• waigl@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    To be fair, speed is relative.

    Sure, but the relevant speed up there is relative to the air around you. The missile will have a negative air speed at first, than accelerate to positive, briefly passing through 0 in between, which comes with weird consequences for lift and steering.