Magnet Free-Fall Experiment
Mark 8
The Mark 8 magnet free-fall object consists of using a Teflon coated guidewire with modified 3D printed plastic front shell and back shells based off of the Mark 5 experiments. The electronics consist of an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Rev2, Adafruit BNO055 IMU, PowerBoost 500 Basic, a 3.7V Lipo 250mAh Battery, and a NS/NS magnet object.
Results
- Grade: B
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- Max Acceleration: 10.5649 m/s2
- Average Acceleration: 10.402 m/s2
- Magnet: 2 x N42, 2″ OD, 1/4″ ID, 1″ thick
- Height: 1.95 meters
- IMU: BNO055
- Mode: IMUPLUS – VECTORLINEARACCEL
- Drop Method: Computer
- Replication Warranted: No
Overview
One of the main purposes of the experiment was to try and cause a wobble at the front of the free-fall object as a moving magnetic field is a dynamic field and it is believed a dynamic magnetic field will impart more torque on the virtual particle/antiparticle pairs of the vacuum believed to be behind inertia. That said, offsetting and tilting the magnets inside the free-fall object shell and no noticeable improvement in free fall acceleration rates.
