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Re: Motorcycle passenger launch angle

Tim Schewe (timothy_schewe@bc.sympatico.ca)
Wed, 30 Jul 1997 18:17:31 -0400 (EDT)

If you use a launch angle of 45 degrees without knowing what the launch angle
really is, you will result in the minimum speed for the situation as the 45 will
result in the longest throw distance. Knowing the true launch angle will allow
you to revise that speed estimate upward.
Tim Schewe
timothy_schewe@bc.sympatico.ca


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