| DCS # | DEMONSTRATION | REFERENCE | ABSTRACT |
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| 1D60.00 | Projectile Motion | | |
| 1D60.05 | ball to throw | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D60.05 | ball to throw | 1D60.05 | Provide a large nerf ball, tennis ball, soft ball, or whatever ball is requested. |
| 1D60.10 | howitzer and tunnel | PIRA 200 | A ball fired vertically from cart moving horizontally falls back into the muzzle. |
| 1D60.10 | howitzer and tunnel | 1D60.10 | A spring loaded gun on a cart shoots a ball vertically and after the cart passes through a tunnel the ball lands in the barrel. |
| 1D60.10 | howitzer and tunnel on air track | AJP 41(4),580 | A launching system for use with an air track cart. |
| 1D60.10 | howitzer and tunnel | TPT 12(3),177 | A description of a ball launcher mounted on an air track cart. It can fire a small projectile (1/2" dia.) 10-15 ft. |
| 1D60.10 | howitzer and tunnel | Mb-24 | A car on a track shoots a ball up before it rolls under a tunnel. |
| 1D60.10 | howitzer and tunnel | 10-2.2 | A gun mounted on an air puck shoots a ball vertically. |
| 1D60.10 | howitzer and tunnel | 7-2.16 | As cart moves at constant velocity a cannon fires a billiard ball vertically. Details in Appendix, p. 545. |
| 1D60.10 | howitzer and tunnel | 7-2.15 | Instructor sits on a wheeled cart with a catapult to project a ball upward. |
| 1D60.10 | howitzer and tunnel | M-99 | A ball fired vertically from cart moving horizontally falls back into the muzzle. |
| 1D60.10 | howitzer and tunnel | M-6b | A steel ball projected upward from a moving car returns into the barrel. |
| 1D60.10 | vertical gun on car | Disc 02-03 | A ball is shot up from a moving cart and falls back into the barrel. |
| 1D60.15 | howitzer and tunnel on incline | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D60.15 | howitzer and tunnel on incline | 1D60.15 | |
| 1D60.15 | howitzer and tunnel on incline | AJP 42(4),326 | Perform the howitzer and tunnel on an incline with the car starting at rest. |
| 1D60.15 | howitzer and tunnel inclined | AJP 43(8),732 | Short note on inclined ballistic cart systems. |
| 1D60.15 | howitzer and tunnel on incline | AJP 44(8),783 | Some strobe pictures and drawings show the ball is always above the cart relative to the incline, but not always above the cart relative to the horizontal. |
| 1D60.16 | vertical gun on accelerated car | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D60.16 | vertical gun on accelerated car | Disc 02-04 | Two cases: vertical gun on a car on an incline, and on a car accelerated by a mass on a string. |
| 1D60.20 | simultaneous fall | PIRA 200 | Two balls simultaneously dropped and projected horizontally hit the floor together. |
| 1D60.20 | simultaneous fall | 1D60.20 | Device to drop one billiard ball and shoot another out. |
| 1D60.20 | simultaneous fall | Mb-14 | A spring loaded device drops one ball and projects the other horizontally. |
| 1D60.20 | simultaneous fall | M-91 | Two apparatuses are described for dropping one ball and projecting another. |
| 1D60.20 | simultaneous fall | M-13b | One ball is projected horizontally as another is dropped. |
| 1D60.20 | shooter/dropper | Disc 02-01 | Drop one ball and simultaneously project another horizontally. |
| 1D60.21 | simulteanous fall | TPT 15(8),485 | Instructor rolls a superball off the hand while walking at a constant velocity. |
| 1D60.22 | simultaneous fall | AJP 31(3),215 | Roll a steel ball down an incline where it hits another, momentum exchange knocks the one out, and the other drops through a slot. |
| 1D60.30 | monkey and hunter | PIRA 200 | A gun shoots at a target, released when the gun is fired. The ball hits the target in midair. |
| 1D60.30 | monkey and hunter | 1D60.30 | Light beam aiming, air pressure propelled, microswitch to electromagnet release version of monkey and hunter. |
| 1D60.30 | monkey and hunter | AJP 36(4),367 | Use a large bore air gun and wood "shell" projectile which is caught in a net. |
| 1D60.30 | monkey and hunter | Mb-16 | A compressed air gun shoots at a tin can. |
| 1D60.30 | monkey and hunter | M-13a | Shoot the tin can monkey with a blowgun and an electromagnet release. |
| 1D60.30 | monkey gun | Disc 02-02 | The apparatus consists of a blow gun with dowel projectile and electromagnetic release. |
| 1D60.31 | monkey and hunter on incline | TPT 15(7),368 | A simple and effective version using rolling balls on an inclined table. |
| 1D60.32 | monkey and hunter | AJP 43(6),561 | Modifying the Cenco No. 75412 blowgun for bore sighting with a laser. |
| 1D60.32 | monkey and hunter | AJP 43(6),562 | A needle valve, reservoir, pressure gauge, and solenoid valve permits varying the muzzle velocity. |
