Calibration and Use of a Small Motor As a Slot Car Speedometer.

Mogill, A. T.

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Publication Date: 1975

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Calibration and Use of a Small Motor As a Slot Car Speedometer

Mogill, A. T.

Physics Teacher, 13, 5, 304-305, May 75

Describes a calibration technique for a small motor which, when driven as a generator, can be used for a speedometer. The generator output can be fed to an oscilloscope to provide a sweep in which the vertical axis is velocity and the horizontal axis, time. (GS)

Descriptors: Laboratory Experiments, Motion, Physics, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Equipment, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science

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