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To those who’ve answered previously, and those who may be reading anew, I would like to simplify and clarify my goal here: I would to develop a table or simple method of determining the initial velocity of the projectile motion of the object (the lure) at the point it is released from the rod...

Awesome, thank you for your links and input!

Thank you very much for this, double pendulum model would fit nicely. This setup looks complex to me, like nothing I've seen before. Are these matrices or a different way to describe coordinates in the cartesian plane? Is l the length of the pendulum? If so , what is r if it is not radius...

Hi all, It has been some time since I've done physics. I wish to model some projectile motion of a lure being cast from a fishing rod. The setup is very similar to that of a trebuchet. The fishing rod - we'll assume a perfectly rigid beam - is rotating about a fixed axis. I can calculate...

Hi Berkeman, Don't I feel dumb? I Googled "mechanics of fishing rods" and came up with a bunch of (what seemed to me) irrelevant articles. Going to have a read-through and I'll be back if I'm still baffled.

Hi everyone, First post here. Been out of school for a while and quite rusty, but always had an interest in physics, and was pretty good back in the day. Can anyone help me understand the physics of fishing rods? How to look at a fishing rod in terms of physics and mechanics? (i.e. is it a...