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.... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Oct 16 1998 - 11:05:13 PDT
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