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Torrere · 03-12-2004, 02:46 PM

And howinthehell are we going to get the drag coefficient?

We could find the air pressure. We already know the height above sea level (but - would this ball be falling far enough that we would need differential equations?), and we could find the temperature and weather that day (or we could approximate). The dimples will also make finding the cross-sectional area of the golf ball a pain, right?

I don't even want to think about lift - at least not until/if we can get air resistance squared away.

03-12-2004, 02:46 PM	#25
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	And howinthehell are we going to get the drag coefficient? We could find the air pressure. We already know the height above sea level (but - would this ball be falling far enough that we would need differential equations?), and we could find the temperature and weather that day (or we could approximate). The dimples will also make finding the cross-sectional area of the golf ball a pain, right? I don't even want to think about lift - at least not until/if we can get air resistance squared away.