Velocity? Part 2: Potato Gun Ballistic Pendulum - What's the Use the impulse and momentum with the potato velocity from part 2 and the time Step 3: Impulse and Momentum A clever way to measure the velocity of a very fast the potato was in the barrel to calculate the force of the potato gun projectile (like a potato out of a potato gun) is to fire it FinalD the swing. into a more massive pendulum and measure the highest point in Potato = 0.145 kg Bucket = 25 kg Impulse Click Here for Video Initialp MV Step 1: Conservation of Energy 6 Kam/s 1= x t Initial Final vid KE Potato Gun Force PE Use the conservation of energy and the maximum height of the bucket's swing to calculate the top velocity of the bucket and potato when it starts swinging after the collision . zmv = may Step 2: Conservation of Momentum Initial Final Potato Potato , Bucket Use the conservation of momentum and the velocity of the potato/bucket system from part 1 to calculate the initial velocity of the potato mo t my mv ALO pot Putt Bucket Buc Potato Velocity OLL O