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21st Mar 2014, 23:21

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MrSnuggles

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HazelNut39

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P.S. A quick sum shows that an object travelling at 400 kts can gain about 7000 ft of height ballistically.

Thankyou for that Wikipedia citation. I have read the NTSB report but apparently failed to notice that part of it.

Regarding the quote.. What object are you calculating? I based my calculations on an airplane (first approximated with a cone, then with a real airplane) albeit in some weird configuration(s). Is your object a sphere (= bullet)? Larger than a bullet?

I'll have to do some equations tomorrow methinks...

awblain:

I must do something wrong here because my calculations are inaccurate with an order of ten if this climb trajectory is factual. Mind you, I do all calculations in the SI units.

Last edited by MrSnuggles; 21st Mar 2014 at 23:27. Reason: adding info to awblain

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