Hi, new to KSP. I have been googling for hours trying to manually compute terminal velocity for the mk1 command pod at 100m but it's not working.
These are my values and functions:
altitude (h) = 100 m
planetary mass (M) = 5.29E+22 kg
gravitational constant (G) = 6.77E-11
equatorial radius (R) = 600000 m
ship mass (m) = 762 kg
atmospheric density (p) = 101325 kg/m^3
velocity (v) = 101.01 m/s
coefficient of drag (d) (retrieved from PartDatabase) = .4785
cross sectional area = 1.23 m^2
force of drag (F_D) = .5 * p * v^2 * d * A
force of gravity (F_G) = m * ( ( G * M ) / (R + h)^2 )
According to the Atmosphere wiki page, on Kerbin the terminal velocity at 100 m is 101.01 m/s. Which means the forces of drag and gravity should be equal. But they are definitely not.
What am I doing wrong?
P.S., why am I doing this? pure dorkness.
