The Physics of a Rope Dart: Mass, Force, and Circular Motion

• Autores: Alexander Volfson, Yuval Ben Abu
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 62, Nº. 2, 2024, págs. 100-103
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The rope dart (or meteor) is a flexible weapon originating in Chinese martial arts. It consists of a long rope or chain (2.5–6 m in different variations) with a metal dart attached to its end. The dart can be replaced by a soft weight usually intended for practicing, as shown in Fig. 1. Nowadays, the rope dart has gone beyond the scope of martial arts, becoming a subgenre in circus and dancing disciplines. Rope dart performance techniques are based mainly on the physics of circular motion.