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Re: Physics: ball launch using gravity
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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri
So what I would do first is a simple kinematics/projectile motion problem (there might be some handy tools in the white paper section  ) to find what velocity is needed on the launch. (In this case, you would arbitrarily chose the angle theta of the launch. I would chose 45 degrees.) |
I posted an Excel spreadsheet that computes the ball trajectory for Aim High. You can adjust the launch angle, velocity, and see the effect of air resistance (which should be really small) for your problem. To "turn off" air resistance, you can set the drag coefficient (Cd) to zero. The spreadsheet can be downloaded from this post:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...5&postcount=19
Have fun...
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