local horrizon = nil;
       if self.Vel.X > 0 then
          horrizon = 1;
       elseif self.Vel.X < 0 then
          horrizon = -1;
       else
          horrizon = 0;
       end

       local horVector = Vector(horrizon,0);
       local velVec = Vector(self.Vel.X,self.Vel.Y);
       local normal = velVec:Normalize();
       local mag = math.sqrt(math.pow(self.Vel.X,2) + math.pow(self.Vel.Y,2));
       local angle = math.acos( normal:Dot(horVector) / 1 );  --arccos( a*b/(|a||b|)).  a and b always equal 1.

       --angle is always returned positive, so we need to make sure whether or not the projectile is heading down or not.
       if self.Vel.Y < 0 then
           angle = angle * -1;
       end

       --debug
       print("Horrizon Vector: (".. horrizon ..",0)");
       print("Normal Vector: (".. normal.X ..",".. normal.Y ..")");
       print("Magnitude: ".. mag);
       print("Angle: ".. angle);

       local targetID = SceneMan:CastMORay(self.Pos,normal,0,0,false,0);  --normal will be tangent to the projectile's movement