Re: OT: Looking for a good physics site
 

I sent an email to MM, suggesting he read this thread. Here is his comment:
I'm guessing that he means you need different formulas for different aspects of this problem.

Re: OT: Looking for a good physics site
 

Well, I'm looking for the straight-line direction for the ship to accelerate in, at its current acceleration, to intercept another ship with the potential for both velocity and acceleration.

But I do have an (Uncommented) .dll for that now.

Re: OT: Looking for a good physics site
 

Here's a doc on missile maneuvers that seems relevant:
Proportional Navigation Against Time-Varying Target Maneuvers (pdf). It's rocket science. It's better than predecessors, but does contain a simplifying assumption: "The autopilot and seeker response is assumed to be instantaneous and the missile angle of attack is assumed to be negligibly small."

Also may be worth looking into Augmented Proportional Navigation.

Re: OT: Looking for a good physics site
 

Thanks.

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What's a good image registration code for PHPBB2 and how would I install it? I'm getting a ton of spammers on my forum.