't parallel to the axis of rotation, then the coriolis acceleration is non-zero. That's about it. Independent of north, south, east west, equator or hemisphere.

[@ronalddump4061]

All this is simply semantics. Coriolis is simply the apparent displacement of an object as it moves over a rotating plane. The plane does not necessarily need to be parallel to earths surface. For instance, on the equator the object does not displace in the horizontal plane, but does in the vertical plane. Both cases are 4 all practical purposes coriolis,

[@Xartab]

What you are experiencing isn't the Coriolis effect. The Coriolis effect deals with the apparent shifting of trajectory when one moves from a point of faster rotation of the frame of reference to one of slower rotation, relative to the axis of rotation or course, which in Earth's case is the North Pole-South Pole axis. The Coriolis effect would come into play, ballistically speaking, when you shoot northerly or southerly, because you approach the rotation axis when moving toward the poles, and so a projectile travelling on that direction would be brought closer or further from the Earth's pivot line.

[@jhanks2012]

thanks for the good description. i've been triggered by all the wrong information going around here.

[@Xartab]

One is glad to be of service.

[@Spawnmmjtf2]

This video demonstrate how coriolosi effect impact projetiles flying west-east... What you explain is how it effect projectiles flying north south.. same principle, Coriolis.... just a different perspective.. north south will move POI left and right.. and as demonstrated in this video, WEST-EAST, will move POI up and down..

[@scottmerrow7617]

Only if Earth was spinning. Thanks for proving this scumbag dipshit is lying though. Is he LYING to sell some new "coriolis" correcting scope or....because he was told to/got paid to? Welcome hearing any other possible reasons for him lying/being so grossly inaccurate when he's supposedly an ex- sniper/knowledgeable person.

[@apxpandy4965]

Fascinating - thanks! But what about north-south? Will there be a similar displacement, west of the bullseye, due to earth's rotation?

[@larryscott3982]

I was hoping for shots in all 4 directions too.

[@apxpandy4965]

@@larryscott3982 I'm sure that I read somewhere about a snipers ballistic computer that used angle to target in its computations, so I'm assuming that there must be an effect. I'd just like to know for sure. I think these guys might know. Then I'll be able to sleep at night! rofl!

[@larryscott3982]

@@apxpandy4965 Coriolis correction for long range artillery is azimuth, latitude, and range sensitive. I was curious if in his location it would be as apparent as E/W shooting

[@thadcrewsii]

Very interesting! "There are other components of the Coriolis effect. Westward-travelling objects are deflected downwards (feel heavier), while Eastward-travelling objects are deflected upwards (feel lighter). This also explains why high speed projectiles that travel west are deflected down, and those that travel east are deflected up. This vertical component of the Coriolis effect is called the Eötvös effect." (From the Wikipedia page on Coriolis force, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_force )

[@nikiwiki2006]

Thad Crews Wow, a proper explanation.

[@adamtaylor8990]

Brace yourselves People that know jackshit about physics are coming

[@jimsagubigula7337]

hahahhaha

[@haoweishi5538]

Brace your self the flat earthers are coming

[@crosstimbers2]

The gods of physics do not permit violations of the laws whether anyone knows it or not.

[@factsnotfeelings4901]

+Haowei Shi u were right

[@2adamast]

Here you go: This is not Coriolis effect, that happens shooting south or north. This is centrifugal or something alike.

[@MrBourloto]

Do pilots take the Coriolis effect when landing? How about if I hover in a helicopter 10,000 feet at the equator. Do I land 1,600 meters elsewhere in an hour?

[@gateway833]

I cannot answer on plane landings, but you would land somewhere else, if you were to hover in a helicopter for a long time.

[@SuperBubbaO]

+gateway833 Yes except people tend to forget that the atmosphere is also moving with the earth. When I jump, I still move with the earth and its atmosphere. It's like tossing a ball in a moving car, because the car is not accelerating, the ball, car, and air within the car move along with the car, the ball does not shoot to the back of the car at 60 mph.

