Bod
(regular)
12/05/2008 13:29
Re: The Wibbly Wobbly Way.

Well its a slow day and I'm bored. Assuming a triangular wave I reckon:

distance actually travelled = DOG +(wavelength^2+waveheight^2)/(wavelngth)

So 20m between peaks and 2m height gives about an extra 0.5% of distance over ground, whereas a 3m height an extra 1.1% distance....



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