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Old 03-23-15 | 11:41 AM
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greenlight149
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Originally Posted by Brian Ratliff
I didn't see any equations...

Here's the math:
http://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycli...ml#post6854653

And here for the general case:
http://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycli...ml#post6854805

This is not a new problem.
Ok I guess you didn't see my equations

Force=mass x acceleration
acceleration= force/mass
Substitute for force you get acceleration=mass x acceleration/mass (a=mg/m)
Giving you a=g which is the gravitational constant

This is true for two objects with with same coefficient of drag.

And you are right, this isn't a new problem, it's been known for a long time that gravitational acceleration is independent of mass, given the same coefficient of drag.
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