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Safety Inspection - About Your Coaster Design

Why did your design work? Why did it fail? Find out about each step in your coaster design.

Step 1 - Height of first hill
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The best solution is to choose a first hill height of 80 m. This will give your coaster the maximum possible energy for the rest of the ride.

Step 2 - Shape of first hill
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The best solution is to choose the hill that is curved at the bottom, shape A. This path will give the thrill without the danger of the sharper hill shapes. The curve at the bottom leads gently into the next part of the path.

Step 3 - Exit path
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The best solution is to choose a first hill height of 80 m and exit path A. This will give your coaster the maximum possible energy for the rest of ride, and will avoid a dangerous exit path.

Step 4 - Height of second hill
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The best solution is to choose a first hill height of 80 m and a second hill height of 70 m. This will give your coaster the maximum possible energy for the rest of ride, and will allow the coaster to reach the top of the second hill.

Step 5 - The loop
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The best solution is to choose a first hill height of 80 m, a second hill height of 70 m, and the elliptical loop. This will give your coaster the maximum possible energy for the rest of ride, will allow the coaster to reach the top of the second hill. The elliptical shaped loop will be fun and will avoid the dangerous effects of a circular loop, which can't yet be safely done.

         

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