Symmetrical flight

[thatricksta]

What does this actually mean?
I understand components of projectile motion etc etc.
I just want to know what symmetrical flight means

thanks

[Bozo]

Think of it as a EVEN flight.
http://tutor4physics.com/angularprojectilemotion%201.jpg

If you check out that picture, notice that its an evenly distributed flight. Starting from the ground, going up, and the back down to the ground.

[thatricksta]

Think of it as a EVEN flight.
http://tutor4physics.com/angularprojectilemotion%201.jpg

If you check out that picture, notice that its an evenly distributed flight. Starting from the ground, going up, and the back down to the ground.

so is this just flight without wind resistance or anything like that?
or does the initial vertical velocity have to equal the horizontal vertical velocity or something??

[tony3272]

Think of it as a EVEN flight.
http://tutor4physics.com/angularprojectilemotion%201.jpg

If you check out that picture, notice that its an evenly distributed flight. Starting from the ground, going up, and the back down to the ground.

so is this just flight without wind resistance or anything like that?
or does the initial vertical velocity have to equal the horizontal vertical velocity or something??

This is just a flight where the projectile is launched at a particular height/ angle/ velocity and ends at the same height/angle/ velocity. So there's no wind resistance in this.
The initial vertical velocity does not have to equal the initial horizontal velocity, but when the projectile hits the ground at the end of it's flight, all of the final velocity components will be the same as their respective initial velocity components.

[thatricksta]

Think of it as a EVEN flight.
http://tutor4physics.com/angularprojectilemotion%201.jpg

If you check out that picture, notice that its an evenly distributed flight. Starting from the ground, going up, and the back down to the ground.

so is this just flight without wind resistance or anything like that?
or does the initial vertical velocity have to equal the horizontal vertical velocity or something??

This is just a flight where the projectile is launched at a particular height/ angle/ velocity and ends at the same height/angle/ velocity. So there's no wind resistance in this.
The initial vertical velocity does not have to equal the initial horizontal velocity, but when the projectile hits the ground at the end of it's flight, all of the final velocity components will be the same as their respective initial velocity components.

Ah ok, so this sorta stuff is questions that arent launched from above the ground and dont have wind resistance etc etc.
thanks!