From: John K Clark (johnkc@well.com)
Date: Fri Jul 10 1998 - 12:04:04 MDT
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On Fri, 10 Jul 1998 John Heritage <xebec@home.com>
>1 G in acceleration is 32 feet per second, per second, right?
Yes.
>That means if I'm accelerating in my race car (which I plan to do
>tonight at the local drag strip), with slicks.. if I cover 32 feet
>in < 1 second, I've pushed for more than 1 G "off the line", and if
>I cover 96 feet in < 2 seconds, I've accelerated at more than 1 G
>for the first 100 feet, basically, right?
Distance = Acceleration times Time squared so if you maintain 1 g after one
second you've gone 32 feet , after 2 sec 128 feet, after 3 sec 288 feet.
John K Clark johnkc@well.com
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