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Re: oh well!(kaboom) - a boring excursion into physics of Kinematic
<<Mark's consideration is correct for a small horizontal travel L.
However in the absence of friction the car .......etc., etc.
....... The car needs to overcome the gravity force
which is Gamma times car's mass times Earth' mass divided by the distance
between them square, where Gamma is the gravitational constant.
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Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ -- 18psi (TAP)
'98 A4TQ -- mostly stock
Philadelphia, PA
USA
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/8949/homepage.html>>
I knew that.
Later.
--ml in Bucksnort