limitdliability
12-19-2002, 05:17 PM
hi,
i am doing a physics project for my senior year of high school and would like some assistance with something. i would like to attempt to examine the extreme acceleration that the ball undergoes while still in the barrel. but im unsure of an adequate way to do this? did AGD perform a test like this? if so, is there anyway i can simplify their setup? i want a setup to measure the time between the ball begininning to accelerate and when it leaves the barrel. and then i could use a chrono to find the velocity. does that sound right, or am i missing something? I was thinking about using some sort or IR sensor set up, but due to my lack of electronics skills, i dont know how to make something to measure such a small amount of time. would it be accurate enough to begin timing the firing sequence when the trigger is pulled, or could the small amount of time between the trigger pull and the actual firing of the ball throw of the results? do any of you have any ideas? if you have parts lists or some sort of drawing or schematics, im sure i can find enough local help to get it done.
thank you for your help!
p.s. i would like to do this with my Angel LED, without any permanent modifications(drilling, tapping, cutting, milling, etc) of any kind. if you think a proper set up would require permanent modifications to the marker, i would be able to use a Tippmann 98C.
i am doing a physics project for my senior year of high school and would like some assistance with something. i would like to attempt to examine the extreme acceleration that the ball undergoes while still in the barrel. but im unsure of an adequate way to do this? did AGD perform a test like this? if so, is there anyway i can simplify their setup? i want a setup to measure the time between the ball begininning to accelerate and when it leaves the barrel. and then i could use a chrono to find the velocity. does that sound right, or am i missing something? I was thinking about using some sort or IR sensor set up, but due to my lack of electronics skills, i dont know how to make something to measure such a small amount of time. would it be accurate enough to begin timing the firing sequence when the trigger is pulled, or could the small amount of time between the trigger pull and the actual firing of the ball throw of the results? do any of you have any ideas? if you have parts lists or some sort of drawing or schematics, im sure i can find enough local help to get it done.
thank you for your help!
p.s. i would like to do this with my Angel LED, without any permanent modifications(drilling, tapping, cutting, milling, etc) of any kind. if you think a proper set up would require permanent modifications to the marker, i would be able to use a Tippmann 98C.