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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 Tatsu
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..)
When I posted this all I wanted was that distance. So we can make a "no one can shoot past here arc" on our field.
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