Air Resistance on a Paintball

by James Rathbun

Submitted : Spring 2010

In this project the behavior of a projectile (a paintball) in the presence of air resistance is compared to its motion without air resistance. Kinematics equations for motion in two dimensions were used to find the motion without air resistance. The information that needed to be found was the necessary launch angle for the paintball to travel 30 meters, along with the time of flight and the velocity as it hit the target.

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