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Wild how evolution landed on 53° as the ideal launch angle. Nature’s own ballistics optimization.
by firesteelrain 1y ago
Wild how evolution landed on 53° as the ideal launch angle. Nature’s own ballistics optimization.
- fsckboy 1y ago53° is very close to a 3-4-5 triangle
- firesteelrain 1y agoEvolution meets Euclid.
- abeppu 1y ago> The experiments also revealed that the fruit stem straightens up during ripening, creating an average 53° angle that is close to the theoretical perfect angle of 50° that would maximize shooting distance. I recall from school that distance is maximized for a ballistic path when the angle is 45°. See e.g. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/football-projectile-motion/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/football-projecti... Did someone get confused while writing this article or is there some reason why the optimal angle would be different in this situation?
- crubier 1y ago45deg is optimal if you neglect air drag on the projectile