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Old 3rd Mar 2009, 15:37
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bobcat4
 
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The Chaos theory (aka: the butterfly effect)

Rainboe:

Is it important? It all depends on yaw at touchdown, drift, touching down on one side first. All variables thrown into the mix changing final position and alignment of the engines, not that it matters anyway!
I agree. The engines position is irrelevant. Like the balls in the lottery (lotto). They drop into the bowl from the exact same position every time, with the exact same velocity. They get mixed the exact same way every time. The engines position is unpredictable. Like the lotto balls. This it what's called the chaos theory. Chaos theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ah, and of course, "exact" is not entirely true, that's the reason we get different results, but go ahead and predict them if you like... Not addressing you, Rainboe, that was for those who thinks they can make something out of the engines position.

Throw the dice. Wow! You got a 6, what can you read out of that?
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