Effects of Earth's rotataion on a simple experiment

[voko]

Of course not, neither does anything else we have said. :)

There is a difference. We did not discuss the effects of the atmosphere, but we did not discuss the effects of imprecise aiming either. Saying that the latter will overwhelm the westward drift, without considering the former, as you did, seems rather strange to me.

 

[Orodruin]

Of course, but it is the easier one to take into account. All I wanted to convey was that the rotational effect was minor. You could also just as well say that considering the rotational effect without considering atmospheric or aiming effects would seem pretty strange.

 

[Orodruin]

It's almost eighteen hundred meters if the bullet is fired from the equator, not just a few hundred. (I get (1787 meters using an orbital calculation, 1762 meters using $\frac 4 3 \frac {\Omega v^3}{g^2}$ as an estimate.)

Yes, I probably forgot to divide by 2pi when computing the angular velocity ... But the point remains, I would even say the derivation using the conservation of angular momentum is easier as it allows me to get away with one integration less in the tangential direction than if just starting from the forces.