Hunting: Spear Flight Profiles

Authors

  • Cheryl Hurkett University of Leicester

Abstract

We build upon our previous work on prehistoric spear velocity and use Excel to calculate the velocity throughout the spear’s motion and therefore calculate the maximum range it could achieve with and without a launching aid such as an atlatl.

References

Hurkett, C. P. (2013) Hunting: Prehistoric Spear Velocity. JIST, vol 01.

https://sites.google.com/site/technicalarchery/technical-discussions-1/drag-coefficients-of-bullets-arrows-and-spears

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How to Cite

Hurkett, C. (2017). Hunting: Spear Flight Profiles. Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics, 1. Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/jist/article/view/696

Issue

Vol. 1 (2013)

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