Trajectories for projectile with same speed (different initial angle)+drag force

The following simulation show traces for projectile with the same initial speed (adjustable via slider) but different initial angle (angle from 0 to $^\pi$ ).

Three trace sets are shown:
1. Blue traces are the projectile orbit without any drag force.
2. Green traces are the projectile orbit with drag force $\vec{F}=k_1 \vec{V}$ , i.e. the drag force is proportional to the speed (in the oppositive direction of the velocity).
3. Yellow traces are the projectile orbit with drag force $\vec{F}=k_2 \vec{V}^2$ , i.e. the drag force is proportional to the square of the velocity (in the oppositive direction of the velocity).

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