PASCO ME-9859 Drop Shoot Accessory User Manual
Drop shoot accessory
Table of contents
Document Outline
- Drop Shoot Accessory
- Model No. ME-9859
- Equipment List
- 1. Drop Shoot Bracket
- 2. 2.5 cm Steel Balls (2)
- 3. 2.5 cm Hollow Steel Ball
- 4. Mounting Hardware
- 5. Loading Rod
- Introduction
- Independence of X and Y Motion
- 1. Mount the Projectile Launcher to a tabletop with a C clamp or other table clamp.
- 2. Using the attached plumb bob, set the launch angle to 0º.
- 3. Slide the Drop Shoot Bracket into the groove on the bottom of the Projectile Launcher.
- 4. Tighten the thumbscrew on the bottom to secure the bracket.
- 5. Connect a photogate as shown to measure the initial speed of the fired ball (optional). Since ...
- 6. Place the Time of Flight Accessory directly below the Drop Shoot Bracket.
- 7. Hang a solid steel ball from the magnetic screw.
- 8. Looking through the back of the launcher, adjust the magnetic screw until the "hanging ball" i...
- 9. Remove the "hanging ball."
- 10. Place a solid steel ball into the barrel and use the included loading rod to depress the plun...
- 11. Replace the "hanging ball".
- 12. If velocity data is being collected with a photogate, click the Start button in DataStudio.
- 13. Pull the launch cord to release the balls.
- 14. Mark the position the "hanging ball" when it strikes the ground.
- 15. Click Stop in DataStudio to end data collection.
- 16. Position the Time of Flight Accessory such that the hanging ball will strike it and repeat th...
- 17. Draw a force diagram for each ball as it flies through the air.
- 18. Based on these force diagrams, describe the motion of the balls in the x direction.
- 19. Based on these force diagrams, describe the motion of the balls in the y direction.
- 20. How does the time of free fall compare for the two balls? Explain.
- 1. Repeat the above experiment, depressing the plunger of the launcher to the "second click" inst...
- 2. Draw a force diagram for each ball as it flies through the air.
- 3. Ask students to predict the horizontal range and time of free fall for this new launch setting.
- 4. How does the horizontal range compare to the "first click" setting? Explain.
- 5. How does the time of free fall compare to the "first click" setting? Explain.
- 6. What must be changed to affect the time of free fall?
- 7. If desired, repeat the experiment for the "third click."
- 1. Repeat the above experiment, but hang the hollow steel ball instead of the solid steel ball. U...
- 2. Draw a force diagram for each ball as it flies through the air.
- 3. Ask students to predict the horizontal range and time of free fall for this combination of balls.
- 4. How does the horizontal range for balls of unequal mass compare to using balls of equal mass? ...
- 5. How does the time of freefall for balls of unequal mass compare to using balls of equal mass? ...
- 6. What must be changed to affect the time of free fall?
- Equipment List
- Model No. ME-9859
- 012-08719a_cvr.pdf
- 012-08719a_txt.pdf
- Drop Shoot Accessory
- Model No. ME-9859
- Equipment List
- 1. Drop Shoot Bracket
- 2. 2.5 cm Steel Balls (2)
- 3. 2.5 cm Hollow Steel Ball
- 4. Mounting Hardware
- 5. Loading Rod
- Introduction
- Independence of X and Y Motion
- 1. Mount the Projectile Launcher to a tabletop with a C clamp or other table clamp.
- 2. Using the attached plumb bob, set the launch angle to 0º.
- 3. Slide the Drop Shoot Bracket into the groove on the bottom of the Projectile Launcher.
- 4. Tighten the thumbscrew on the bottom to secure the bracket.
- 5. Connect a photogate as shown to measure the initial speed of the fired ball (optional). Since ...
- 6. Place the Time of Flight Accessory directly below the Drop Shoot Bracket.
- 7. Hang a solid steel ball from the magnetic screw.
- 8. Looking through the back of the launcher, adjust the magnetic screw until the "hanging ball" i...
- 9. Remove the "hanging ball."
- 10. Place a solid steel ball into the barrel and use the included loading rod to depress the plun...
- 11. Replace the "hanging ball".
- 12. If velocity data is being collected with a photogate, click the Start button in DataStudio.
- 13. Pull the launch cord to release the balls.
- 14. Mark the position the "hanging ball" when it strikes the ground.
- 15. Click Stop in DataStudio to end data collection.
- 16. Position the Time of Flight Accessory such that the hanging ball will strike it and repeat th...
- 17. Draw a force diagram for each ball as it flies through the air.
- 18. Based on these force diagrams, describe the motion of the balls in the x direction.
- 19. Based on these force diagrams, describe the motion of the balls in the y direction.
- 20. How does the time of free fall compare for the two balls? Explain.
- 1. Repeat the above experiment, depressing the plunger of the launcher to the "second click" inst...
- 2. Draw a force diagram for each ball as it flies through the air.
- 3. Ask students to predict the horizontal range and time of free fall for this new launch setting.
- 4. How does the horizontal range compare to the "first click" setting? Explain.
- 5. How does the time of free fall compare to the "first click" setting? Explain.
- 6. What must be changed to affect the time of free fall?
- 7. If desired, repeat the experiment for the "third click."
- 1. Repeat the above experiment, but hang the hollow steel ball instead of the solid steel ball. U...
- 2. Draw a force diagram for each ball as it flies through the air.
- 3. Ask students to predict the horizontal range and time of free fall for this combination of balls.
- 4. How does the horizontal range for balls of unequal mass compare to using balls of equal mass? ...
- 5. How does the time of freefall for balls of unequal mass compare to using balls of equal mass? ...
- 6. What must be changed to affect the time of free fall?
- Equipment List
- Model No. ME-9859
- Drop Shoot Accessory