PASCO ME-9487 DROP ROD ACCESSORY - Manual

Instruction Sheet
for the PASCO
Model ME-9487
DROP ROD ACCESSORY
012-05459A
7/94
$1.00
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better
teach physics
ways to
AIM ADJUST
DROP
ROD CLAMP
DROP
ROD JACK
AIM ADJUST
© 1994 PASCO scientific
This instruction sheet written/edited by: Jon Hanks
Introduction
The PASCO ME-9487 Drop Rod Accessory can be
mounted to the PASCO ME-9486 Ballistic Cart Acces-
sory so a special plastic ball can be dropped from rest
(relative to the cart) above the moving cart. Also the drop
rod can be rotated away from the cart so the ball will drop
onto the floor to perform bombing runs.
Equipment
The ME-9487 Drop Rod Accessory includes the
following:
• one Drop Rod Accessory
• two modified pink nylon balls
Assembly
Drop Rod Installation
➀
Use the 1 1 /
2
inch metal screws to fasten the drop rod
clamp to the side of the Ballistic Cart Accessory. See
Figure 1. Screw the thumb screw into the end of the
drop rod clamp.
drop rod
jack
drop rod
ME-9486 Ballistic
Cart Accessory
nylon
thumbscrew
1 1 /
2
inch
metal
mounting
screws (2)
drop rod cord
Drop Rod
Accessory
modified pink
balls (2)