| 1D60.32 | monkey and hunter | TPT 13(5),308 | Using the simultaneous fall device to shoot the monkey. |
| 1D60.32 | monkey and hunter | TPT 20(4),260 | Shoot the monkey using a rubber band propelled pencil. |
| 1D60.32 | monkey and hunter | TPT 10(4),216 | Using a 0.5 L India rubber bulb as a substitute for lungs. |
| 1D60.32 | monkey and hunter string resease | 7-2.11 | A simple string release dart gun monkey and hunter. |
| 1D60.32 | monkey and hunter | M-92 | A bore sighted blowgun with electromagnetic release. |
| 1D60.33 | monkey and hunter | AJP 31(3),212 | Shoot a Christmas tree bulb weighted with a little water. |
| 1D60.33 | monkey and hunter | TPT 10(5),263 | Cut out a pop can and cover the hole with paper. |
| 1D60.34 | monkey and hunter | AJP 38(9),1160 | A magnetic switch and solenoid release. |
| 1D60.34 | monkey and hunter | AJP 50(5),470 | A simple switch using infrared optics and a single IC and transistor to release the magnet. |
| 1D60.34 | monkey and hunter | TPT 19(8),563 | Bore sighting is used to aim the gun, an optoelectronic device is used to trigger the release. Circuit details are available from the author. |
| 1D60.34 | monkey and hunter | TPT 9(5),282 | A photo resistor is used as a switch. |
| 1D60.34 | monkey and hunter | TPT 2(7),336 | Use the PSSC cart spring to launch the projectile. Also a simple magnet switch. |
| 1D60.34 | monkey and hunter | TPT 5(6),272 | Plotting projectile motion using the OH projector, strobe photography, and an optoelectronic circuit for triggering the monkey drop. |
| 1D60.35 | monkey and hunter | AJP 53(10),937 | Viewed from the free monkey frame, the bullet moves uniformly. Placing the hunter below the monkey can mislead students. |
| 1D60.35 | monkey and hunter | TPT 2(5),277 | Tutorial |
| 1D60.36 | monkey and hunter | AJP 43(6),562 | Investigates the effect of the method of air entry and switch friction on the accuracy of the shot. |
| 1D60.38 | monkey and hunter | TPT 13(5),298 | Sound activated electronic flash produces photographic record of the distance the target falls. |
| 1D60.40 | range of a gun | PIRA 500 | |
| 1D60.40 | range of a gun | 1D60.40 | An air powered cannon (5 psi) shoots a 5 cm dia x 10 cm projectile to better than 1% accuracy. |
| 1D60.40 | range of a gun | TPT 14(3),168 | Using the Blackwood ballistic pendulum gun, students are asked to calculate the angle necessary for them to be hit. |
| 1D60.40 | range of a gun | M-95 | Shoot at 45, then calculate 30 or 60 and place the target. |
| 1D60.40 | range gun | Disc 02-06 | Fire a spring loaded gun at various angles. |
| 1D60.42 | range of a gun | 7-2.18 | Impact point of a slingshot projectile is predicted from the drawing force and drawing distance. |
| 1D60.43 | range of a gun | TPT 15(7),432 | Use the tennis ball serving machine to find muzzle velocity, range, etc. |
| 1D60.44 | range of a gun | TPT 14(4),245 | A softball is modified to be fired by the Cenco ballistic pendulum gun (No.75425). Calculate muzzle velocity and examine the range at various angles. |
| 1D60.45 | range of a gun | TPT 11(6),362 | Using a toy dart gun and a ball bearing weighted dart, the author gives a concise description for obtaining muzzle velocity used to predict the range at various angles. |
| 1D60.46 | range of a gun - gun | AJP 29(2),x | A toy spring-loaded gun is surprisingly precise. |
| 1D60.46 | simple spring gun | AJP 31(2),89 | A spring gun shoots a 3/4" steel ball 12 m/sec with 2% accuracy. |
| 1D60.46 | range of a gun - gun | TPT 22(3),185 | On using the Blackwood Pendulum gun as a device for finding the range of a projectile |
| 1D60.46 | projectile launcher | TPT 28(7),477 | Making a string and sticky tape launcher out of bamboo. |
| 1D60.46 | range of a gun - gun | 7-2.19 | A golf ball fired from a spring powered gun. Construction details in appendix, p. 548. |
| 1D60.46 | range of a gun - gun | 7-2.20 | A spring gun for a 3/4" steel ball. Construction details. |
| 1D60.47 | range of a projected ball | AJP 30(12),851 | Apparatus Drawings Project No. 32: Plans for a inclined tube for launching a ball. |
| 1D60.50 | parabolic path through rings | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D60.50 | parabolic path through rings | 1D60.50 | Same as TPT 22(6),402 except the ball is shot with a spring loaded gun. |
| 1D60.50 | parabolic trajectory | TPT 22(6),402 | Four launching ramps are mounted to a large magnetic surfaced coordinate system. Magnet based metal hoops can be repositioned easily so the ball passes through all the hoops. Looks very nice. |
| 1D60.50 | parabolic path through rings | TPT 2(7),336 | A ball launched off a ramp will pass through a set of rings. |
