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(Dan_Thomas_nospam wrote)
> He misses the ME-109 because the recoil of firing the bullet
> accelerates the B-17 just a bit, so that the bullet, travelling at a
> little less than the bomber's speed actually briefly follows the bomber
> as it falls.
Plus there is a constant speed with the B-17. The bullet needs to accelerate
to reach that same speed. <g>
> A related question: Haven't there been cases of supersonic
> fighters shooting themselves down when they caught up to the shells
> they'd fired forward?
'If I drive the speed of light, and turn on the headlights - would anything
happen?' Steven Wright ...and maybe also "The Lazlo Letters" (1977) by Don
Novello.
Montblack
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Re: Physics question
