Spider Pong
I did an upgrade to my ping pong cannon to accommodate the 40mm balls. I am very lucky that both the 38mm and the 40mm fit standard American plumbing pipe.
With the larger surface area, the force on the ping pong ball is greater and the velocity went up. This shot was going at 370fps, up from about 330 for the smaller balls.
Leo suggested hitting glass, which turned out to be a great idea. the glass is fairly thick at .085 inches.
This was the first shot and it looked good. I put more delay in a second shot hoping to see the ball go through the glass, but it is just rebounding.
Duh.
The glass weighs much more than the ball so....
It is stupid hot here today. Sunday was a great 65 F and today is 87 F. Hard to get used to.
Global weirdness, when you put more energy into a system, you get faster and more radical changes.
There are some interesting clouds in the sky, so maybe I'll get to go out and shoot some sunset.
Meanwhile, I gotta go sing the SpiderPong song.
Cheers.
Spider Pong
I did an upgrade to my ping pong cannon to accommodate the 40mm balls. I am very lucky that both the 38mm and the 40mm fit standard American plumbing pipe.
With the larger surface area, the force on the ping pong ball is greater and the velocity went up. This shot was going at 370fps, up from about 330 for the smaller balls.
Leo suggested hitting glass, which turned out to be a great idea. the glass is fairly thick at .085 inches.
This was the first shot and it looked good. I put more delay in a second shot hoping to see the ball go through the glass, but it is just rebounding.
Duh.
The glass weighs much more than the ball so....
It is stupid hot here today. Sunday was a great 65 F and today is 87 F. Hard to get used to.
Global weirdness, when you put more energy into a system, you get faster and more radical changes.
There are some interesting clouds in the sky, so maybe I'll get to go out and shoot some sunset.
Meanwhile, I gotta go sing the SpiderPong song.
Cheers.