CONCLUSIONS
Looking at the data from ascending distance thrown, the angle of attack and acceleration seem fairly scattered over both ranges. It is interesting to note that the data points for the throw at 115 ft looks identical to the throw at 200 ft with an angle of release at 45 degrees and a magnitude of acceleration of around 9Gs. This is most likely due to the limitations of the wired accelerometer. This leads us to conclude that more tests with accurate sensors are necessary for further analysis. If the accelerometers were rated for the type of motion we were measuring then we could conclude that there seems to be more complex variables to the throw than just the angle of attack and acceleration, but as it stands there is as yet insufficient data for a meaningful answer.
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This graph shows the relationship between the angle and attack and distance traveled versus the acceleration versus distance traveled. The angle of attack shown on the left is for each throw is calculated with respect to the global y-axis (perpendicular to the ground) and the acceleration shown on the right is magnitude of the acceleration vector at the moment of release plotted over the distance thrown. It is clear from this graph that there appears to be little correlation between angle of attack and acceleration. We believe that this is because we have lost an important range of accelerometer values due to the limitations of the accelerometer.
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