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Re: Scirocco Top Speed?



Well sure, your physics are right, but filling it with cement is a lot funnier.

You just have to fill it AFTER you get it to the top of the 40-story
building, not before.

Filling it with tapioca would also be funny.

Mike

>regardless, it won't matter if you fill it with cement or not, it will
>fall at the same rate as an empty one. it's just that one yugo will make a
>bigger dent. how fast will it get? the acceleratiopn due to gravity is
>9.8m/s(squared). and assuming each story is about 10 feet tall, ignoring
>the effects of wind resistance, how fast will it get. i'll expect your
>answers in the morning on my desk!
>-alan
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