The Physic of Paintball

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The Physic of Paintball

I.The Fundamentals of the Game of Paintball.

Paintball is a sport that is still fairly new in the world being not much more that a decade old. This game as with other sports would not be possible without physics. Physics is essential to the game of paintball. Some of physics that are involved in paintball are pressurized gas, projectile motion, and the impulse of being hit by a paintball.

As with all sports there is necessary equipment needed to play. The most important piece of equipment would be the paintball gun often called a marker. The marker uses compressed carbon dioxide to propel the .68 caliber paintballs. Small carbon dioxide tanks are connected to the paintball markers the tanks vary in size from 4-24 ounces. The paintballs are stored in a hopper that attaches to the top of the marker. The paintballs are gravity fed into the gun. Paintball is a contact sport and there is some important equipment involved is protecting oneself. Unlike football and hockey it is not other bodies you will come in contact with, but small plastic balls filled with paint from an array of colors. The protective equipment used consists of a mask that not only covers the eyes of the user but covers the entire face back to the ears. Some masks will also cover up the forehead. The mask is really the only required piece of protective equipment but other gear often used is gloves, knee and elbow pads, and somewhat baggy clothes (to help slow a paintball as it impacts) and jock cup for men might also come in useful.

With the equipment described above there are innumerable games that can be played. Today there are even paintball teams and leagues that play professionally. Paintball has even been known to be ...

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...e back and continue to exert force on the bowling pin. The force is exerted for a longer time. The same principle applies with a frozen paintball. It will exert force for a longer causing some unwanted pain upon the recipient.

As we can see physics plays a vital role in everyday life and the sports we enjoy. Even though everyone might not fully understand pressurized gases, projectile motion, and impulse those that play paintball still appreciate the physics involved.

Works Cited

Chang, Raymond. Chemistry Seventh Edition.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Kirkpatrick, Larry D. and Gerald F. Wheeler. Physics A

World View. Orlando: Harcourt College, 2001.

Bloomfild, Louis A. How things work The Physics of Everyday Life. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997.

Jewett, John W. Jr. The World of Physics Mysteries Magic & Myth. Orlando: Harcourt College, 2001.

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