Modeling a Simple Roller Coaster
Modeling a Simple Roller Coaster
This Demonstration is an animation of a simple roller coaster. The coaster track is restricted to a vertical plane 100 meters long and 50 meters high. The car slides on the track without friction and is subject to gravity only.
Create a custom track by moving, creating, or deleting the locators in the upper plot or select one of the example tracks.
Keep the track inside the plot and the bounding box. The track will be capped and the animation is not correct outside this range.