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On a loop-de-loop roller coaster, you stay in your seat primarily due to the forces of gravity and centripetal force. As the coaster descends and accelerates, these forces work together to hold you securely against the seat, preventing you from falling out during the loop. The design of the ride, including harnesses and safety restraints, further ensures that you remain safe and in place throughout the experience.
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What keeps you pressed against your seat on a roller coaster?
A force called centripetal force. Please check the related link to know more.
What was wrong with the first looping roller coaster?
It had no seat belts and people fell out
How does centripetal force relate to a roller coaster?
Centripetal force is the force that keeps you in your seat in the rollercoaster. It is the force that pulls toward the center of a circle when anything is in curved motion.
How does a roller coaster make one feel like they are coming out of the seat?
Because your train is going down at a speed faster than gravity
Why is your body pressed against the left side of the seat when the roller coaster car in which you are riding suddenly veers to the right?
centripetal force L2
Which of newton's laws would allow a passanger to fly right out of his seat if he did not have a lap belt over him and the roller coaster suddenly stopped?
A body in motion tends to stay in motion.Newton's First LawOr
When you ride a roller coaster what makes your body rise out of its seat at the top of hill?
When your body is traveling in a straight line it wants to continue going in a straight line, but the coaster car is not traveling in a straight line and it pulls you down. See related link.
When you ride a roller coaster what makes your body rise out of it seat at the top of a hill?
When your body is traveling in a straight line it wants to continue going in a straight line, but the coaster car is not traveling in a straight line and it pulls you down. See related link.
Why dont you fall out of a roller coaster when it is upside down?
Because a rollercoaster goes fast enough through a loop to have the posative g's to press you in your seat. However, even at a very slow speed, centrifugal force would keep you in your seat.
What is the most dangerous roller coaster?
The most extreme roller coaster would be KINGDA KA, at Six Flags Great Adventure. It has a drop of 140m, the tallest drop in the world. Two other extreme coasters would be: * Top Thrill Dragster - a coaster like Kingda Ka but a shorter drop of 130m. It is located at Cedar Point. * Tower of Terror - located at Dreamworld, Australia, the coaster is launched 115m in the air before freefalling backwards. It is the tallest roller coaster in the southern hemisphere.
Which seat on a roller coaster is the fastest?
If there were any seat on a coaster that's any faster or slower than any other seat, then the car would have to come apart in pieces, to let a seat race ahead or lag behind the others.
Why does Newton's first law of motion relate to roller coasters?
Newton's first law of motion states that an object in motion tends to stay in motion. This is what keeps the roller coaster rolling through the hills and turns after it accelerates down the initial ramp. Also, the riders inside the car will experience changes in accleration and apparent weight. The riders will keep going at the same speed in the same direction unless some other force (the seat) acts on them to change that speed or direction. At the bottom of hills, they try to continue downward, and are pressed into the seat. At the tops, the riders are lifted up in their seats as they try to continue upward even as the seat pulls them down into the next drop. The same thing occurs on turns, where riders are pushed into the side of the seat as the coaster turns. (This is the reason for harnesses, seat belts, and restraining bars.)
