AoA has a V1 that someone shot in upper left corner, tried to get it covered under warranty
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Ahhhh, the old, "It just jumped in front of me" story. TimelessAoA has a V1 that someone shot in upper left corner, tried to get it covered under warranty
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well you have to have a clear view, and if you face it the wrong way, you have to spit mighty fast to measure anything.
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Yes I have the original version, I mounted it on the LDC at the end to get muzzle vel.
I thought that it was picking up the velocity of the pellet where it was mounted, but that is not the case evidently no matter where you mount it it reads muzzle velocity?
I thought that it was picking up the velocity of the pellet where it was mounted, but that is not the case evidently no matter where you mount it it reads muzzle velocity?
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Yes its radar, so it should pretty much just have a view of the trajectory of the pellet, some have the chrono on a small tripod i have at times just had it on the table or a small ledge i shoot over.
I have seen them on the scopes on the front " bell ". and all manner of rails, and DIY adapters to hold the damn thing.
Mind you me and my friend can sit next to eachother and shoot and the chrono on my rifle will not read his shots, even if we are just a few feet apart and shoot at the same thing
I have seen them on the scopes on the front " bell ". and all manner of rails, and DIY adapters to hold the damn thing.
Mind you me and my friend can sit next to eachother and shoot and the chrono on my rifle will not read his shots, even if we are just a few feet apart and shoot at the same thing
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I saw a guy on one of the FB groups state he wished he would have kept his V1. He was having issues with it picking up the shot when it wasn't on the end of the barrel--eg pic mounting on the block of the rifle.
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Just tried mine out yesterday. I mounted it on the p-rail to the right of the M3 rail. It picked up every shot and I was holding the gun offhand at about three feet from my pellet trap in the garage. Very impressed so far. Taking it to the range today after work.
I do think a quick release mount would have made more sense.
I do think a quick release mount would have made more sense.
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The way they engineer something like that it runs off USB cable when the USB cable is plugged in and when it's not turned on it charges from the same cable. Probably uses a lot of the same circuitry from about a Gozillion other pieces of hardware that are similar.Well, okay, how about I drive to the range and forgot to charge it, but I have a battery bank?
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That’s ideal. But I’ve had some pieces of equipment that would only charge, not run, off an external pack.
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I really like my first edition. This one sounds like it covers all the bases I wished the first edition had.
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I recently bought one of the V2’s and initially thought I had one of the “turds”. I was lucky to get a reading once every 20 shots. Tried it in a number of different locations on the gun, and same bad results. Went back to my trusty old Caldwell unit and figured the excitement of “New and Improved” had cost me $250.
Gave it a revisit this morning and after remembering an old comment about the V1 liking to be hung upside down, I figured I’d give that a try. Bingo! Using the rubber-band mount, I hung it from the inner end of my DonnyFL Shogun. It didn’t just improve a little bit … it gave a reading for EVERY damn shot!
Long story short, don’t give up until you’ve tried all the possibilities … I eventually found the sweet spot for my Impact.
Attached is a photo of the final location that worked for me.
Gave it a revisit this morning and after remembering an old comment about the V1 liking to be hung upside down, I figured I’d give that a try. Bingo! Using the rubber-band mount, I hung it from the inner end of my DonnyFL Shogun. It didn’t just improve a little bit … it gave a reading for EVERY damn shot!
Long story short, don’t give up until you’ve tried all the possibilities … I eventually found the sweet spot for my Impact.
Attached is a photo of the final location that worked for me.
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My V1 stopped reading consistently and mostly not at all. I'm reluctant to give FX more money for a replacement.
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Thank you for your innovation and getting goods into the market.
We all will benefit from this new item.
We all will benefit from this new item.
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I have the FX V1. Have had very inconsistent results. The latest software release said to use Energizer lithium batteries. Changed to those batteries and everything started to work.
Used the chrony for a couple of hours and left the batteries installed. Batteries were at 90%. Came back a week later and checked and the batteries were at 64%.
Seems the V1 works best with only lithium batteries and it pays to take them out of the unit when not in use.
Waiting on long term reviews of the V2 before I consider upgrading.
Used the chrony for a couple of hours and left the batteries installed. Batteries were at 90%. Came back a week later and checked and the batteries were at 64%.
Seems the V1 works best with only lithium batteries and it pays to take them out of the unit when not in use.
Waiting on long term reviews of the V2 before I consider upgrading.
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12 to 15 shots to get a 10 shot string? Hmmmm shouldn't it be 10 shots to get a 10 shot string? I also had a gen1 and got rid of it because it worked so well.
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