Chandler+C

=**THE STUDY OF HOW WELL PROJECTILES FLY FROM A CATAPULT RELATING TO THEIR SHAPE AND MASS**= =Chandler C= =2012=

**ABSTRACT**
===The purpose of this experiment was to find the maximum flying distance of projectiles that varied in weight. A catapult is a device that is used to hurl projectiles a good distance. The catapult was set up, and then different weighted projectiles were hurled out of the bucket, tested and recorded at different velocities. The different weights were hurled and it turns our that over all the 10g of pla-doh flew the farthest in all the experiments. The hypothesis was that smaller lighter projectiles would fly farther, and from the results of the data and analysis below, this hypothesis was correct.===

**CONCLUSION**
===It turns out that over all the 10g of pla-doh flew the farthest in all the experiments. This was an important experiment because with this knowledge the world will be able to tell which weight of pla-doh is the most efficient projectile. The hypothesis was proven for it was shown that light weight pla-doh would fly better and it did in each of the experiments. Some follow up experiments might include heavier weights being thrown at different degrees, or more testing of flight distance using the same weight launched at different angles of flight.===