Recent content by MrCrabs

When I first did the pressure calculations I used the area of the puck, like you did, and also arrived at the 0.00824 psi figure. But then I started thinking too much, and thought it would depend on the area of the holes... however, you are correct about the skirt around the puck, and I agree...

I have this crazy idea to make an air hockey table out of some junk laying around the basement. Before I waste my time messing around with an old table and vacuum I figured I would brush up on my basic physics to figure some stuff out. Lets say we want to lift up a lightweight hockey puck...