Roller Coasters Research Paper

Imagine being on a roller coaster with your hands in the air, going speeds that seem impossible. Now, imagine that same ride, but this time wearing a full face helmet, and controlling the speed, making it go as fast as physically possible, could you do it? The fastest roller coaster to date is the Formula Rossa of Ferrari World reaching 149 mph (telegraph uk). 149 mph seems no problem, for an amusement ride, especially since you are just along for the ride. The most G-force felt on a roller coaster have been recorded up to 7g’s. To put that into perspective, a fighter pilot experiences up to 9 g’s while doing intense combat maneuvers. So riding a roller coaster flying at 149 mph, slingshotting you around corners at 7g’s may seem fine, even fun, but how is it that one person can do that in a car.

Most people go on roller coasters for the thrill of going fast with no real risk. Formula one drivers, some could say, do it because of the risk. Roller coaster? Who needs one while you have a car that can go 250 mph and up 7g’s around corners in your control, that is 100 mph faster than the fastest roller coaster in the world (Cooper). At these speeds it may seem insane that one would purposely want to control a machine and make it go that fast. What does it take to even accomplish something like