Roller Coaster Museum at Six Flags Over GAHigh School

S8P3d. Demonstrate the effect of balanced

and unbalanced forces on an object in

terms of gravity, inertia, and friction.

Six Flags has built a museum to showcase the history of the rides at the park. One of the newest displays focuses on the historical roller coasters of Six Flags Over GA. One of the first rides in the park was the Mini Mine Train which was introduced in 1969 and retired in 1988. The park is looking for a company that can safely move one or more of the cars from this roller coaster into the existing space in their museum.

ProblemDue to the height restriction of the doors to the museum, the cars must be disassembled and reassembled on the actual display. This means that the wheels are brought in prior to the car body. Your company must design a method to slide the car body though the door opening without damaging the car, floor or door.

• Wheels are not permitted as they can damage the expensive granite floors in the museum.

• You will be provided with a scale model of the roller coaster car (brick).

• You will be given the scale dimensions of the brick

How to present the solution

A website that markets and provides the engineering specifications of your way to move the coaster car into the museum.

• Include:• Free body diagrams (4)• Modification explanation• Explain why the modification is successful• Analysis of procedural errors (can be in a hidden

web page)

2 minute video or digital presentationDescription and pictures of your innovationExplanation of how and why it works. Why is

it better than shoving the coaster across the floor?

Free Body Diagrams (before and after the innovation)

showing all of the forces acting on the coaster

Solution

Scale DimensionsBrick = 2.2 m long x 1.1 m wide x .5 m tall

Door = 2.1 m high x .88 m wide

..5 m tall

2.2 m1.1 m