Mechanics > Kinematics > Projectile Motion DCS# 1D60.30
MONKEY AND HUNTER
set-up for monkey and hunter
APPARATUS
launcher and ball 202-14-A
electromagnet 202-14-A
coffee can monkey 202-14-A
DC power supply 202-08-D
swivel clamp 202-01-E3
long connecting wires 202
DESCRIPTION
Blowgun is aimed at can suspended from electromagnet.  Ball is shot just as can is released and they collide in midair.

 
NOTES

Set power supply to minimum current needed to hold can.

Use air supply to shoot ball out of launcher.  Secure rubber tubing to ringstand.

Tape laser pointer to barrel of gun to show that it is aimed at the can.

We also have the Pasco version of this.

REFERENCES
 
Freier and Anderson, Mb-16.
Sutton, M-92.