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Roller Coasters

A famous amusement ride, the roller coaster is an elevated railway usually with steep inclines and sharp curves, including one or more vertical loops. Patented by LaMarcus Adna Thompson, the first underfriction roller coaster was developed in 1919.

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What make roller coasters scary?

The rapid change and rise and fall of air pressure send certain signals to our brains so we can feel the adrenaline that usually comes with riding a roller coaster.Isaac Newton never had a chance to ride a roller coaster. The first one was built 75 years after his death. But the principles involved in roller coasters are right up Sir Isaac's alley.Newton's laws of motion describe how forces determine the motion of objects. Designers rely on the acceleration caused by those forces to make a roller coaster ride both thrilling and safe. The trick is knowing how to use the forces properly. If the forces are too great in one direction, for instance, they'll throw the car off the track. If an upward force is too large (giving you a feeling of heaviness), your heart cannot pump enough blood to your head and you faint. On the other hand, the lack of supporting forces can create feelings of incredible lightness. This can provide an electrifying ride that delivers you safely to the end.Hypercoasters are about twice as tall as regular roller coasters. This larger scale adds new design challenges. Going down a 200-foot hill, a car has more time to accelerate and gains more speed. If while going at this fast speed the car experiences a sudden change in direction or speed, the car's acceleration changes. A big or sudden change in speed or direction can make a bigger acceleration. Since the force acting on the car (and you) is equal to its mass times its acceleration, the bigger the change in direction or speed and the less time that change takes, the greater the acceleration and the bigger the force you'll feel.To keep these forces at safe levels, the designer has to stretch out the time and the distance it takes to navigate the curve at the bottom of the hill. This spreads the change out over time, decreasing the force you feel. The top of the next hill has to be high enough to slow the coaster down, or stretched out to a gentler or banked curve, so the car doesn't fly off the track.Space is a problem. Coasters go forward two feet for every foot they climb. If the highest hill is 100 feet, it takes about 200 horizontal feet to get the car that high. If the highest hill is 200 feet, it takes 400 feet. Since land is expensive, the designers have to be creative about the use of space. A track shaped into a curve takes up less space than one left in a straight line.

What is the longest roller coaster in Florida?

The longest roller coaster in the world is Steel Dragon 2000,at 8133 feet.The second longest roller coaster in the world is the Ultimate at 7442 feet.

Where is static friction in roller coaster?

yes; wherever the coaster touches the tracks there is static friction pressing against it and it pressing against the tracks, thus keeping it from flying off.

What are some good roller coaster names?

Try

Velocity

Metal Phoenix

The King of Speed

Trails of Fury

Slingshot Scurry

The Trill Chill

Metal Force

Where is the world's longest roller coaster found?

The longest steel roller coaster is the Steel Dragon in Nagashima Spaland, Japan. It is 2,479 meters (8,133 ft) long. The longest wooden roller coaster is The Beast at Paramount's Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio. It is 2,243.023 meters (7,359 ft) long.

How tall do you to be to ride the kraken at Sea World?

The height requirement to ride Manta is 54" (137cm) or taller.

Where does a roller coaster have the least kinetic energy?

At the tallest point on the track. Potential energy is given by U(Which is potential energy) = mass times height time gravitational constant. You can't change the gravitational constant, or the mass of the roller coaster car. So you have to change the height.

PE=mgh so more the height and the mass the more PE

What month does Canada's Wonderland open?

April is a high possibility but it really depends on the weather, say we have extremely hot weather for about 2 weeks,then Canada's wonderland will open early.if we have cold weather for about2 weeks then it will open on regular time (APRIL) and that is when Canada's wonderland will open

P.S.

i highly recommend going to dinosaurs alive and the new ride (sorry i forget the name of the new ride)

DINO6688 over and out

What is the religious roller coaster?

The Religious Roller Coaster started at the time of which Henry VIII ruled. He started as a catholic, then became a protestant. As king, he introduced bibles in English rather than in latin, and made himself the head of the church. He did not change any services.

His only son, Edward VI, was an even stronger protestant and introduced a new prayer book. He made all church services English, allowed priests to marry and destroyed all church decoration.

Henry's daughter, Mary (of Catherine of Aragon), was strongly Catholic. She made the Pope head of church again, changed church services back to latin, priests were not allowed to marry and she had all protestants persecuted.

