Re: ballistic programs
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I guess I was referring to the quandry I have regarding input, such as station pressure vs corrected pressure for altitude, etc....</div></div>
This article will explain how to correctly input pressure variables into several ballistic programs with data acquired by a Kestrel.
Barometric Pressure and Ballistic Software
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">But accurate DA measurement and a program with a DA input would seem to simplify matters greatly.</div></div>
Not once you understand how to put data into the standard software correctly.
The concept of density altitude really has only one useful feature. It will allow you to use a ballistics program to print an elevation table for various ranges based on density altitude which you can use without carrying a ballistic computer in the field, assuming that you have some way to calculate density altitude like a Kestrel or a manual method.
This article explains how to do that:
Making Ballistic Cards Using Density Altitude
But if you have a portable ballistic computer, you don't need the concept of density altitude - except perhaps as a backup in the field if your computer fails.
As the Chairman of the Department of Redundancy Department, I quite natually think that's a splendid idea.
BTW, JBM Ballistics now prints Density Altitude tables. See:
JBM Density Altitude Ballistic Cards
It will only do 10 DA steps at a time, but you can just do multiple iterations if you want more than that.