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Imagine an amusement park ride where they put you in a suit full of magnets and then drop you down a copper tube. That would be one hell of an experience.
by jtchang 15y ago
Imagine an amusement park ride where they put you in a suit full of magnets and then drop you down a copper tube.
That would be one hell of an experience.
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- noonespecial 15y agoThe braking phase of this ride is mostly that. This way there is no active component of the brake that can fail. Its just a big magnet and a big hunk of aluminum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_tower_%28ride%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_tower_%28ride%29
- gcb 15y agomind have been blow that this is how this breaks... but the magnet armor would still be cooler
- jtchang 15y agoImagine certain parts of the shaft are copper. It would feel crazy to be free falling, then abruptly slow then, then speed up again all the way to the bottom. Okay. No more nightmare fuel.