Shooting Chrony, maintence.

rick357 said:
Now, I don't recall any more, but don't the 'shade' screens need to be translucent so that they let some light through? If the bullet is flying through that setup, it would look more like a dark tunnel to the sensors and they would only be getting light from the sides to illuminate the projectile. If they don't get enough light or it isn't getting to the sensor properly, it could miss 'seeing' it?
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That's kinda what I have to figure out ,it worked when I first built it this way.
 
SO here is my "plan" , I'll cut more plexi for sunshades , I'll do two separate instead of the one large, do a light dusting of white paint and give that a go.

Has anyone noticed a difference in performance in relation to height of the shields?
 
I made it full length,but it could be any length as long as it keeps the sun from shining on the sensors.
Another tip I got from a member a few years ago is to narrow the slots over the sensors to about 3 mm with black electrical tape,seems to cut down on random errors.
BTW,I don't use the metal rods for uprights,instead use 5 mm wooden dowels 12" long with a mark half way for aiming ,a bullet hitting a metal rod will certainly do damage to the Chrony.
 
M1-Garand said:
I made it full length,but it could be any length as long as it keeps the sun from shining on the sensors.
Another tip I got from a member a few years ago is to narrow the slots over the sensors to about 3 mm with black electrical tape,seems to cut down on random errors.
BTW,I don't use the metal rods for uprights,instead use 5 mm wooden dowels 12" long with a mark half way for aiming ,a bullet hitting a metal rod will certainly do damage to the Chrony.
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I also wonder if I should lower the shade but seeing as you can go without during the right cloud conditions I assume that this isn't a major factor.
 
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