Thread: Drag coefficient of 2012 Game Piece
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Unread 08-01-2012, 23:42
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Re: Drag coefficient of 2012 Game Piece
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Originally Posted by team698 View Post
The indoor skydiving is a dead end because the force of drag is directly proportional to the speed of the game piece. (I can't imagine that the speeds will approach that of skydiver at terminal velocity) The coeffient of drag can be determined mathmatically, look up the equation, or experimentally if you can find a room whose air density is similar to the playing field and if you know the velocity that your game piece will be launched at.
Sorry, during my fluid mechanics lectures on drag I must have been designing a gearbox in my mind. FRC season will do that.
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