Timeline for How does gravity affect bullets?
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| Jun 5, 2011 at 13:49 | comment | added | Bill Slugg | I understand now. I was assuming an idealized case. | |
| Jun 5, 2011 at 12:49 | comment | added | Georg | There is a much stronger influence on real bullets: rotation due to rifling ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifling ) aerodynamics of this makes some uplift for the bullet. To avoid it, one had to use some unrifled gun or a perfectly spherical bullet. | |
| Jun 5, 2011 at 5:46 | comment | added | David | @Bill Slugg For most guns there is going to be kick back and human error in steadily holding it level. Since bullets travel very fast compared to an object falling from those heights even a slight tilt imparts a vertical component to bullet's velocity. A handgun for example would have significant error. | |
| Jun 5, 2011 at 1:44 | comment | added | Bill Slugg | I am confused by the statement: "it is very difficult to fire horizontally". What does that mean? | |
| Jun 4, 2011 at 21:06 | history | answered | Mark Eichenlaub | CC BY-SA 3.0 |