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Re: Nerf ball starting at 12m/s 45 degree angle ending at 8ft 6in w/ air resistance

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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
before you can calculate the answer you requested, someone has to measure the air resistance of the nerf balls.

someone has suggested the first step in another thread: drop one of the balls from a height and measure its terminal velocity (the speed at which its air resistance matches the pull of gravity).

Without real data parameters any calculations will be useless.
Has anyone taken the direction of spin into consideration? I.E. Backspin, frontspin, sidespin
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