Lately I've been playing around with the idea of creating a very simple flight simulator as a hobby, just to learn the mathematics behind subsonic (think cessna) aerodynamics. I'm a computer engineer by training, so I am not afraid of mathematics but my current exposure to the dynamics portions...
Can someone give me quick refresher on what happens when you multiply the heaviside function with the unit impulse?
Typically, the unit step function multiplied by anything simply delays it by the offset in the unit step function. The unit impulse function makes the value defined at only one...
YATP - Yet Another Trainlike Problem
Sailboats A and B each have mass 60kg and cross the starting line at the same time of a race. Each has an initial velocity of 2m/s.
Obviously from this, m1 = m2 == 60kg and vo1 = v02 == 2 m/s.
The wind applies a constant force of 650N to each boat and...