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Amusement Park Physics
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- Pendulum.†
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- Pendulum rides are a little like the swing sets you might remember from your childhood.†
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- What causes the feeling of "weightlessness" on pendulum rides?†
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- Riders often experience near-weightlessness as they approach the top of a pendulum ride.†
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- Yet at the top of a pendulum ride, the same 180-pound person will feel less than this normal sensation of weight.†
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- At the very top of the pendulum ride, riders begin to fall out of their seats.†
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- Why do riders experience high g-forces on pendulum rides?†
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- Many pendulum rides take the form of large boats, and it's probably no coincidence that a number of people find this ride evokes in them the same sense of seasickness that a real boat produces.†
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- One sure place to find them is on an amusement park pendulum ride.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(pendulum) something that swings or shifts back and forth between two positions -- often seen in a swinging weight or in changing opinions
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)