• @[email protected]
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    162 months ago

    To be fair, speed is relative.

    Sure, but the relevant speed up there is relative to the air around you. The missile will have a negative air speed at first, than accelerate to positive, briefly passing through 0 in between, which comes with weird consequences for lift and steering.

    • Tar_Alcaran
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      112 months ago

      The zero doesn’t matter all that much, but I think going negative 1000kph is probably a great way to get it into an uncontrolled tumble.