Ballistic Cart

Meg Chen

University of British Columbia

PHYS 420C (2024)

 

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Design + Construction

The complete design of the ballistic cart can be accessed from this Onshape Design Link.

How to Set Up the Demonstration

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Cart

 

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Train

 

A drawing of a cart

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Track

 

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Weight

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1)                 Gather the materials. (wood with holes and grooves, rails, blocker, wood screws, masking tape)

(Note for drilling the holes on the wood: start by labeling where to screw with a pencil, then carefully make the holes with an electric drill, remember to drill from the top side down to avoid chipping. Finally, erase the pencil lines)

2)                Wrap the bottom half of the rails with masking tape. (like as shown in green below)

3)                 Insert the rails into the grooves of the wood. (put the half with the masking tape into the grooves)

4)                Align the blocker on one end of the wood. Note the two holes on the blocker.

5)                Slowly, screw the wood screws through the blocker into the wood to connect the blocker to the wood.

6)                Complete!

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