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jeffsweeps
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Hi guys, i have read and read and read all this stuff about x=vt(cosA), y = vt(sinA)-1/2gt^2
now i am not a pyhsics guy and never claimed to be, i am a programmer. This is what i am trying to accomplish. I am trying to write a small VB app to calculate velocity of a golf club head. I and trying to evaulate it as follows:
CLub Head Angle is Diiferent for each club. but we are going to just pick 1, so let's say a driver with a 10.5 face
I have the following the only variable i wish to calculate is velocity.
I want to be able to type in a yardage (x) and an elevation (y) a club angle(10.5) and get the velocity.
am i on the right track here?
i got the formula from the hyperphsyics page.
My plan is since can get the max velocity of the driver by assuming the max distance for x at y=0 is 250 ... i could then use that velocity and set it equal to 100% (for 255 yds) and then calculate the velocity for 204 yds whish is (80% of club distance) and see what that velocity is.
I have been tasked with writing a program the will pick the correct "virtual club" given distance, elevation, and angle. Can this be done? I don't even know. I followed a tutorial along and calculated velocity for a target 300m away 20 meters high with a 60 degree angle, but i need a formula so i can plug it into my program and give it the x, y and angle and it give me a result, if that result is less than say 80% of the club velocity, then my program will automatically "club up" and recalculate using the next club angle ... ie if the 64 degree wedge shot can't get you there, then change to the 54 degree club and so on until the target distance is reachable. Since this is a "virtual golf simulator" i am assuming that 100% power on each club would be the same velocity.
Am i making any sense, sorry but i know some math, just not physics. Any help would be appreciated. thx
now i am not a pyhsics guy and never claimed to be, i am a programmer. This is what i am trying to accomplish. I am trying to write a small VB app to calculate velocity of a golf club head. I and trying to evaulate it as follows:
CLub Head Angle is Diiferent for each club. but we are going to just pick 1, so let's say a driver with a 10.5 face
I have the following the only variable i wish to calculate is velocity.
I want to be able to type in a yardage (x) and an elevation (y) a club angle(10.5) and get the velocity.
am i on the right track here?
i got the formula from the hyperphsyics page.
My plan is since can get the max velocity of the driver by assuming the max distance for x at y=0 is 250 ... i could then use that velocity and set it equal to 100% (for 255 yds) and then calculate the velocity for 204 yds whish is (80% of club distance) and see what that velocity is.
I have been tasked with writing a program the will pick the correct "virtual club" given distance, elevation, and angle. Can this be done? I don't even know. I followed a tutorial along and calculated velocity for a target 300m away 20 meters high with a 60 degree angle, but i need a formula so i can plug it into my program and give it the x, y and angle and it give me a result, if that result is less than say 80% of the club velocity, then my program will automatically "club up" and recalculate using the next club angle ... ie if the 64 degree wedge shot can't get you there, then change to the 54 degree club and so on until the target distance is reachable. Since this is a "virtual golf simulator" i am assuming that 100% power on each club would be the same velocity.
Am i making any sense, sorry but i know some math, just not physics. Any help would be appreciated. thx