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Re: Shooting Physics
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Originally Posted by Sparks333 View Post
The energy of the shooter and the frisbee together after shooting is

(1/2 * I * omega_end^2) + (1/2 * M_frisbee *V_frisbee^2)
Nope. The frisbee is translating and rotating. Its kinetic energy is (3/4)MV2