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FastRope has suggested we probably need to call it something like the Container of Accuracy or the Cube of Honesty just so we can stay clean. Be sure to pitch in with any other suggestions for the name. (Like you all need any encouragement)
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CByrneIV wrote:This weekend I'm doing a physics experiment with a friend, involving shooting various chamberings, and various loads, into a 5 gallon bucket half full of sand, half full of clay, mounted on a trolley.
We're going to make the thing as close to frictionless as we can, and then measure how much the thing moves.
Have you considered just making a ballistic pendulum? Appropriate bearing at the apex and you could gather some data from your experiments.
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CByrneIV wrote:This weekend I'm doing a physics experiment with a friend, involving shooting various chamberings, and various loads, into a 5 gallon bucket half full of sand, half full of clay, mounted on a trolley.
We're going to make the thing as close to frictionless as we can, and then measure how much the thing moves.
Wouldn't a chronometer allow you to determine the same thing? Are you trying to see how much energy is expended by destruction of the bullet/deformation of the target?
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SoupOrMan wrote:You can't always get good ice cream if you expect it to be free all the time, right?
I think Aglifter should have been the one to say this. Que no?
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