Re: Calculating Drag

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----- Original Message -----
From: David Roach <roachd_76 at YAHOO.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: Calculating Drag


> I am dealing with the speed
> of bullets. So we are definetly talking about over the speed of sound.

Not all bullets travel at supersonic speeds, this is why a silencer is much
more effective on a pistol than a rifle, the pistol doesn't keep the
expanding gasses behind the bullet long enough to push it fast enough, basic
physics.

Kat

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