Why does there always have to be a vertical component to the tension? But more importantly, how does this affect the behavior of the object? Is it fluctuating above and below the horizontal plane? Is its vertical path a curve with the top touching the horizontal axis? Does it ever reach teh...
The most important question to answer here is what happens when an object undergoing Uniform Horizontal Circular Motion(tethered to a string, NOT using gravity as sole centripital acceleration) will behave when it reaches that perfect right angle to gravity. I would like to insert a drawing but...