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💣 The Coriolis Effect and Artillery Ballistics

Fire a virtual artillery shell and watch Earth's rotation deflect it sideways. Tune latitude, muzzle velocity, launch angle and the visualization exaggeration to see the Coriolis effect bend the real trajectory away from the straight-line reference path.

Physics & Mechanics3DModerate60 FPS

⚙ Under the hood

Fire a virtual artillery shell and watch Earth's rotation deflect it sideways. Tune latitude, muzzle velocity, launch angle and a visualization exaggeration factor to see the Coriolis-curved trajectory diverge from the straight-line reference path used in real firing-table corrections.

Three.jsCoriolis effectballisticsartilleryrotating reference frameInstancedMesh

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install