I thought fly by of planets used the gravity of the planet to "sling-shot" the object past. Stuff like the mission to Saturn/ titan used it to accellerate the craft since the launcher was not powerful enough.
I've begun an experiment as part of my final year at college, concerned with electromagnetic braking. The experiment uses a fixed magnet to decelerate an aluminium plate moving at speed dictated by a falling mass and pulley system.
Since i have not studied electromagnetic induction or braking...
Heres a quick question: while conducting an experiment to demonstrate the effect of polarising light waves, i noticed a strange effect. The lecturer used milk and water mixed in a container with a light shining through, allowing the light beam to show. When we looked at the beam from the side...
Hi all, i have recently come up with a problem which i can seem to find a real answer to, i have considered many differnt option, but not sure how to complete on a tight budget.
The problem is how to create some sort of 3d projection onto either a screen or just space. Most options seem to...