Wind Reader vs Calypso Ballistics

Wind reading for long range shooting. This app uses the Eagleman Technique. The phone's inclination sensor is used to convert mirage and rain angles to wind speed. The Eagleman Technique was developed by James Eagleman in 1992 to provide real-time wind speed based on mirage/rain angles and percentages. The method has a US Patent. James Eagleman is the master instructor for the Barbour Creek Long Range School (http://barbourcreek.com).

Calypso Ballistics turns your Calypso ultrasonic anemometer into a wind instrument for precision shooting: it measures the real wind at your position and breaks it down against your line of fire, ready to take to your ballistic calculator. THE WIND, FROM THE LINE OF FIRE Set the anemometer pointing downrange. The app splits the wind into its crosswind component — with the side it comes from — and its head or tail component, and gives you the wind value and the clock hour it blows from. SHOOTER'S CLOCK AND MAGNETIC ROSE A dial with the shooter's clock — 12 o'clock is the line of fire — inside a magnetic rose turned to your bearing to target. At a glance: which hour the wind is from, what that wind is worth, and how strong. LULL, NOW AND GUST The crosswind bracket over a window you choose, so you see the band the wind moves in instead of chasing the instant reading. AIR DENSITY AND DENSITY ALTITUDE With a WeatherDot paired, or with temperature, pressure and humidity entered by hand, it computes humid-air density and density altitude, with the whole calculation in view. It tells station pressure from barometric, the mistake that hurts a ballistic solution most. NO BLACK BOXES Every formula the app uses is explained inside it. LOGBOOK AND CHARTS Every connection is recorded as a session, with wind, direction, temperature, pressure and humidity. Live charts and CSV export. Data stays on your device. ALSO · Three modes: simple, standard and pro · Long-press configurable readouts · Guide to placing the anemometer pointing at the target · Demo mode to try the app without a sensor · Configurable wind, temperature and pressure units · Screen kept awake while in use · English and Spanish Calypso Ballistics does not compute trajectories or firing corrections: it measures the wind and the atmosphere so your ballistic calculator works with real data. It is a measurement instrument for sport shooting. Requires a Calypso Instruments Bluetooth anemometer. The WeatherDot is optional.