Friday, September 13, 2013

Texas Sky Screamer

So, Eva (8) and I rode the 400 foot tall Texas Sky Screamer at six flags this week. Here's a picture of us -- she was pretty nervous.



So, this is an interesting circular motion problem, right here. Can you identify the forces acting on the riders? Try an assign an equation to each. 
What is really interesting is that the empty seats seem to be raised to about the same angle as the seats with people in them. Can you figure out why?


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