-=> Quoting Jim Page to David R. Norton <=-
 GB> Are you familiar with the concept of 'terminal velocity' as applied
 GB> to objects falling in an atmosphere?
 DR> I don't think a bullet will go high enough to fall far enough to reach
 DR> terminal velocity, if it did the calculations would be real easy,
 DR> wouldn't they!
 JP> Surely, you jest!
 No, if there were no factors other than gravity acting on the bullet
 it would fall at a rate of the acceleration of gravity, 32
 feet/second/second.  If you knew exactly how high the bullet went, you
 could calculate the speed easily, it would fall 32 feet the first
 second, 32x32 feet the next second, etc.  The difficulty is in the
 other forces acting on the bullet, most importantly air friction.
 Take Care,
 David R. Norton [norton@doitnow.com]
... Hunt nude; bears *hate* to peel their food!
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