AiS Challenge Team Abstract
Team Number: 48
School Name: Manzano High School
Area of Science: Physics
Project Title: Trajectory of Motorcylce in Air
We will be finding the trajectory of a motorcylce in the air. This
project means that we will be finding the path that a motorcycle takes
when it is launched off a ramp. We feel the importance of this project is
ensure that one of our team members, who rides a motorcycle and has a fear of
jumping the motorcycle, that he will get enough speed according to the
properties of the ramp to land safetly. He hopes that once he knows the path of
a motorcycle in the air, he may have less of a fear to jump the motorcycle.
We also feel that this project applies to rotation because certain
rotations take place when a motorcycle is in the air. Rotation applies to
many aspects of life. For example, when spacecrafts are trying to dock,
rotation is very important. If one spacecraft turns when it shouldn't, it
may ruin the whole process. We know that is project applies to Physics
which will be our method to solve this problem. We hope to go about this
process by using equations of projectile motion. Though these equations we
will also include certain aspects such as drag, rotation, weight and speed
into our project.
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