In response to many of the questions, I am "launching" it by hand. I am a baton twirler and interested in figuring out maximum height for my own tosses. So, no "launching machines" will be used. I have been working with the various programs including video of my tosses to analyze the number...
I am working on a project and the topic is: Figuring out what the maximum height of a baton tossed vertically can be. I have never taken a physics class, so this is all completely new to me. I have been working for a little while now, and I didn't know if there were any ideas or equations anyone...