Re: Velocity of a falling bullet

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 01:56:26 GMT, Ian Stirling
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

[snip]
>> Eh?  Who is it that needs to study Physics ?:-)
>> 
>> A bullet fired vertically in a vacuum has no "windage" and would
>> arrive back at ground level at the muzzle velocity.
>
>Plus or minus whatever Mr Coriolis has to say about it.

Someone always has to come along and add a new *twist* to the problem
;-)

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