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Re:Show HN: A rough simulation of a sail boat (2D Wireframe) by teleclimber on Sunday September 13, 2015 @05:02PM (#10212778)
I'm sure that was hard work and I commend you for it, but as an aerospace engineer who happens to enjoy sailing (windsurfing in particular) I can't help but mention that you would get far more realistic simulation (with far less processor usage) simply by looking at the Lift-over-Drag curves for sails (or airfoils) at that regime and do a simple Forces calculation at each frame. Wind does not behave anything like particles!
Re:Show HN: A rough simulation of a sail boat (2D Wireframe) by imakesnowflakes on Sunday September 13, 2015 @09:21PM (#10213318)
Yes. I had considered that option. But hey, I just wanted to see if I can pull this off...