Bank Shot Calculator, Version 2.0, available on iTunes

[Clyde Ellis]

o The Bank Shot Calculator 2.0

The Bank Shot Calculator incorporates four shots now.
• Basic Bank Shot
• Advanced Bank Shot
• One Rail Kick Shot
• Two Rail Kick Shot
The Basic Bank Shot incorporates a medium speed center ball approach resulting in an equal “angle in/angle out” effect. The one rail kick shot, like the basic bank shot, requires a medium speed, center ball stroke resulting in an equal “angle in/angle out” effect with the cue ball. The two rail kick shot defaults its solution to add running English as needed. (See FAQs- the vast number of scenarios you may be face as a two rail kick shot make programming for each one too extensive. You will find an explanation of applied and acquired English on the Offensive Billiards Web Site, along with a number of scenarios which highlight the physics of this type of shot).

The new Bank Shot Calculator 2.0 has incorporated the “Advanced Bank Shot”. This new shot starts with the angle in/angle out approach, then adds proven adjustments to each shot based on:
• the angle of approach of the cue ball to the object ball
• the speed the user wishes to apply to the shot
• the English the user wishes to apply to the shot
Once these factors have been incorporated, the BSC will factor out the shot angle and applied English if the object ball and cue ball are too close together or if the object ball is too close to the rail, thus accounting for the phenomenon known as “ball skid”.

Ball skid is defined as the distance the ball travels across the playing surface before it picks up enough lateral rotation caused by acquired or applied English to have an effect on the ball’s rebound angle. These skid distances are relative to the speed of the stroke which is defined as soft, medium, and hard. Soft is defined as a stroke which will cause the ball to travel 1.5 times the length of the table, medium as 2.5 times the length and hard as 3.5 times the table length. These defined stroke speeds have made it possible to scale the skid factors to a 7’, 8’, or 9’ table. These adjustments make it possible to play some shots with as much as ¾ of one diamond variance. This gives the user the ability to adjust the impact point of cue ball/object ball or object ball/rail for a large variety of possibilities. Also pay attention to the blue bulls eye which marks the target line on the long rail.

Cheers,

 

[wrickyb]

For Android

Still waiting for the Android version - there are more Android users than iPhone

 

[Bustah360]

i-who?? ANDROID!!!!!!

 

[poohatur]

I would love an Android version too. The temptation to purchase an Ipad just for this has crossed my mind, but I'd rather get it on my android gadgets.

 

[Clyde Ellis]

I would love an Android version too. The temptation to purchase an Ipad just for this has crossed my mind, but I'd rather get it on my android gadgets.

I appreciate everyone's passion for Android, and I am working towards a Droid version. That said the Ipod touch 8G is dirt cheep and many people are using it to download music. It works well for the BSC also.

 

[Filibogado]

I purchased Bank Shot Calculator but am having problems installing it on my Ipod Touch and my IPad. ITunes tells me it was downloaded but it never installed and now neither Apple nor I can find it. Here is the latest exchange between Apple Tech Support and me:

Dear Sharon:

Your solution did not work. The problem is not about downloading. The problem is that ITunes says my purchased file was downloaded successfully but the downloaded program which I paid for did not install and is lost and cannot be found. Every time I log into ITunes Store and click "Check for Available Downloads", I get a message saying "There are no available downloads". If it was downloaded, where the heck did it go??? It was never installed. The file is called "Bank Shot Calculator". I looked into my media folder and it is not there.

This started when I de-authorized all 5 of my computers and restarted with 1, and now 2, computers. I also changed my payment method from Amex to PayPal. I know the problem is on the Apple side because it is the same problem regardless of which computer I use, and I have 5 of them. The same problem also exists whether I connect with my Ipod Touch or my IPad or my IPhone.

It may have something to do with my Apple ID. Can you reset my Apple ID and password, and can you set it up so that I will download every purchase I have ever made starting from the beginning? Would you kindly have this investigated? The standard boilerplate printed solutions do not work. A real live programmer needs to look at this.

My ISP is Comcast and I am using a cable modem. I have absolutely no problem connecting to the Internet except for the Apple Itunes store.

Thanks for your help.

