Cannon Cart on Incline - Physics Demonstrations - Cannon Cart on Incline | Physics Undergraduate Labs

Purpose

A spring-loaded cart launches a ball vertically while rolling down an incline. The ball lands back in the cart's funnel, showing that both share the same gravitational acceleration component along the slope. Contrasts lab-frame (parabolic) and cart-frame (nearly vertical) views of the trajectory.

PASCO cannon cart on an inclined black track with vertical launch barrel, spirit level below the track, lower end nesting into a clear plastic bin lined with green eggshell foam

Figure 1: PASCO cannon cart on inclined track. The spirit level aids angle adjustment; the plastic catch box with eggshell foam cushions the cart at the bottom.

11.6 × 13.9 cm Lab Jack

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20.3 × 20.3 cm Lab Jack

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14.7 × 14.7 cm Lab Jack

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15.2 × 18.3 cm Lab Jack

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Eggshell Foam

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13.6 kg Lead Weight

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