[@spicecrop]

@@gateway833 No you don't dumb fuck. The Earth is not a spinning ball. If that were true all the planes going to Europe would fly opposite the Earth's spin to get there faster. They say the Earth spins at 1000 miles per hour.

[@joebloggs6556]

@@gateway833 hahaha yeah right…earth aint spinning and you know it!

[@bartacomuskidd775]

Pilots adjust trim constantly. Remember newtons laws. And remember, that you.. the craft.. the device you are measuring with.. the fluid you are breathing and flying in.. *are all rotating the same direction and speed.* Have you ever ran in a pool with a bunch of people (around the edge) making a whirlpool? When you stop running. You feel like you are in smooth water, but you are traveling around the edge of the pool. You can make short movements... but you are still traveling with that water. _This is what the Helicopter is doing too_ Air is so thick, that it weighs down on you.. at 14 POUNDS per square inch. Thats crazy immense. More like a liquid. BUT.. you are thinking right.. the _difference_ in atmospheric density the higher you go.. has a huge impact.. just like 2 storm fronts moving at different speeds makes a tornado.. these different air layers (moving at different speeds due to altitude and density) is where we get hurricanes. Youre on the right track.. just not considering all the variables. (or if you are a conspiracist.. you are dismissing variables because it would mean giving up the conspiracy)

[@angelbarbosa7835]

I have a question? Shooting north to south, or south to north. What effect does it have on the bullet, if any? Which it should, because of the earth rotation.

[@communicationiskey-]

Very interesting

[@Coyotethumper5]

I’m wondering also we’re the two targets at the same height off the ground? It looked to me the first target was higher in elevation than second target.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

I would need wind measurement equipment at 5 points on both sides also.

[@emmettlikeaboss8085]

Why does Coriolis effect exist when the rifle is initially moving with the rotation of the earth? Wouldn't the stationary bullet be rotating with the earth before and after the shot? I don't know if that makes sense but I'm trying to make the argument that the lateral velocity of the bullet and the target are the same and wouldn't affect the shot.

[@emmettlikeaboss8085]

For example, if you were shooting out of the back of a moving truck at a car right next to you moving at the same speed, you wouldn't have to lead the shot because relative to you, the other vehicle isn't moving

[@emmettlikeaboss8085]

I might have answered my own question from another KZbin video, it said the cause is that at the equator the earth is spinning faster than farther north or south so the bullet would continue to spin at the speed of the earth from where it was shot and the earth is spinning faster or slower where the bullet hits its target

[@brandonwiebe2647]

that's exactly what I was thinking! I took physics in highschool and the coriolis effect doesn't make much sense to me because all speeds are relative

[@phoenixamaranth]

Yeah, this is the 'ball on a train' thought example from physics. If someone throws a ball forward on a train going 60 miles an hour and the ball will have a relative velocity, say 30 miles an hour. To everyone on the train it appears to go 30 miles an hour. To everyone off the train it appears to be going 90 miles per hour. The bullet is accelerating at the same speed as the spin of the Earth prior to being fired. The gun, the target, the shooter, and the bullet all have this same acceleration. What actually is likely to be happening here is the flow of the atmosphere. The atmosphere of the earth doesn't spin at the same rate as the earth because it is a fluid. Some parts will move at different rates and cause various wind or drag effects. Planes have a groundspeed and a airspeed because of this. They are speeds relative to the referenced object, either the ground, or the air. That's where terms like tailwind come from: when the flow of the air is in the same direction as your flight so you gain velocity

[@phoenixamaranth]

Also, should point out the Coriolis Effect does exist but for something this short of distance relative to the Earth, the amount of the effect on the bullet would be so tremendously small it could be ignored in all but maybe the maximum distance shots, and even then it would be a tiny difference.

