For you geek and gun lovers - ballistic computer for your IPhone

[Virtus]

Found this article online and thought you might enjoy.

Bulletflight

 

[Scutter01]

Forget the application. Where do I get the rail-mounted iPhone?

 

[squarepeg]

The mount they have looks interesting, but I wonder how many rounds till the internals get shaken up to much and the phone doesn't work.

 

[Griffeycom]

The mount they have looks interesting, but I wonder how many rounds till the internals get shaken up to much and the phone doesn't work.

While it's not indestructible I bet these devices could take a pretty hard shaking. There are no moving parts inside and probably a cable connecting the battery to the mainboard and a cable connecting the screen to the mainboard. The rest is probably all integrated to the board.

 

[imprimis5]

Interesting application. Not worth $12 for me, but perhaps for someone else.

 

[notasccrmom]

What a great idea! Now the ballistics for our military ammunition that was once classified is public.

 

[tyler34]

my wife works for AT&T I'll see what I can dig up.

 

[dblagent]

You could use the movement sensor to count your rounds too, turn red when you only have 5 left and the like! I just mentally patented that iPhone app btw!

Actually in someones show show coverage there is a rail mounted device to count your rounds now, looks kinda like halo or something lol.

http://www.gunshowreview.com/SHOT_2009/Day_Two/images/00-01-16-09-0160.jpg

 

[JByer323]

I am not even mad.

 

[jwalt01]

I just bought it and installed on my ipod
ill play with it tomorrow and give a small review,
by the way it was 3.99 on itunes.

 

[88crxsi]

Forget the application. Where do I get the rail-mounted iPhone?

Thats what I was thinking. That's sick. The program is kind of interesting as well.

 

[tyler34]

ok so the case is an otterbox armor series but it's for an ipod touch the mount I don't know yet.

 

[052.5GT]

The ipod in that picture is mounted on a KAC M110 SASS. Knights armament made the mount and that ipod is Reed Knight III's personal ipod. I went to the SHOT show and i have friend that works for KAC.

 

[slow1911s]

There is another app called iSnipe that provides similar data for just a few bucks. I think it could be pretty damn handy at a 3-gun match that had some long shots. The key to any of these is having a rock-solid zero, knowing it and knowing your optics.