A miniaturised arrow ballistic measurement system
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2011-10
Authors
Barton, John
Včelák, Jan
Torres-Sanchez, Javier
O'Flynn, Brendan
Ó Mathúna, S. Cian
Donahoe, Robert V.
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Abstract
A novel miniaturised system for measurement of the
in-flight characteristics of an arrow is introduced in this paper.
The system allows the user to measure in-flight parameters such
as the arrow’s speed, kinetic energy and momentum, arrow drag
and vibrations of the arrow shaft. The system consists of
electronics, namely a three axis accelerometer, shock switch,
microcontroller and EEPROM memory embedded in the arrow
tip. The system also includes a docking station for download and
processing of in-flight ballistic data from the tip to provide the
measured values. With this system, a user can evaluate and
optimize their archery equipment setup based on measured
ballistic values. Recent test results taken at NIST show the
accuracy of the launch velocities to be within +/- 0.59%, when
compared with NIST’s most accurate ballistic chronograph.
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Ballistic measurement system , Accelerometers , Arrow in-flight characteristics
Citation
Barton, John; Vcelak, Jan; Torres-Sanchez, Javier; O'Flynn, Brendan; O'Mathuna, Cian; Donahoe, Robert V.; , "A miniaturised arrow ballistic measurement system," Sensors, 2011 IEEE , vol., no., pp.1289-1292, 28-31 Oct. 2011
doi: 10.1109/ICSENS.2011.6127412 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6127412&isnumber=6126898
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