Hello from Patagonia, just bought a FX True Ballistic radar, and wanted to share my experience and see if someone has tested this device...
First day, I set all to fire my Panthera at long range (open field) to test if it really reads speeds up to 300 meters. As shown in many videos, it did, and the speeds displayed were consistent with my previous readings, test, and calculations with other devices. So I was happy with the new toy.
Today, I went shooting where I usually do, a pinetree forest, where I can shoot up to 180 meters. So I set up everything, including the new radar. But since I was shooting at 130meters, where I have a natural bullet stop made by the raising terrain (a 4 meters steep natural ramp) I set the longest distance in the radar at 120m. Made some shots, fine tuned the Panthera, and then just for curiosity, increased the last value of the radar to 150 meters, to see if it readed error, or not reading at all. To my surprise, the radar kept showing results up to 150M, even up to 200 when set it. When actually, my slug slamed against the steel target. So is this device just predicting a velocity? Not really measuring it? Does it take the CB at X distance, and then extrapolates the results? Not happy with that, shot at 50 meters, and kept showing speed up to 200. So at this point my disappointment was huge. Then I ran some other test, like shooting really close, something like 7 meter, then it showed muzzle speed, but no other speed, and no BC off course. Then a little bit away, my first distance to "read" was 15 M, and then read muzzle, 15m, and nothing else. Then a little bit further away, and started "reading" up to 200 meters again with a CB, but with crazy results, like muzzle velocity 930 (as should) and velocity a 200m of 2237fps (I guess my slugs are rockets). Throw some crazy CBs....
So now I don't know if this thing really "measures" up to 300 meters, or "guesses" up to 300 meters with a CB taken at certain distance. According to the manual, you should fire at least at 25m, and don't fire at steel targets, etc. Now I don't know how this really works, because first day, the data was consistent with my Mero app using SLG0 drag, that at long distances differs from G1 or RA4, wich the radar may deduce the results....So it's just reading in certain place and that's it, or the algorithm is just filling gaps. I will continue testing, but wanted to hear from someone who owns it and can test this kind of shots.
Pancho
First day, I set all to fire my Panthera at long range (open field) to test if it really reads speeds up to 300 meters. As shown in many videos, it did, and the speeds displayed were consistent with my previous readings, test, and calculations with other devices. So I was happy with the new toy.
Today, I went shooting where I usually do, a pinetree forest, where I can shoot up to 180 meters. So I set up everything, including the new radar. But since I was shooting at 130meters, where I have a natural bullet stop made by the raising terrain (a 4 meters steep natural ramp) I set the longest distance in the radar at 120m. Made some shots, fine tuned the Panthera, and then just for curiosity, increased the last value of the radar to 150 meters, to see if it readed error, or not reading at all. To my surprise, the radar kept showing results up to 150M, even up to 200 when set it. When actually, my slug slamed against the steel target. So is this device just predicting a velocity? Not really measuring it? Does it take the CB at X distance, and then extrapolates the results? Not happy with that, shot at 50 meters, and kept showing speed up to 200. So at this point my disappointment was huge. Then I ran some other test, like shooting really close, something like 7 meter, then it showed muzzle speed, but no other speed, and no BC off course. Then a little bit away, my first distance to "read" was 15 M, and then read muzzle, 15m, and nothing else. Then a little bit further away, and started "reading" up to 200 meters again with a CB, but with crazy results, like muzzle velocity 930 (as should) and velocity a 200m of 2237fps (I guess my slugs are rockets). Throw some crazy CBs....
So now I don't know if this thing really "measures" up to 300 meters, or "guesses" up to 300 meters with a CB taken at certain distance. According to the manual, you should fire at least at 25m, and don't fire at steel targets, etc. Now I don't know how this really works, because first day, the data was consistent with my Mero app using SLG0 drag, that at long distances differs from G1 or RA4, wich the radar may deduce the results....So it's just reading in certain place and that's it, or the algorithm is just filling gaps. I will continue testing, but wanted to hear from someone who owns it and can test this kind of shots.
Pancho