Vertical Marble Launcher Physics

Velocity of the marble can range from 3 m s to 9 m s.

Vertical marble launcher physics.

Launch steel balls at angles between 0 and 70 degrees and over distances up to 2 5 m. Durable apparatus to study velocity acceleration and projectile motion. Now set the power setting to the second lowest setting second setting from the top. For this experiment you will use angles from 0 to.

The solid heavy base provides an easy to use and reliable setup. Put the timer in interval mode and connect the photogate to input a. A marble with a speed of 2 0 m s rolls off the edge of a table 1 8 m high a how long does it take it to hit the floor. Place the launcher on a flat surface and then role tape measure out directly beside the marble launcher.

A the time of flight assume down is positive. First set the launcher so it aims at an angle of 0 degrees. Place the cpo launcher near the edge of a student desk. Attach one photogate to the marble launcher so that the marble breaks the light beam as it comes out of the barrel.

The launcher can launch at angles from 0 horizontal to 90 degrees vertical. Marbles can be launched from five different speeds at any angle between 0 and 90. Extra problems 1 a car dnves offa wharf at 15 m s if the wharf is 25 m above water calculate. Use the vernier projectile launcher to investigate important concepts in two dimensional kinematics.

C setting up the marble launcher c 1 1. Shoot the marble twice and record both distances traveled. You can use a bubble level to align the. First set the angle to 50.

B the horizontal distance. Arrange the desk in a way such that the direction of launch will be clear for at least 4 meters. B how far from the table will it hit the floor. The angle can be changed by untightening the large knob on the rear of the launcher arm of the marble launcher and rotating the launcher arm to the appropriate angle then retightening the knob.