Any chance the problem could be with your program, given the fact that every other program I puchased installs except for Bank Shot Calculator? I think it is an excellent program if only this installation bug can be fixed. This would greatly complement the Brumback bank pool DVD, which is also a superb program except that it does not have instructions on how to aim at or calculate the target. I had to buy Shuffet's CTE/Pro One to fill the gap. In effect, your program and Stan's CTE/Pro One would be the target or range finders and Burbank's the trigger - neither is useful without the other. Time to start another aiming thread. BTW, I also purchased Dave Mulen's Ultimate Aiming System DVD, and if only I can keep from being confused...lol!

Thanks much, and if this is not the right forum, my apologies in advance.

Flip

 

[Filibogado]

Bank Shot Calculator - An Excellent Program!

I purchased Bank Shot Calculator but am having problems installing it on my Ipod Touch and my IPad. ITunes tells me it was downloaded but it never installed and now neither Apple nor I can find it.

Any chance the problem could be with your program, given the fact that every other program I puchased installs except for Bank Shot Calculator? I think it is an excellent program if only this installation bug can be fixed. This would greatly complement the Brumback bank pool DVD, which is also a superb program except that it does not have instructions on how to aim at or calculate the target. I had to buy Shuffet's CTE/Pro One to fill the gap. In effect, your program and Stan's CTE/Pro One would be the target or range finders and Burbank's the trigger - neither is useful without the other. Time to start another aiming thread. BTW, I also purchased Dave Mulen's Ultimate Aiming System DVD, and if only I can keep from being confused...lol!

Flip

Update: Apple managed to fix the problem, which may have been due to my interrupting the download process by prematurely switching multiple IOS devices.

Bank Shot Calculator has turned out to be a fantastic and highly useful program! I prefer the IPad version because I wear glasses due to poor vision and I have a hard time looking at the small Ipod Touch screen. The graphics are brilliant and the functions are highly intuitive and user friendly.

My main challenge is how to memorize and ingrain the various angles' images in my mind's eye so I can replicate them on a real table. I guess it would just be experience gained from repeating the shots to etch the angles in my brain.

This has been a Godsend and an answer to my prayers. I wish to thank the author for this wonderful training aid, which I highly recommend.

Flip

 

[Clyde Ellis]

Update: Apple managed to fix the problem, which may have been due to my interrupting the download process by prematurely switching multiple IOS devices.

Bank Shot Calculator has turned out to be a fantastic and highly useful program! I prefer the IPad version because I wear glasses due to poor vision and I have a hard time looking at the small Ipod Touch screen. The graphics are brilliant and the functions are highly intuitive and user friendly.

My main challenge is how to memorize and ingrain the various angles' images in my mind's eye so I can replicate them on a real table. I guess it would just be experience gained from repeating the shots to etch the angles in my brain.

This has been a Godsend and an answer to my prayers. I wish to thank the author for this wonderful training aid, which I highly recommend.

Flip

Filibagodo,
Many thanks for the kind review. I am very pleased you are finding the Bank Shot Calculator as useful as I have. If by chance you are planing to attend the Super Billiards Expo in PA next week I will be at the Inside Pool Magazine booth. Stop by and introduce yourself. I will be happy to show you how to remember.

 

[The Renfro]

I think in the old days lots of mirrors on the walls on the practice tables... Can recall several rooms long gone that had them.... When I was a kid I remembering sneaking into my grandmother's makeup drawer and stealing a compact.... She busted me with it sitting on the rail of the pool table in the basement using it to learn how to kick and bank....

Good luck with the App... I had the same idea 4 years back but none of the technical savvy and all my programmer friends are DOE so they are using archaic languages.......

 

[Clyde Ellis]

I think in the old days lots of mirrors on the walls on the practice tables... Can recall several rooms long gone that had them.... When I was a kid I remembering sneaking into my grandmother's makeup drawer and stealing a compact.... She busted me with it sitting on the rail of the pool table in the basement using it to learn how to kick and bank....

Good luck with the App... I had the same idea 4 years back but none of the technical savvy and all my programmer friends are DOE so they are using archaic languages.......

Thanks Renfro, I played in one of those rooms for years and no one ever told me why the mirrors were on the wall. It took a math class late in life for me to get it. But when I got it, man, it was like a flood of data all at once that had been stored up for decades. The light switch clicked and there it was. Cheers, Come say hello in PA.

 

[framptonl]

Any estimate on the Android version??