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  1. Oct 30th, 2000, 01:27 AM #1
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    How do I make a basic acceleration engine (in KPH) in VB, with easy-to-change values to alter acceleration?

    I just need a basic engine which simulates a car, it accelerations, but the acceleration gets slower as it accelerates more... hope someone understands. ;-)

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  2. Oct 30th, 2000, 07:50 AM #2
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    I'm sure you mean that Acceleration gets slower due to more speed, actually that's the overall acceleration that gets slower, while the engine accelerates constantly

    Friction = k * v^2

    where k is the air resitance constant.

    v = v + a - Friction

    to calculate the speed for each next moment you add up acceleration and substract the friction.

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