Supersonic ping pong gun
2013-01-23 18:31:26.168275+01 by
Dan Lyke
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A supersonic ping-pong gun.
The Ping Pong gun or Ping Pong bazooka has been a popular and compelling tool for physics education. However, the design necessarily means the ball emerges at subsonic speed. The design has been modified to include a pressure chamber and a convergent-divergent nozzle, similar to the design of some supersonic wind tunnels. This modification results in supersonic speeds. The current design has achieved a launch speed of 406 m/sec, about Mach 1.23.
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#Comment Re: made: 2013-01-24 10:08:33.586999+01 by:
topspin
Since a world class player hits at about 70mph and that gun shoots at about 900mph, I see some practice potential here...... for a trauma surgeon.
Here is a piece of a video of a cannon which shoots about 400mph and, at the end, the results when it hit the professor (even through a few layers of cloth.)
#Comment Re: made: 2013-01-24 18:41:42.37288+01 by:
Dan Lyke
Wow. Guy has presentation skills and dedication to the craft of teaching!