Recent content by MikeyDoubleDEE

Can anyone enlighten on my approach to this problem? In particular did I use the correct equation to determine a spring rate with a given Vmax?

I like that idea!

Yes that was a typo. I've edited the mistake. We may recalculate to include wind resistance. That could be a good exercise. I have thought of the knuckle ball effect and completely agree with you. As we get into prototyping, we will start to troubleshoot some of our findings. It will make...

Hi All, I am helping a high school student in my local area with a class design project. Along the way helping him analyze the physics inherent to his design goals, I came across some doubt that I was leading him down the correct path. So here I am! I also look forward to browsing around on...

Hello All. I am mentoring a high school student in my area with his class project for school. He has chosen he wants to launch an object (in our case, a softball) into a 5' diameter area. The idea is to build basically an oversized slingshot using an extension spring as the source of energy. We...