July 27, 2021
The 2021 NRA F-Class National Championships is currently underway at Camp Atterbury in Indiana. Yesterday’s Mid-Range Nationals were concluded with the Team Match. The Long-Range F-Class Nationals begin today, July 27, 2021, and will run through Friday, August 30th. F-Class competitors need to be able to make the right wind call. Kestrel Wind Meters are widely regarded as one of the best on the market and will be used by many shooters and team coaches.
This article reviews the Kestrel Elite Wind Meter 5700 Elite with advanced ballistics capabilities. F-Class John has created three videos that demonstrate how the Kestrel Elite 5700 Elite works with Applied Ballistics APP software.
Part I of this Part I Video begins with a basic Kestrel Anemometer (blue box, 00:00-00.40) wind meter. F-Class John reviews the Kestrel Elite 5700 Elite with Applied Ballistics functionality. John explains the Kestrel5700’s many features and how it houses a powerful ballistics calculator within the Kestrel package. The Kestrel 5700 Elite can calculate come-ups or wind corrections once you have entered data about your bullets, velocity and zero. We recommend that you view this series of videos to learn more about advanced Kestrel features.
Part II of this video shows the key features and functions of the advanced software APP that is used by the Kestrel Elite 5700 unit with Applied Ballistics. The Kestrel 5700 “talks” to a mobile device running the Applied Ballistics software APP. This app contains bullet databases and allows for key information like muzzle velocity, bullet BC and velocity. Gun-specific factors include scope height over bore, barrel twist rate, and scope height over bore. The video explains how “range cards” were created and how you can view them with your Elite Ballistics enabled Kestrel. John says that the APP is great because it doesn’t require you to mess with the Kestrel buttons. The APP makes it much easier to enter data or change settings.
Part III shows you how to determine the true wind direction by aligning your SIDE against the wind. The impeller should be set at 90 degrees to the wind direction. After you have set your target distance (See:03), the unit will give you exact come-ups for your target (559 yards here). The Kestrel also calculates cross-wind correction (See 3:02).
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Tags: Applied Ballistics. Kestrel, Kestrel 5700. Kestrel App. Kestrel Elite Ballsitics. Weather Meter. Wind Meter.