[@paulx2777]

There are actually two components to the Coriolis effect. They can be demonstrated in the following scenarios: 1) You are on the equator, shooting exactly east. The target will rotate down during the bullet's flight, so your bullet will hit high on the target. 2) You are on the north pole, firing in any direction (which means, always south, no matter what). The target will rotate left during the bullet's flight, so your bullet will hit to the right side of the target. Most of the time we are not on the equator or the pole, so both these effects will contribute. In the northern hemisphere, if we are shooting east, the bullet will hit high and to the right. If we are shooting west, the bullet will hit low and to the right. If we are shooting south, the first effect does not contribute, so your bullet will hit on the right side of the target. There is no force involved; the effect happens because the Earth is a rotating frame of reference.

[@cak4648]

Cool, thanks

[@scale_e]

This is not a demonstration of the Coriolis effect.

[@jeffhawkins420]

Why not?

[@scale_e]

@@jeffhawkins420 I'm cutting at pasting this from another post because I doubt I could explain it any more succinctly. *This isn't actually due to Coriolis, and he did not properly explain the Coriolis Effect anyway. The Coriolis Effect is due to a difference in the speed of rotation of the Earth at two differing points of latitude. The rotation speed of the Earth is greater at the Equator than it is at the poles. The Earth isn't rotating beneath the bullet. The rotation of the Earth is imparted to the bullet. Conservation of momentum. The bullet shifts because the Earth is rotating more slowly, or more quickly, at the destination latitude than the firing latitude.*

[@MrGichinfunakoshi]

@@scale_e That makes more sense

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

He should have spun the earth 🌎 faster to really show it.

[@scale_e]

@@DANTHETUBEMAN Don’t be silly. The earth is flat, it doesn't spin.

[@Justin-zn3py]

@4:25 I believe you forgot to divide by 2. Your total difference was 11 inches, but that's between targets that are 2000 yards apart. You only shot 1000 yards. So you can only take half the difference. So at 1000 yards, the effect is only 0.5 minutes. Reminds me of Jeep people that say they went from 35's to 37's and got 2 more inches of clearance. Umm, No. The axle only raised 1 inch.

[@stevewinwood3674]

you are incorrect. the distance from muzzle to target is still 1000 yards. the same 11 inches would have shown up if he had put two target 1000 yards apart and set up shooting positions next to each target and faced the other one 1000 yards apart not 2000 yards apart from a central shooting location.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

Hay one inch lift still gets them around town. Lol

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

We need wind measurement at 5 points on both sides, and elevation.

[@rudydedogg6505]

Would eath's rotation also affect a round's impact to the left or right of center when shooting to the North or South?

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

With Navy gun shelling charts you have to factor earth movement in to hit anything 10 to 20 miles

[@Brian-fw9ly]

Sir, may I ask ? if we shoot something stright to east. While we are on above equator will it turn to right also ?

[@warblerblue]

I just flip the Coriolis switch to off until I'm done shooting.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

Don't do it you will mess up ally stuff,,, do you want another deluge, because that's how you get another deluge!!!

[@Paladin1873]

Excellent shooting, but I don't see how the Coriolis effect would cause any measurable difference in bullet drop or windage drift, regardless of direction of fire. Whether firing east or west, the target is neither moving up/toward you, or down/away from you. The target is remaining stationary relative to you. If it weren't, then theoretically, I could jump up and down all day, and land further west with each leap as the Earth slipped under my feet as it rotated east. This doesn't happen because the air about me is moving right along with me and the rest of the surface of the earth as it rotates. This is due to two primary effect. The first is the gravitational effect of the Earth, which is keeping us all glued to its surface (and forcing the bullet to drop at a constant rate of acceleration, regardless of the angle or direction of fire. The second is inertia, which is the tendency for anything in a state of rest or uniform motion to remain in that state until acted upon by an external force. If you don't believe this, then the next time you are on an airliner traveling at 500 knots, try jumping up and down on your way to the toilet. Assuming you aren't subdued by the crew or passengers, you will find that the plane did not zip past you, leaving you splattered against the tail bulkhead because inertia is carrying you forward with the rest of the plane and its contents. In theory, the Coriolis effect might be noticeable if one is shooting north and south, but this would require firing a projectile a tremendous distance, perhaps 20 miles or more, in order to detect any significant effect. Of course, all this assumes the temperature, barometric pressure, and wind conditions remain static over such long ranges, which is highly doubtful. I think a more likely explanation of what is happening here is the effect of wind on the projectile, which would increase its velocity when flying with the wind and decrease it when flying against the wind, thus decreasing or increasing the time required to travel a fixed distance. A slight crosswind would explain any lateral drift.

