Roller Coasters

the roller coaster is faster than a rocket falling out of the sky.

provides a force downwards on slopes. this causes acceleration in the downwards direction, and decelleration in the upwards direction, which is then translated into lateral motion as the track curves. As friction slows the cart, conservation of energy E=mgh prevents the cart from reaching its original height without additional boosters/chains. To simplify: gravity provides the accelerateing force to cause the cart to coast.

lots and lots of inversion's and very, very tall. it also must be fast and have a drop.

The steepest drop on a roller coaster can be found on Mumbo Jumbo at Flamingoland park in (Malton, Yorkshire, England). It's drop is 112 degrees.

A close second place goes to Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach (Monticello, Indiana) at 111 degrees. Both coasters listed above are nearly identical in layout and style.

There are also other rides that "cheat" their way into the records, but can be classified as drops.

The Afterburner coaster at Wonder Island has a 150-degree drop followed by a 160-degree drop, but both are lined with brakes to guide the car down the drop with a rather slowed speed, thus not truly dropping.

Another ride worth noting is the "Screamin' Squirrel" ride model by S&S Power (all these record-breakers are S&S rides). The Screamin' Squirrel technically speaking has a 180-degree drop, but some could argue it not to be a drop.

Gravit & speed. Coasters usually start with a long climb up a steep incline. This gives the 'cars' potential energy. Once they go over the top (or brow) of the incline, gravity takes over, increasing the cars speed.

Friction, slows the roller coaster down to a slow enough pace that it eventually stops.

Kingda Ka and it's 456 feet high and it's in Six Flags Great Adventure.

there once was a ride called the flip flap railway which produced 12 gs it was so dangerous it had to be demolished nowadays the high g coasters are

mindbender 5.2 gs

shockwave 5.9s

tower of terror 6.3gs

moonsault scramble 6.8gs

you go about 75 miles per hour on the drops.

Roller coasters are made of either steel or wood, somtimes both.

uase it just does. The cars move. Motion of material things IS kinetic energy.

chain lift, catapualt launch lift

You only have to be 54 inches to ride the Hulk

Things like descending a very tall hill or turns affect the speed of a roller coaster. Riding down the hills increases speed, and turns slow the coaster down.

Mechanical Energy encompasses both Kinetic and Potential energies. A roller coaster is a perfect example of both. At the very top of a hill, the roller coaster has a lot of potential energy due to position above the earth. As it goes down a hill, this potential energy decreases as it gets closer to the earth, and it's kinetic energy increases as it gets faster.

KE = energy of motion

PE = potential energy due to position above the earth

ME = KE+PE

Granville T. Woods invented the roller coaster after he stole the idea from Abraham Lincoln in 1877. This was during the mesozoic era so the mostly dinosaurs went on them. It was more frequent for a Tyranosaurs rex (t-rex) to ride a roller coaster than a triceratops

A roller coaster has more potential energy at the bottom. There are 2 types of energy, potential and kinetic. energy closer to a surface or floor is potential energy and objects in the middle of it all has kinetic energy.

No, Cedar Point will not be making a new roller coaster in 2011. They will be making a thrill ride called the Windseeker which is not a roller coaster. If you meant later in the future, nobody knows but the park officials.

A roller coaster is called des montagnes russes (always plural), which literally means "Russian mountains". According to Wikipedia, the reason is that the idea for the first roller coasters was based on sled rides on snowy hills in St. Petersburg.

A modern steel roller coaster with loops and/or other "extreme" elements can be called un grand huit or un manège grand huit.

It entirely depends upon the size of the roller-coaster, and the number of cars it has. There is no standard number- some carry as little as 12 people, others can carry 40 or even more.

It's entirely down to safety factors which are determined by the length of the ride, and the nature of it, i.e. whether it's just a simple 'big dipper' style one that goes up and down a curved track, or whether it's one of the more modern 'extreme' rides that corkscrew, plunge down vertically, loop the loop and so on.

The Son Of Beast in kingsisland went upside down but they had to get lighter trains and in order to have the loop they needed heavy trains Son Of Beast is no longer open in kingsisland.

not just seat belts. Harnesses, which are much more secure. There are lap bars, which on some coasters, like intimidator 305 in kings island VA, really hurt. There are also over-the shoulder bars which are on coasters like bizarro at Six flags great adventure

On a coaster g-forces constantly push and pull at our bodies. If we go fast enough, the force of gravity can stop the flow of blood to our brains and eyes, causing blackouts or temporary blindness.