3. Analysis of Scene
Sure enough Wile E. Coyote never had any luck
catching the Road Runner. Given his poor
placement, you would think he would have
moved to a safer distance. But even with these
cartoon antics involved, it is a display of what
bad physics looks like.
5. Physics Concept
From what was gathered in the scene, Wile E. had
unfortunately experienced the concept of Projectile
Motion at an angle. Although the comic-relief wasn’t so
kind to him, it can actually be calculated with the help
of kinematics and the angle given to find whether Wile
e Coyote would have caught a break in the real world!
dy=V1y*t+1/2a*t^2
Vx=dx/t
6. Data collection
The video was analyzed on Logger Pro from where the following
data was collected:
-Initial Velocity (tangent of the first two points)
-Total time from launch to impact.
-Height of the object in respective to the landing
point (ʌdy)
Research showed
the average length
of a coyote was
0.34m, this was set
as the scale of the
video.
9. When analyzing the video there were a few errors
that made the outcome not 100% accurate:
-Measurement errors: most of the measuring done was through
Logger Pro, with the pixeling of the video and having to eyeball
where exactly was a starting point or an ending one some digits
might have been lost or gained.
-Scale error: the scale set for this video was based on the
average length of a coyote, however there is no guarantee that
Wile E Coyote is accurately drawn to the average proportions.
-Environment assumption: the analysis of the video is based on
the assumption that there is no air resistance and that this is
happening on planet earth. If the cartoons live in a different
planet with a different force of gravity then the outcome might
have been true.
10. Sooo…Good or ?
Assuming there was no air resistance and the force of gravity was
9.81m/s/s, then Wile e Coyote would have had some luck. The
horizontal range would not have been enough to reach him.
Bad Physics
