The Coasters

Vertical Loop – Minimum Speed In order for the coasters to get around a loop safely they must approach it with a speed high enough to counteract the force acting downwards on the carts to prevent it from falling and to continue around the track. This speed is called the minimum speed, the point where the velocity at the top of the loop is large enough to cause a centripetal force in the opposite direction to counteract the weight acting downwards. The minimum speed required to make it around the

 A looping roller coaster imported from England to Paris (time unknown, mind-1800s?).  It reaches America in mid-1800s, half-train and half-roller coaster it is used to transfer tourist from the top of the hill to the bottom. It is also a tourist attraction (How Stuff Works, 2015).  Roller coaster reaches its peaks of popularity in America 30 years after its arrival, producing up to 2000 rides by 1920. Despite

Approximately 20 percent of teens will experience depression before they reach adulthood. Neal Shusterman’s character Quinn, is apart of that percentage. The story Blue Diamond tells the story of a teen boy, quinn, whos struggling with depression. His best friend Doug is there with him as quinn told him his plan on ending it all. Quinn is not only spontaneous and manic - depressed, but undoubting in his friend Doug. In the story, Quinn acts on an inner impulse leading him to kidnap Doug. Quinn

roller coasters. After being a skilled carpenter by the age of 12, L.A. Thompson went to Hillsdale College, which is a private college in Michigan. He attended Hillsdale in order

An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force (Newton’s First Law). To determine if a person should run or walk, you will have to understand the Second Law of Motion. The second law states that force equals mass times acceleration. In order for a person of a certain mass to accelerate, that person must use some force, so the force must overcome gravity, friction, and

law is essential for a roller coaster to work and the passengers to be safe. The first Newton law states an object that in motion, will stays in motion. The coaster will push you forward, making your body go in the same speed, but when the roller coaster slowing down you body will stay the same speed, so the harness in front of you or anything that will cause enough friction, is to make sure you decelerate. So if you're going downhill in a rollercoaster the coaster will go faster because gravity

Cedar Point, in many people’s opinions, is one of the greatest roller coaster parks ever. It has high rides, fast rides, and many others. But one of these, made in 2016, is better than all the rest. The Valravn. With a ninety-degree drop, it is a very unique roller coaster. It can reach speeds of over eighty miles per hour! There is only one problem: the line. To begin, an hour and a half wait is not terribly long for Cedar Point, but it felt like it took ages. The sun felt like an open flame being

Rush is about my personal conflict with roller coasters. Throughout the poem I use plenty of imagery to give the reader how it feels for me to get on a roller coaster. An example is when I say “ Tracks clinking like riding on a bike, hearing loud laughter in the back” This is giving you a feeling of what it sounds around me before i hop on the roller coaster. Another view point i set in was when i was talking about how the seat belt felt loose as if you didn’t have any socks on. Toward the end

she has a flashback from a few years ago at Silver Dollar City, “Come on Abby, it's not a bad one.” Anna says. “Fine but I won’t like it”Abby says and gets in line for a wooden roller coaster. And sure enough, she hated it and hasn't gone on a roller coaster since. Even though she didn’t go on the roller coaster, she had fun watching the kids. After a few more rides they go and get some

The roller coaster was called mad mouse and was actually fairly short. Before we went on we were able to convince our mom to go with us on the coaster and we managed to coax her into riding it. She had not ridden on a coaster in 5 years. After we finished the mad mouse, we wanted to do something daring so we went on the biggest coaster there was. It was called the shivering timbers. The coaster was the only wooden coaster at the park but it was also the longest coming