Projectile Motion

Kinematics

Launch an object and watch it fly — adjust speed and angle to explore range and height.

What you can control

slider: launch speed (m/s)
slider: launch angle (deg)
button: launch
button: pause
button: reset

How this simulation works

Use the Launch Speed slider to set how fast the projectile leaves the ground (in m/s). Use the Launch Angle slider to set its direction above horizontal (in degrees). Press Launch to fire the projectile — its path is drawn in real time, and a faint trace stays on the canvas so you can compare multiple shots. Press Pause to freeze the animation mid-flight and Reset to clear the canvas and start over. The simulation applies a constant gravitational acceleration of 9.8 m/s² and ignores air resistance, so every trajectory is a perfect parabola.