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Old 24th Oct 2018, 12:01
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Originally Posted by infrequentflyer789
First you are missing (1/s)^2 from the velocity term, this gives kg*m /s^2

Second, you are missing that lift is a force so it is in Newtons which is also (e.g. from F=ma) = kg*m/s^2

Sorry you didn't discover new physics, maybe next time
I get the joke, like "new math".
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