Henry's other daughter, Elizabeth I (of Anne Boleyn), tried to find a balance in this religious rollercoaster. To please protestants, she changed church services back to English and allowed priests to marry. To please any catholics, she titled herself 'Governer' of the church rather than 'Head' and introduced a new prayer book.

As you can see, it is called The Religious Rollercoaster because it went from Protestant, to strong Protestant, then back to strong Catholic, and then made even by Elizabeth I. Rules were changed regularly, after each of Henry VIII's children reigned. They all had different beliefs.

What are some of the most famous roller coasters in the world?

#10 - Titan245 ft. - Six Flags Over Texas - Texas

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#9 - Eejanaika249 ft. - Fuji-Q Highland - Japan

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#7 - Thunder Dolphin262.5 ft - LaQua - Japan

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#6 - Millennium Force310 ft - Cedar Point - Ohio

Credit: Matt Dempsey (via Flickr)

#5 - Steel Dragon 2000318 ft - Nagashima Spa Land - Japan

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#4 - Tower of Terror377 ft - Dreamworld - Australia

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#3 - Superman: The Escape415 ft. - Six Flags Magic Mountain - California

Credit: Martin Lewison (via Flickr)

#2 - Top Thrill Dragster420 ft - Cedar Point - Ohio

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#1 - Kingda Ka456 ft - Six Flags Great Adventure - New Jersey

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What is air-time on roller coasters?

Long answer-When the G-forces are lower than +1.0. The sensation of butterflies in your stomach is basically the effects of Gs lower than +1.0, it literally forces your intestines upwards. Negative force can be very dangerous because it forces blood to the brain, rarely will a coaster ever have less than -1.5 Gs.

Short answer-When your booty leaves the seat.

What is the new roller coaster at Busch Gardens?

There are 2 Busch Gardens. Which one are you talking about?

How does a roller coaster use physics?

it doesn't but it depends on the model and make of the coaster a B & M coaster isn't at all affected by momentum because it gains momentum at the top of the left hill or launch tube. and the rest of the ride as they say is cake. take the hulk coaster at IOA it's not affected by the momentum and neither is the Kraken.

How long does it take to test a roller coaster?

Designing a Roller Coaster at the company can take up to two years, and building the coaster can take up to about 10 months. But smaller designs require less work, and all of that could be done within a year.

What three forces drive a roller coaster?

A 3 wheel locking system, it works by one wheel on top of the rail, one wheel on the side, this wheel helps it go around curves, and 1 wheel on the bottom of the rail, these are called up-stop wheels that prevent the roller coaster from flying off the tracks. This 3 wheel locking system sort of hug the rails to lock the roller coaster train to the rails.

How is geometry involved in a roller coaster?

There are a few math concepts involved with roller coaster design. Algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus are all used. Calculations of kinetic and potential energies must be done. Velocities and accelerations must be computed. Lateral and vertical forces must be figured. Newton's three laws of motion are evident when observing a roller coaster. All three laws can be represented mathematically to some extent. The formula for his second law is known by anyone who has taken high-school physics: F = ma, where F is force, m is mass, and a is acceleration.

Who builds roller coasters?

Engineering and architecture. You need to be able to understand a lot about roller coasters and how to design and build them.

What is the biggest roller- coaster in the US?

Kingda ka at Six Flags Great Adventure is approx. 456 feet tall, the biggest in the world, and 128 MPH at it's peak. The longest, trackwise, is a Japenese rollercoster, the Steel Dragon 2000. It's track itself is 8,133 feet long.

Why were roller coasters invented?

Because he wanted people to have the best fun of their lives while having free time.

How long does the Rock 'N' Roller coaster last?

It depends how scared you are, it can last forever, if you really want it to be over!

How do you build a backyard roller coaster?

First of all it depends on how big your backyard is. If it's very small, then you really can't do anything. If you don't even have one, then you obviously can't do anything. If you have a medium backyard, get one of those K'Nex Kits on how to build a roller coaster and you should be done within two hours (that's how long it takes for me to build them) If you have a large backyard, maybe even bigger than your house, then you can build a small one. If you have a celebrity's backyard, you can do just about anything. You cannot, however, build one like Phineas and Ferb. I am sorry.

Ok. You got a backyard big enough for a baby roller coaster. This rollercoaster will not be one of those fancy rollercoasters you see at Universal or Disney. It will be a baby one. Get a track. Then a shopping cart. Whee!

Where was the first roller coaster built?

Roller coasters first appeared during the 17th century throughout Russia,with a particular concentration in the area of in what would become St. Petersburg, and it was called the Russian mountain