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Old 10-08-2004, 06:52 PM
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JustRace
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Default Re: Doppler effect

Originally posted by sn4il
Hello.
Has any1 ever used Doppler effect to estimate top speed of the car?

I played with my video and it looks like my car was making 96km/h (its around 59 miles per hour). I dont know how accurate this is, it might be possible. Next time ill try to take it to the limit and drive straight on the full throttle.

Here You can find out how this work:
http://www.sprut.de/electronic/soft/scope.htm
http://www.sprut.de/electronic/soft/vspec.htm

Sorry its in German. I dont know german but my friend did translate it for me.

sn4il
Use this to translate the web site http://babelfish.altavista.com/
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