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Unread 11-01-2006, 10:31
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Re: pneumatic launch velocity

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Originally Posted by sciguy125
There's d = 0.5*480*0.000625 = 0.15m = 59"

You missed a decimal place in your conversion from meters to inches.

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ummmm... who missed a decimal?

0.15 meters = 59 inches?

so 1 meter = 32 feet?!

0.15 meters = 5.9 inches (what I said the first time :^)

(32 is the difference between slugs and pounds: pounds = force, and slugs = mass)

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