Whizzbang Roller Coaster!
From LASS Amusement Rides
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The Whizzbang
Sunday, May 4, 2014, 07:00 PM
Physics Room, Valley View Middle School
Ride Facts
Length of track: 6.37 m
Maximum height of the ride: 2 m
Average time of the ride: 4.69 s
Average speed of the car: 1.36 m/s
- Maximum speed of the car: 6.26 m/s
- Speed at the top of a hill: 5.2 m/s
- Speed at the top of a loop: 4.25 m/s
- Speed halfway down the first descent: 3.28 m/s
First 90 degree turn
Second 90 degree turn
Speed at the top of the hill
Speed at first loop
Wild second half of the ride
Scary dark tunnel
We are LASS
Amanda Mosborg
Stephanie Lee
Sarah Wagenaar
5/6B
Location: Valley View Middle School, Valley View Road, Edina, MN, United States
Energy Transfer Explained
Our roller coaster begins with a huge drop, leading into a loop. Before release, at 0 seconds and a height of 2 meters, is when the car has the most potential energy (0.098 J) and no kinetic energy. It is at it’s highest point. However, in the car’s descent, that potential energy is transferred into kinetic energy, and it reaches 3.28 m/s halfway down. Going 4.25 m/s at the top of the first loop, the total energy of the car (0.098 J) is equal to the kinetic energy (0.04508 J) in its motion + the potential energy (0.05293 J). After exiting that loop, passengers will take a sharp 90 degree turn, and then be thrust into a tunnel, going down another descent, gaining kinetic energy and losing potential energy. Next, the car enters a sudden but gradual hill, using up the momentum it gained while dropping, gaining potential energy and losing kinetic energy. At the top of the hill, going 5.2 m/s, passengers have a quick second to admire the view before arching down again, losing potential energy and plunging into a second loop. The second loop leads the car into another 90 degree turn and the finish, where it reaches its point of maximum kinetic energy (0.098 J), a final velocity of 6.26 m/s, and an average time of 4.69 seconds.