Physics Lectures Index

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Lecture 1a - Lets Put Car Weight in Proper Perspective - Part 1

Lecture 1b - Lets Put Car Weight in Proper Perspective - Part 2

Lecture 2 - Friction 101

Lecture 3 - Experiments with Hodges' Nickel Plated Axles

Lecture 4 - Do Smaller Axles Really Go Faster?

Lecture 5 - How To Calculate the Moment of Inertia of a Wheel

Lecture 6 - Testing Hodges' Wheels

Lecture 7 - The Center of Mass (CM) Effect

Lecture 8 - Air Drag 101

Lecture 9 - The Effects of Air Drag on PWD Race Times

Lecture 10 - Using the Virtual Race to Make Design Decisions

Lecture 11 - Debunking Another Friction Myth

Lecture 12 - Data On Standard Wheel Bores

Lecture 13- Lubrication Breakthrough

Lecture 14- Building the Simple But Fast (SBF) Car - Part 1

Lecture 15- Building the Simple But Fast (SBF) Car - Part 2

Lecture 16- Car Lubrication Part 1 - Axles

Lecture 17- Car Lubrication Part 2 - Wheel Bores

Lecture 18- Video Showing the Finger Spin Graphite Friction Test

Lecture 19- Oil vs Rules

Lecture 20- Pushing the Speed Limit

Lecture 21- Speed Loss from Wheel Bumps

Lecture 22- Data on Standard Wheel Roundness

Lecture 23- Sam Houston Area Council PWD Rules - National ?