College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
1C10.25 - Air Track - Constant Velocity
Level the air track and using the desired car show a constant velocity. The best way to do this is to start the car near one end of the air track. Move the car towards the nearest bumper and after it hits the car should be moving at a constant velocity through out the length of the track.
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- Vassilis Stavrinidis, Edited by Karl Mamola, "A Mechanical Glider Launcher for the Air Track", Apparatus for Teaching Physics, p. 85.
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