Wired projectile motion primer for FIRST teams

[RoboMaster]

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/projectile-motion-primer-for-first-robotics

Wired Magazine's Dot Physics blog has posted an article for FIRSTers trying to launch the basketballs. Could be helpful - I don't think it's been on CD yet.

[nitneylion452]

This is very interesting, though I must note that his estimation of .5 kg for the mass of the ball is a bit off. The mass of the ball is closer to .3kg, so it would be reasonable to expect slightly more variation in the air drag vs no air drag distances.

[mikegrundvig]

This is the same physicist that helped me in the thread I started about basketball physics a day after the competition details were announced - he is a great guy!

-Mike