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How does a train with no engine get round a loop? Press the steps, or wait and the machine runs them by itself.×3
FIG 13 · COASTER120 cmCOASTER
height3 mspeed0 km/hg-force1.0 genergyheight 0% · motion 0% · heat 0%chain motoroffbrakes0 kN
The big idea: a coaster has no engine on the train. The chain lifts it 60 m once, and that height pays for the whole ride: 33.6 m/s (121 km/h) at the bottom of the drop, and the loop is a teardrop so the bottom stays near 4 g.
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Space or Enter runs the next step · ← → switch machines
Made by @elvar_official · drawn in code with Claude Code on the iso kit from wheresryan22/anatomy (MIT)