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- From: geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.155110.28349@pmafire.inel.gov>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 15:51:10 GMT
- Organization: Roller Coaster fanatic with no hope for a cure
- Subject: Re: Physics and coasters
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- RiViT@cup.portal.com (Russell Michael VanTassell) writes:
- |One thing you might want to look into (maybe just for a curiosity,
- |if nothing else).
- |
- |A company called BanDai puts on a product called SpaceWarp -- a basic
- |model of a coaster using marbles and plastic, flexible track. The
- |coefficient of friction between the steel balls and plastic track seem
- |to be pretty low, so the rise/fall ratio isn't in perfect perspective
- |however.
- |
- |The company produces <several> different scales of kits as well as
- |spare parts. All in all, it is pretty cool and relatively
- |educational.
-
- For those interested, you can find one of these goodies in the
- J.C. Penney Christmas catalog -- page 422, item A.
-
- I don't have it (yet ;^) ), but it is on my Christmas list.
-
- Geoff ``Trying to be a good boy'' Allen
-
- --
- Geoff Allen \ [If it weren't for kids,] we'd all live in a
- uunet!pmafire!geoff \ quiet house, without Big Bird or Mickey Mouse,
- geoff@pmafire.inel.gov \ or Kool-Aid on the couch. Thank God for kids.
- \ -- The Oak Ridge Boys
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