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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (4 children)

The path of a bullet is parabolic. You ain't hitting shit with that math, yo.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 months ago

At that range, using a linear estimation is fine I assure you

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Both linear linear and parabolic descriptions of a bullet trajectory are approximations of a drag curve, that can be obtained only numerically.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

That's just what they want you to think

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

On short distance you do