Ballistic Cart

This experiment uses a cart rolling on a track and as the cart passes atrip gate, a ball is fired 50 cm vertically in the air and then recaptured in the moving cart. This demonstrates the independence of vertical and horizontal velocities in projectile motion.

Pira DCS # 1D60.10

Equipment
Pasco Cart Track   Pasco Cart   Pasco Ballistic Cart Apparatus
Nylon Ball