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Re: Calculating Angle to fire at

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Originally Posted by EOC
It seems to me that there are so many factors(air resistance, spin, etc.) that are not in standard projectile equations that calculations won't be very useful. Experimentation will be required.
Air resistance at these velocities can be effectively considered to be zero. Spin stabilization of projectiles is done to decrease the effect of orthogonal forces like wind. I would just stick with the projectile motion equations, which should work just fine at these velocities and distances.

BTW, I've seen a 'bot that can use the camera to position itself and fire ball after ball into the target, so I know that teams can do it if they put the effort into it.

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