Exactly, the only way that the ride could reach 100 is if it was propelled down the hill which it is not. The stories about 115 and 122 are just mere myths and you have fallen for the lore GForce
why don't you go read a book on GForces and you will see that the earth's gravity will not make a car fall faster when it has more mass. It increases the terminal velocity, but if the ride can reach only 95 under ideal conditions then in the real world, 93 sounds about right.
f=ma
f=force exerted: Increases proportionally with the mass of the object being acted upon.
m=mass: If this changes then the force is multiplied by the same factor.
a=acceleration when we are talking about gravity this is always approximately 9.8m/s/s.
From that formula we can see that when the mass of a rollercoaster train changes then the gravitational force changes by the same factor and the acceleration will remain the same. More mass doesn't mean a faster fall. The rest of the ride may run a little faster due to more momemtum, but the first fall should always be pretty much the same.
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*** This post was edited by rolacostaking on 8/23/2000. ***