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Lewis Hartswick
 
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Default Bullets falling back to earth

Don Bruder wrote:


I've long since forgotten what the exact number for "terminal velocity"
is (120-ish MPH, isn't it?) but whatever the value is, that's the top
speed Mr. Bullet is going to attain on the way down.

Don Bruder -


I don't know for sure BUT I would think that terminal velocity would
depend on the drag coeficient and that can vary all over the place
for different shapes or even orientiations of the same object.
...lew...