Catapult math

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Originally Posted by Ether

Were you guys able to get the your computed values to agree fairly closely with your test data using the linear model discussed in the wikipedia article?

Sorry for reply delay.
Yeah, we were. Although we found that while doing angle optimization, the real challenge became in making sure that the level of control of the release angle was high enough. We found that it became necessary to construct additions to the catapult arm that we were using, and that the ending angle of the catapult arm didn't usually result in the right release angle. (The ball was rolling off the arm before the arm finished it's motion)