A bullet is technically not flying, it's falling while traveling really fast, otherwise you wouldn't need to compensate for drop over distance. Warhammer 40k bolters fly because they are essentially self guided rockets
Reminds me of the Hitchhiker's Guide sequels with their method of flying as "throwing yourself at the ground and missing" which is essentially describing an orbit.
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BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one · 41 pts · 1y
A bullet is technically not flying, it's falling while traveling really fast, otherwise you wouldn't need to compensate for drop over distance. Warhammer 40k bolters fly because they are essentially self guided rockets
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 1y
This is the best normal translation of "a ballistic trajectory" i've ever seen.
taladar@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y
Reminds me of the Hitchhiker's Guide sequels with their method of flying as "throwing yourself at the ground and missing" which is essentially describing an orbit.
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
FTFY
sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 1y
Pity the Gyrojet never took off. (Er, so to speak!)
rocketpoweredredneck@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Not taking off is one of the specific problems they had
NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
I was just about to say that.
EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y
Do swing-wing planes count as fixed wing planes? Please answer, this is a time-sensitive question and NATO won't answer my calls
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
This is utter bullshit.
Everyone knows that 45acp is superior to 5.56 for this use
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 1y
Ya know, if a 5.56 bullet is an air superiority fighter, so is a rock flung by a trebuchet. I don't make the rules, that Newton guy did.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Trebuchets are for nerds, what with all that calculation and such.
Bullets go brrrrrrrrrr
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Battleship Turret Crew:
erin@social.sidh.bzh · 3 pts · 1y
@southsamurai @Sylvartas yes too complicated: we should go full "Indian China: The BONK war"
0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
was the rock itself made by a human? maybe yes because it was turned into that shape by a human, or maybe no because it was made by the earth
KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1y
Lmao your username got me good
noxypaws@pawb.social · 6 pts · 1y
YB-40 and MQ-9 aren't fixed-wing??
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Where Ekranoplan?