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Offline GrumpyOldFart

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Burn/Distance calculations
« on: March 25, 2011, 09:51:49 AM »
Anyone seen a fairly simple calculator for this? Starting from _____ velocity, _____ sec burn at _____ g will equal _____ distance traveled and final velocity of _____?

I haven't spotted one in the core book. There's probably one on the internet somewhere, but I haven't found it yet.
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Re: Burn/Distance calculations
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2011, 10:42:37 AM »
It's in the HARP SF Xtreme book in the vehicle chapter with formula and tables.

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Re: Burn/Distance calculations
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2011, 11:35:02 AM »
Are we in Heisenberg mode on that one yet?
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Re: Burn/Distance calculations
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2011, 06:27:32 PM »
Here's something I kicked together today. Input acceleration in g's in cell A2, have it give you resulting velocity and total distance traveled  for _____ seconds of burn. Quick and dirty.

Somebody check my math and make sure I'm doing this right, huh?
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Re: Burn/Distance calculations
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2011, 09:40:38 PM »
BTW, velocity is in m/s, distance in m.
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Re: Burn/Distance calculations
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2011, 11:01:25 AM »
And it's a rough, I rounded 1g to 9.8m/sec/sec. I don't know how much that adds up over time, but it's a smidge short.
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Re: Burn/Distance calculations
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2011, 10:07:36 AM »
So what's the consensus, is my math right, or did I screw it up somewhere? Obviously I think it's right, but it'd be nice to have a second opinion.
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Re: Burn/Distance calculations
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2011, 04:29:28 PM »
Thanks so much. I don't know about the math yet, but I appreciate the effort involved.
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