Trajectory triangle
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riangle
The path that the bomb travels through the
air is the bomb's trajectory.
The bomb's tra-
jectory is subtended by the
line of sight at the
instant of bomb
release.
Thus, we have formed in
space a right triangle.
sides are represented
by the altitude and
the horizontal distance along
the ground the bomb travels from the point of re-
lease to the point of impact.
distance is
actual range.
The third side of the
triangle is
line of
sight or the hypotenuse.
It is known that in any right triangle the
square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of
squares of the other two
sides.
Thus, in the right
triangle ABC, the equation would be:
(AB) 2+ (BC) 2 = (AC) 2
ACTUAL RANGE
The linear distance of AB and BC are deter-
mined. AB
the altitude is known and is deter-
mined by either instrument
readings or
the E-6B
computer.
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