It's to the Wall, at the Wall, and It's Gone

Overview

Objectives/Goals The objective for my project is to see which brand of softball travels the furthest. My hypothesis is that the Worth brand will travel the furthest. Methods/Materials To conduct this experiment I had to build a machine that would hit the balls with the same amount of force each time. I used six 12" softballs manufactured by Dudely, Rawlings, Easton, Worth, and Wilson. Each ball was hit eight-teen times, and all of the distances were recorded. The average of the distances was found to see which brand traveled the furthest. The machine was built out of wood, primarily 2" X 4"s. It also has an 11" spring, 3" X 5" metal plate, and many screws and nails of differnt lengths. Results The results ended up being that the Rawlings brand of softball traveled the furthest, followed by Easton, Worth, Wilson 17, Wilson 15 and Dudely. Conclusions/Discussion The results from my experiment proved my hypothesis wrong, the Worth brand did not travel the furthest.

Competition history

• CSEF 2002 Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing · Entry J0234

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