| 1D60.50 | parabolic trajectory | 7-2.13 | Parabolic Lucite templates coincide with path of steel balls projected horizontally. |
| 1D60.50 | parabolic trajectory | 7-2.7 | Throw a piece of chalk so it follows a parabolic path drawn on the board. |
| 1D60.55 | parabolic trajectory on incline | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D60.55 | projectile range on a inclined plane | AJP 52(4),299 | An old, simple, elegant (no calculus) solution. |
| 1D60.55 | parabolic trajectories on the OH | TPT 2(6),278 | Ink dipped balls are rolled down an incline onto a tilted stage on an overhead projector. |
| 1D60.55 | parabolic trajectory on incline | Mb-20 | A tennis ball covered with chalk dust is rolled across a tilted blackboard. |
| 1D60.55 | parabloic trajectory on incline | 7-2.8 | Inked balls are rolled on a transparent tray on the OH proj. Also Compton effect and Rutherford scattering. |
| 1D60.55 | parabolic trajectory on incline | M-96 | Fire a ball up an incline and trace the trajectory as it rolls on carbon paper. |
| 1D60.55 | air table parabolas | Disc 02-05 | Pucks are projected across a tilted air track. |
| 1D60.56 | parabolic trajectory | AJP 28(9),805 | A ball launched off a ramp strikes a vertical carbon paper moved repeatedly away and laterally by equal amounts. Unexpectedly, not dependent on g. |
| 1D60.56 | parabolic trajectory | 7-2.14 | Inexpensive apparatus for plotting parabolic trajectory by repeatedly hitting a carbon paper. |
| 1D60.58 | parabolic trajectory | TPT 16(1),33 | A strobe picture is taken of the projectile motion of a golf ball. A method of analysis suited for a HS class is presented. |
| 1D60.58 | photographing parabolic trajectories | M-4a | Photograph a bouncing ping pong ball through a motorized slotted disc. |
| 1D60.59 | falling body simulator | AJP 43(11),936 | An analog computer simulator for falling bodies projected horizontally. |
| 1D60.59 | parabolic trajectory | 7-2.17 | Use an analog computer to calculate trajectories. |
| 1D60.60 | parabolic trajectory | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D60.60 | parabolic trajectory | 1D60.60 | A pivoted bar with several pendula of length proportional to the square of the distance point from the pivot. |
| 1D60.60 | parabolic trajectory | AJP 47(12),1097 | Uses the balls hanging from a stick device at the blackboard. |
| 1D60.60 | parabolic trajectory | Mb-17 | A pivoted bar has pendula of length proportional to the square of the distance from the pivot point. |
| 1D60.60 | parabolic trajectory | M-90 | A stream of water matches the position of balls of lengths 1,4,9,16,... at all angles of elevation. |
| 1D60.61 | parabolic trajectory - water stream | AJP 31(1),42 | Apparatus Drawings Project No.33: The adjustable water nozzle has an arm extending in the direction of the nozzle with hanging arrows at intervals along the arm. Adjust the water pressure so the stream matches the arrow heads. |
| 1D60.65 | water stream trajectory | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D60.65 | water trough trajectory | 1D60.65 | Hook a nozzle to the house water through an additional regulator to reduce pressure fluctuations. Shoot at varying angles into a water trough. |
| 1D60.65 | parabolic trajectory | Mb-19 | A hose aimed with a protractor demonstrates range. |
| 1D60.65 | spitting trajectory | Mb-23 | A pulsar spits out regularly spaced water drops which are viewed with a strobe. A horizontal mirror shows uniform velocity and a vertical mirror shows acceleration. |
| 1D60.65 | parabloic trajectory | 7-2.9 | Project light down a horizontally discharged water stream to make the path visible. |
| 1D60.65 | spitting trajectory | M-255 | Use a tuning fork to break a stream of water directed at 45 degrees into regularly spaced drops. |
| 1D60.65 | spitting trajectory | M-13d | A horizontally projected water jet illuminated with a strobe. |
| 1D60.68 | water drop stream | AJP 42(8),706 | Design for a water drop generator based on a speaker driven diaphragm. |
| 1D60.68 | water drop stream | 7-2.10 | A vibrator is used to break a horizontally projected stream of water into uniform drops. |
| 1D60.70 | dropping the bomb | 7-2.12 | A mechanism to drop a bomb in slow motion from a model airplane. |
| 1D60.71 | juggling | Mb-15 | Juggling higher trajectories requires slower hand motion. |
| 1D60.90 | projectiles with analog computer | AJP 49(5),483 | A simple analog computer is used to generate voltages representing the various parameters which are displayed on an oscilloscope. |
| 1D65.15 | howitzer and tunnel on incline | 1D65.15 | Prop up one end of the howitzer and tunnel track and start the cart from either end. |