Thread: Horizontal Bar: Vertical Velocity
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Unread 12-01-2004, 11:29
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Re: Horizontal Bar: Vertical Velocity
I'm thinking we'll need to wait for clarification from FIRST on this one. If it's really just maximum vertical velocity (as they mentioned in the video), I could lift a cannon 10 feet and shoot a projectile at the bar for zero vertical velocity. If it's tip velocity (as in the safety concern they discussed), then the maximum distance you can shoot it up is 1.55 feet times the sin of the angle at release (straight vertical being 90 degrees and the farthest distance).
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