I have used iron pipe of square cross section 2" for the air track. The glider of mass 100g is made of an aluminium L angle of size 1.5" and thickness 2.8mm. Length of the glider is 18cm. The area of the glider in contact with the pressurised air is 126sqcm. I could make the glider float using...
I am a Physics teacher. I made a linear track of length 2m with 400 holes(two rows of 1mm dia). Somewhere I read household vacuum cleaner can be used as a blower. But it does not create sufficient pressure to lift the cart. What should be the specifications of the blower which can be used...