Ahh yes, around 300FPS. Thanks for clearing that up. So if folks wearing minimal gear can take direct hits from a tennis ball traveling in excess of 200FPS. Surely they could handle half that coming from above.

reffing an artillery strike would suck.......

Instead of a tennis ball, perhaps foam, like nerf or something similar would work.

Reffing an arti strike wouldnt be that bad. People cant easily wipe Chalk dust. and if they are in a building you see a ball come down on it just go clear them out.

Tennis ball artillery, because you can get used tennis balls for about a nickel each. vs Nerf rockets at $2 each..

NO way in hell im going to do inderict fire with 30 nerfs.. 30 Tennis balls that are retired on the other hand.. No problem.

i wish we could start using them in tanks casue i would consider hooking the tank back up but i am not going to tank anymore when i take 72 rockets to a game and get 3 back or have a team marking out my name on them and writing their own name on them....you know who you are....funny how when i went to the last game in charleston i got a rocket turned in to me with my team name on it AND I DIDNT EVEN HAVE MY TANK THERE!!!

True Wife writes Team name on my like 6 times.. If you marked it out there is no where else for your to write..

Dude nothing like a public outing to get someone to fix the issue.

I can picture reffing artillery strikes at times being rather difficult. 90% of the time an artillery strike is used to take a large group that is congested in one area and when it is launched, multiple shells usually rain down in rapid succession. If only one reff is present, it would be rather difficult to make calls. There would be too much confusion going on. I could be mistaken on this but that is just a possibility that I thought of.

What would be awesome is if you could find a way to distribute paint or some other type of marking material. That way you can better judge a blast radius. Basically, if you have paint on you from the strike, you are out. Of course you would have to think of something that is soft and not to dangerous to carry the paint or other marking substance.

To me. The idea of some form of an artillery strike in a paintball game is really cool. Ever since I got into paintball I have been trying to think of ways that I could make this possible but at the same time, thought of how difficult it can be.

Here are some design ideas for some of you who want to give it a shot. I know if I was in a better location, I would. Some these travel a little too fast, so turning the psi a little lower may be a good idea lol. Then again you could use them for long range artillery .

Google Image Result for http://www.duke.edu/~jwc13/images/tennis3.jpg

http://www.wd6cmu.antennalaunchers.c...0_RT16_800.jpg

Google Image Result for http://www.advancedspuds.com/spudgunpose.jpg

www.americanaircannons.com/cannons.html

www.akbeng.com/.../csv19-launcher/

www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/831373/posts

www.xinventions.com/main/spud/other_pics.htm

www.xinventions.com/main/spud/pac6.htm

www.spudtech.com/content.asp?id=10

Strength in numbers only means more for me to kill.

Read the entire post, the original poster suggested using blue marking chalk like what is used in construction for marking lines. That stuff would be difficult for someone just to rub off.

Yes I noticed they mentioned marking chalk and I know what it is used for but I cant picture that beng very effective for spreading like blast from a real artillery strike. They only way I can picture that working is if it hit the person dead on. In which case, only that person is definitly out. What I am thinking of is something that would spray and mark multiple people. Making reffing a little more easier.

Strength in numbers only means more for me to kill.