{"id":25030,"date":"2025-05-28T07:27:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T14:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/?p=25030"},"modified":"2025-06-11T09:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T16:15:26","slug":"how-do-i-set-up-my-ladder-experiment-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/25030","title":{"rendered":"How do I set up my Ladder Experiment Kit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"\/product\/ladder-experiment-kit\/\">Ladder Experiment Kit<\/a> (<nobr>2DFP-LA<\/nobr>) is designed to be used with the <a href=\"\/product\/go-direct-2-axis-force-plate\/\">Go Direct<sup>&reg;<\/sup> 2-Axis Force Plate<\/a> (<nobr>GDX-FP2D<\/nobr>) or <a href=\"\/product\/2-axis-force-plate\/\">2-Axis Force Plate<\/a> (<nobr>FP2D-BTA<\/nobr>) to investigate reaction forces at work on a ladder. It is designed to use either the 1.2 or 2.2 m long <a href=\"\/product\/combination-1-2-m-track-optics-bench\/\">Combination Track\/Optics Bench<\/a> (<nobr>TRACK<\/nobr>) to act as the &#8220;ladder&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/LadderAccessory.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25039\" style=\"width:412px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The track bracket rests on the top of the 2-Axis Force Plate. When viewing the label on the force plate, placing the bracket on the right side will result in positive lateral force.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/TrackBracket-1020x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25033\" style=\"width:411px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/TrackBracket-1020x1024.png 1020w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/TrackBracket-598x600.png 598w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/TrackBracket-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/TrackBracket-768x771.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/TrackBracket-1530x1536.png 1530w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/TrackBracket-2040x2048.png 2040w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/TrackBracket-90x90.png 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The low-friction rollers attach to the top of the track in order to minimize any vertical friction between the wall and the track.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/InstallingRollers2-1024x636.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25034\" style=\"width:414px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/InstallingRollers2-1024x636.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/InstallingRollers2-600x373.png 600w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/InstallingRollers2-768x477.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/InstallingRollers2-1536x954.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/InstallingRollers2-2048x1273.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/InstallingRollers2-260x160.png 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>You can attach a hanging mass to the side of the track using the eye bolt. This allows you to investigate how this affects the reaction forces at the wall and on the ground. This can be added before or after the rollers are installed. For ease of measurements the mass should be on the side of the track with the ruler. The configuration shown here allows for measuring the distance &#8220;up the ladder&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/MassHolder-1022x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25035\" style=\"width:353px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/MassHolder-1022x1024.png 1022w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/MassHolder-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/MassHolder-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/MassHolder-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/MassHolder-1533x1536.png 1533w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/MassHolder-2045x2048.png 2045w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/MassHolder-90x90.png 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>For additional information refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/ladder-experiment-kit\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/ladder-experiment-kit\/\">https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/ladder-experiment-kit\/<\/a><\/a><br \/>A free lab activity using the Ladder Experiment Kit can be previewed on either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/go-direct-2-axis-force-plate\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/go-direct-2-axis-force-plate\/\">https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/go-direct-2-axis-force-plate\/<\/a><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/2-axis-force-plate\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/2-axis-force-plate\/\">https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/2-axis-force-plate\/<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/til\/18853\/\">Go Direct Force Plate Troubleshooting and FAQs<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/til\/1416\/\">Force Plate Troubleshooting and FAQs<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/til\/22472\/\">Lateral Force Accessory Troubleshooting and FAQs<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The is designed to be used with the or to investigate reaction forces at work on a ladder. It is designed to use either the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86433,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}