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Re: pneumatic launch velocity

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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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Re: pneumatic launch velocity

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ummmm... who missed a decimal?
Oops, sorry. Lesson learned: no physics between 10pm and 7am.
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Oops, sorry. Lesson learned: no physics between 10pm and 7am.
Not a good excuse for school .. Teachers don't buy that anymore..
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