04-26-2007, 07:15 AM
A few insights from the first (successful 
) modeled room I've produced:
Related to point 1 above, we should be able to determine the horizontal range of a falling object provided the horizontal speed, distance of the fall, and the gravity number from Vern's post. We just can't do so for a jumping Jack (ho, jumping jack, ho ho) because we don't know how Jack's jump mechanics work. But, since most things that fall don't jump, they're much easier to grok.
PS I'm posting these results as I find them so those (well, just Joe
) who are interested in modeling can also get started. I will eventually have an Excel workbook with some useful stuff in it to post, but for now, everyone with the inclination has enough information to get started modeling their mansions!
) modeled room I've produced:- Jack's falling distance, both horizontal and vertical, can be easily determined by trial and error. The time taken by the fall can then be determined from the horizontal distance alone (given that Jack always moves horizontally at 2.5 ppf). There is no need to mess with tricky trajectory calculations (that we currently don't have enough info to perform).
- When making sequential zapper beams that leave a
bubble
for Jack to move through, use the midpoint between zappers as your data point for calculation, and not the position of the zapper itself.
Related to point 1 above, we should be able to determine the horizontal range of a falling object provided the horizontal speed, distance of the fall, and the gravity number from Vern's post. We just can't do so for a jumping Jack (ho, jumping jack, ho ho) because we don't know how Jack's jump mechanics work. But, since most things that fall don't jump, they're much easier to grok.
PS I'm posting these results as I find them so those (well, just Joe
) who are interested in modeling can also get started. I will eventually have an Excel workbook with some useful stuff in it to post, but for now, everyone with the inclination has enough information to get started modeling their mansions!