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Tight Rope Walker
M-j2b



The Tight Rope Walker consists of a pulley with four heavy lead weights on long semi-stiff wires symmetrically mounted around it. When placed on the "rope" (Cord), the weights hang down well under the rope, leaving the center of the Walker's mass below the rope and thus making it easy for the Walker to keep its balance.


Fishbane Chapter:   11.3
HRW 9th:   12.05
Reese Chapter:   9.910
RHK 5th:   9.4
SJ 3rd Chapter:   10.6
PIRA DCS classification:   1J20.45

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University