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Re: paper: Parabolic Trajectory Calculations

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Originally Posted by Jacob Plicque View Post
From a known height of 3 meters the calculation follows a freefall model (Vy=0 @t=0) which uses Vy=gt and Y=0.5gt^2.
Thus t=sqrt(3m/9.8m/sec^2/0.5sec)=0.78 seconds.
You are misunderstanding the meaning of terminal velocity.


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