RE: [Paddlewise] How Windy Was It (Really)?

From: Kirk Olsen <kolsen_at_imagelan.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:58:17 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Colin Calder wrote:

> All you need is a ping pong ball, a piece of thread one foot long, and a
> protractor
> 
> Wind speed in ms-1 = 8.1 * sqrt(tan(angle of thread))
> Wind speed in mph = 18 * sqrt(tan(angle of thread))

You can do sqrt(tan(angle of thread)) in your head?

I'm not worthy....
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