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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I don’t think its that steep. The flight time is roughly 3 seconds. The terminal velocity is still upwards of 1300 ft/s. The vertical velocity will only be 1/2*g*t^2 (g is gravity at 32 ft/s^2) and that not accounting for starting with a positive (up) vertical velocity due to elevation adjustment (about 65 to 70 MOA). SO vertical velocity at impact is less than 144 ft per sec (1/2*32*3*3) and horizontal is ~10 times that. The image you posted is not to the same scale in horizontal and vertical.


80 posted on 08/13/2018 7:09:17 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: Magnum44

Yeah, I realized the different scales after posting. There was a time I wouldn’t have made such a stupid mistake. That’s a doozie.


93 posted on 08/13/2018 8:23:08 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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