We are going to design and produce a stone skipping machine as well as custom throwing stones and are using clay pigeon trap as an inspiration for building the throwing mechanism.
Stone skipping is a pastime which involves throwing a stone with a flattened surface across a lake of other body of water in such way that it bounces off the surface of the water. The object of the game is to see how many times a stone can be made to bounce before sinking. The world record is 51 skips and was set by Russell Byars in 2007
An early explanation of the physics of stone skipping was provided in 18th century. Research undertaken by a team led by French physicist, Lydéric Boucquet, has discovered that and angle of about 20° between the stone and the water’s surface is optimal. Bocquet and his colleagues were surprised to discover that changes in speed androtation did not change this fact.
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