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Projectile motion challenge:
Your challenge is to use the simulations below to create your own projectile motion test lab.
Keep in mind what makes something a "projectile"
1. no wings
2. no motor
3. gravity
4. some sort of launch angle (you could argue that 90° is an angle, but I don't recommend it)
Things to try:
- different launch angles
- different launch velocities
- simulate something you did in person here at the elab (balcony drop, fun with the hose, tennis ball madness)
- try something really crazy, like a launch velocity over 12,000 m/s (think about this one for next class)
In each case, verify your results with the formula below:
We often shorten this formula to look like this:
Range = V2/g * Sin2theta
Here are the simulations I found, you are welcome to find cooler ones online. Make sure to take notes on this for the next quiz!
http://www.livephysics.com/simulations/mechanics-sim/projectile-motion-simulation/
http://www.walter-fendt.de/html5/phen/projectile_en.htm
Most of all, have fun with this. It may come in handy if you ever want to:
- win at golf, basketball, shotput, baseball, archery, discus, javelin, horseshoes, tiddly winks...
- drop packages from an airplane
- become a cliff diver
- want to shoot things into orbit
- play with rocks on mars
- shoot bananas to falling monkeys
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