| RE: physics
Shooting forward i suspect you would catch the blighter up (which is why modern aircraft fire rockets rather than guns). Firing backwards I'm not sure, but I suspect that the arrow does not have much forward motion per se so would simply go away from the point of firing at 90mph, and put distance between you and it at 180mph. Or should we be imagining the enemies of the Parthians simply riding into a host of apparently motionless arrows, and dying with the words "Oh Bu**er" on their lips? Isn't this related to why it would be futile to jump as the falling lift hits the ground?
(PS - I gave up Physics at 14 to study Greek. No regrets.) |