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So, it doesn't need to be so fine. It just a hobby/interesting project I've chosen. I'm really trying to re-develop my modeling/simulation skills. I was hoping someone who might have done something like this before could start me off. Thanks

Thanks for the reply. I'm really looking for a starting point. I know that this would be a differential equation but after that I can't really see how it would be modeled. This isn't a homework question. I'm looking at this out of interest. Its been a few years since I worked in differential...

Hi all. I'd like to create a basic model of the forces acting on a sail (wind sail, like a tail ship) A couple of things I was thinking about: 1) can create a very simple model where wind is 'one' force acting on the a uniform body. 2) model wind as vectors. This is where I am a little...