Dynamics of A Single Particle: Weightlessness

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  • Weightlessness During Free-Fall
    Demonstration that a gallon of water (as well as Professor Lewin) is weightless while in free-fall during a jump off a table. Includes slow motion video of this demonstration.
  • Weightless Mass in Free-Fall
    Demonstration, using a custom-made scale, that a barbell is weightless while in free-fall, then very heavy on impact with the ground.
  • Weightlessness Video
    Video demonstration of the Vomit Comet and explanation of its cycle and conditions.

Course: 8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics, Fall 1999

Instructor: Prof. Walter Lewin