• ID Code: C2-26
  • Purpose: Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
  • Description: A ball is placed in the funnel and the funnel cocked by compressing a spring. A mass on a string passing over a pulley is attached to the funnel cart, and the cart released so that it accelerates across the track. At a certain point a bump below the track trips a lever, releasing the spring and ejecting the ball vertically. Due to the acceleration of the cart, the ball falls behind the funnel.
  • Availability: Available
  • References: http://lecdem.physics.umd.edu/images/refs/refsc.htm#C2-26
  • Loc codes: C2, OS0
  • Videos-1: http://lecdem.physics.umd.edu/images/OldDemoIndex/demosc2/c2-26.mpg