Thread: Nerf ball starting at 12m/s 45 degree angle ending at 8ft 6in w/ air resistance
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Unread 11-01-2006, 01:17
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Re: Nerf ball starting at 12m/s 45 degree angle ending at 8ft 6in w/ air resistance
Not sure what I'd need.. I just need someone with Mathematica 5.1 that can execute my notebook.. if not I'll just have to run it overnight or something.. not that big of a problem.

Tatsu.

Anyway, the equation isn't that bad if you dont try to make it a diffeq problem.. its just small timestep modeling.. and yes, you probably cant do this by hand (and thus the RC wouldnt be able to either.)

so if you want accurate trajectories, you'll need lookup tables.. (I cant think of any other way to calculate air resistance trajectories on the fly..)