Re: [Vo]:Another SMOT Test

2008-01-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Chris Tinsley and I fooled around with SMOTs for a couple of weeks. I can confirm that the results are random -- all over the map -- unless you have a very careful launching method. Putting the ball on the track manually and letting it go, as shown in this video, is not adequate. Even with a mec

Re: [Vo]:Another SMOT Test

2008-01-08 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message - From: Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2008 4:38 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Another SMOT Test > In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Tue, 8 Jan 2008 07:39:31 - > 0500:Hi, > [snip] > >I don't follow y

Re: [Vo]:Another SMOT Test

2008-01-08 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Tue, 8 Jan 2008 07:39:31 -0500: Hi, [snip] >I don't follow you. The presence of the magnets changes the momentum >of the ball regardless of the initial PE as long as it does not >change. [snip] That's just the problem. The initial PE does change, because it

Re: [Vo]:Another SMOT Test

2008-01-08 Thread Terry Blanton
I don't follow you. The presence of the magnets changes the momentum of the ball regardless of the initial PE as long as it does not change. On Jan 7, 2008 5:04 PM, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sun, 6 Jan 2008 09:51:12 -0500: > Hi, > [sn

Re: [Vo]:Another SMOT Test

2008-01-07 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sun, 6 Jan 2008 09:51:12 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Without the magnets: > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5D70lqT1ZU > >With: > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNFS63dZIdc > >Terry This is completely meaningless, as there is no measure of the effort required to pl

[Vo]:Another SMOT Test

2008-01-06 Thread Terry Blanton
Without the magnets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5D70lqT1ZU With: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNFS63dZIdc Terry