H. I. L. D's Character Coaster Analysis

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S.H.I.E.L.D's Character Coaster It was my first day at Six Flags California. We were coming here for an end of the year school field trip. My best friend, Jackson, and I spent most of the day wondering around the park, playing games and riding smaller rides. You see, I had only been on a roller coaster once, and after that I vowed to never go on one again. The force at which the ride pushed on against my body caused me to accelerate at such a rate where I almost threw up. Nevertheless, Jackson had convinced me to ride with him the newest coast at the park. Owned by Marvel, it was S.H.I.E.L.D's Character Coaster. I wasn't sure about the ride. The ride climbed nearly 230 feet before the first gigantic drop came. The only energy ever used on …show more content…

He didn't need to say that. Now I know we move at nearly 55mph, as fast as a car on a highway! Anyways, we begin to climb the 230 feet up the ride. This is at a near near 90 degrees angel, which makes you feel like you could fall at any moment. By us climbing, we a practically defining intertia! Plus the unbalanced force on the ride shows we are accelerating at a velocity going up. We reach the top of the hill. The forces against the ride are now balanced, we're not moving I say to myself. I look down. All I see is just little dots, little humaniod ants on the ground. Suddenly, the ride makes loud clinging noises. I freak, "Jackson! What was that!?" "Oh just the ride unhooking from the chain. Nothing to worry about." "Oh yeah, nothing. Uh-huh. I'm totally fine with loud noises from my-" Before I could finish my sentence, the ride stops. It's useless to continue talking now, you cannot hear anything over the sound of Jacksons screaming. Immediatly I can tell one thing: this ride was built to dissipiate the most air resistance as possible. The only static friction is the force of the rides saftey rails against the cart. It's not long before the we near the first straight part of the ride--well a part I thought we was straight. I realized that, after we were bouncing up and down, that we must be on the part where it physically slows the ride …show more content…

After that, the funnel drops the ride into Thor's layer. This just consistes of a few derails at which point the ride will drop onto another rail from Captain America's layer. Newtons third law had an effect on me there, making me hurt my butt! Captain America's layer consisted of another spiraling funnel system which dropped me into Hulks layer. This layer had more turns then anything, and a lot of bouncing was being done. Finally, another derailed off to the side of the whole ride and onto the rail on the last layer. This was Hawkeye and Black Widow's layer. This one was simple, I few vertical derails and a fast spin around a pole to which the ride came to a stop after the motion of the ride was stopped by

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