It's not the Vf=Vi+a(t) that kills you, it's the F=m(ΔV/ΔT).

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Week 6

This week, Audie and I created an inclinometer by attaching a protractor to a tube (used as an eyepiece) and attaching a string with a bolt as a weight to the protractor. We used this to mark the angle of elevation from my eye level to the peak of the potato's peak when launching from the potato accelerator. We also recorded the total time, distance, and initial angle of launch for multiple trials. We plan to use this data next week to theoretically calculate the height of the peak via trigonometry and our 1/2(g)t2 method to compare the two. Also this week, we researched plans and materials to begin our next project: the wind tunnel.

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