More slinkies dropped independently
Since releasing the slinky carefully has proved to be a problem because of friction between the hand and slinky, a black false leather glove was used to lower the effects of friction on releases. In half of these new clips taken, the slinky was released using a glove. Using this method greatly increased the chances that the slinky would contract uniformly without tilting to the side upon release.
Investigations of Falling Slinky Motion
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On to Slinky released with glove |
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Observations of a plastic slinky being dropped from different configurations |
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Observations of a metal slinky, dropped from the vertical relaxed configuration |
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Results and possible explanations for plastic slinky motion |
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Results and possible explanations for metal slinky motion |
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