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Shaun Rajewski
CoasterLine
http://www.coasterline.com
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Is that a Q-bot in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
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the video does it no justice
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The Emergency Stop
General Public said:
That's wrong. If you add more weight to the train, the interia will increase, but not the speed. Particularly if the energy accelerating the train remains constant, which is probably the case.
No, you're wrong. Kinetic energy is 1/2mv^2. Same energy with higher mass means lower speed.
My understanding is that the train will accelerate to the same speed regardless of weight, and since friction will have a greater affect on a lighter train, a lighter train will have a harder time making over the hill.
For those of you playing at home (or not old enough to have kinematics yet), in a frictionless environment, equal speed -> equal height, regardless of weight.
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Be polite and ignore the idiots. - rollergator
"It's not a Toomer" - Arnold Schwartzenkoph
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Is that a Q-bot in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
They are more anoying than anything else, because they have to keep resetting the ride everytime there is a rollback during the testing. Except the first ride the public got on Sunday (which was at about 11:45) it rolled back, but it didn't have to reset, they just braught it back to the launch area and launched it again. And yes, there is a sign right before you pick which station you are going to wait for that says a train will occasionally not make it over the hill, and that you shouldn't be alarmed anytime this happens. Although it doesn't say anyting about wind or weight.
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steelraptor said:
If you add more weight to the train, the interia will increase, but not the speed. Particularly if the energy accelerating the train remains constant, which is probably the case. Also kinetic energy is 1/2mv^2. Same energy with higher mass means lower speed.
Not only did you rip off me and General Public, but you did it incorrectly. The entire point I was trying to make was that what you ripped off from GP was incorrect. Are you trying to make yourself seem smarter somehow? For crying out loud man, get a life.
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Be polite and ignore the idiots. - rollergator
"It's not a Toomer" - Arnold Schwartzenkoph
General Public said:
That's what I meant. If you launch an 8 ton train and a 10 ton train with the same force, the 8 ton train is going to travel higher, because the world doesn't operate in a frictionless environment.
Um...I think we both know what we mean, but your use of physics terminology is incorrect. Since F=ma, if you launch an 8 ton train with the same *force* as a 10 ton train, the 10 ton train will accelerate slower. Thus, it will have a slower max velocity and will travel less high up the tower.
I know you know what you're saying, but if you're going to throw terms around like energy and force, you really ought to know what they mean.
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Be polite and ignore the idiots. - rollergator
"It's not a Toomer" - Arnold Schwartzenkoph
*** This post was edited by ApolloAndy 5/17/2003 2:40:31 AM ***
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