[@ronalddump4061]

You are not visualizing coriolis properly. And you are doing nothing to correct that. But curiously, somewhere in that tedious manuscript you reverse course and proclaim that a projectile fired 20 miles will demo coriolis. Which is it, does coriolis exist? Talking about wind, etc, etc, and all other influences in no way diminishes the fact that coriolis is also a factor. Also, as for right/left veer, the direction the cannon is fired makes no difference, it veers the same distance on the same length shot, at the same latitude, no matter the direction. I mean geez, imagine you set a cannon on the north pole shooting a projectile 20 miles in say, 30 seconds. Very easy to examine situation, how far to the right from the target will it hit, assuming the cannon had been sighted in at the equator? Same goes for a rifle with a 2500ft/sec average velocity and a target 500 yds away. And know that anywhere else those figures change in proportion to the sine of the latitude Did you learn math and trig at all? You will find that a rifle fired 500 or 1000 yds veers a small but measurable amount. Btw, your visualization about being on the airplane is totally irrelevant to coriolis, again, you are not using your brain to think about the subject, and you are refusing to use the resources at your fingertips to help you with the subject And you are immersed in the Kruger Dunning Effect and think that your opinion is more valid than peoples who have studied and experimented with these things for centuries.

[@AlVineGreatoutdoors]

Actually if you jumped up in the air and stayed there for a minute or two, you would come down in a different spit. Try it on an escalator or better yet s moving g walkway at an airport.

[@bartacomuskidd775]

Your are not considering distance traveled and how fast. All the examples we have.. are low energy, stuck in that molasses like air. Bullets move so fast the liquid they fly through, and fly at such a large distance, we accumulate a large amount of change, fast. Like the highschool experiment where we drop a ball and throw a ball laterally and they both hit the ground at the same time. if that ground traveled is large enough, it becomes easier and easier to see a difference. This hunk of rock is hauling ass.

[@tyronekim3506]

Naval gunners take Coriolis effect very seriously, because the projectiles travel tens of miles. You can read about how the British naval gunners missed their targets in the Falkland war. This was due in part that most of the naval battles took place previously were in the northern hemisphere and their guns were accounted for the Coriolis effect in the northern hemisphere. So when the navel battles switched to southern hemisphere, their misses were larger than expected. In other words, their guns were firing as if they were in northern hemisphere. Good luck.

[@bartacomuskidd775]

@@tyronekim3506 absolutely brilliant.

[@77isaacpismo77]

How do you rest your cheek on the stock with over the ear protection? I have to use in ear-pro, is there a trick to it?

[@lyrixs4u]

What happens then with your shot if you're shooting North or South? Will there be no drop for the bullets since the target & the shooter is both aligned/parallel to the axis? Just a guess, maybe if you're shooting North the bullets will veer off to the left since the East is on the right & vice versa if you're shooting to the South.

[@travisheck5979]

if your not on the equator of the earth, east vs west will not be simply higher or lower. there will be a slight left/right component as well depending on your location

[@denisstanley7449]

I get 5 minutes to sight my rifle and 2 sighting shots on the mound. As my rifle is actually sighted for the target I do not worry about Coriolis effect. On the other hand if my first shot was my only shot I would do the calculation .