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> "The stagecoach ride in Frontierland was discontinued after it proved too top-heavy and prone to flipping over." This one caught my fancy. Did they discover
by hodgesrm 7y ago
> "The stagecoach ride in Frontierland was discontinued after it proved too top-heavy and prone to flipping over."
This one caught my fancy. Did they discover the behavior by trial and error?
- Animats 7y agoScaling. Classic stagecoach designs are extremely stable; I've seen someone drift them at a rodeo. Disney's original stagecoaches were undersized and with full sized people the center of gravity was too high. There's a mention of this in "The Hollywood Posse", by Diana Serra Cary, which is about cowboy stunt riders.