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🍂 Falling Autumn Leaves — 2D Air Resistance and Terminal Speed

2D side-view companion of the autumn leaves simulation: leaves falling under gravity and quadratic air drag with wind gusts and flutter, a tracked leaf with height and speed graphs, and an exact tanh terminal-speed check.

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Falling Autumn Leaves — 2D Air Resistance and Terminal Speed ↗ Open standalone
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2D side-view companion of the autumn leaves simulation: leaves falling under gravity and quadratic air drag with wind gusts and flutter, a tracked leaf with height and speed graphs, and an exact tanh terminal-speed check.

Air ResistanceTerminal VelocityFalling LeavesQuadratic Drag

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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