Thread: Why no fast acceleration?
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Old 10-16-2015, 06:04 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by nick666 View Post
In physics, faster acceleration=higher energy requirement .
Right, per unit time, but you spend less time accelerating to a given velocity if you do it more quickly.
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