Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 08:20:22 -0700
From: "David L. Porter" <dlporter@marin.k12.ca.us>
To: Pinhole Listserv <pinhole@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Re: floating coin during free fall
One last thing: can we rule out the possibility that the drop zone gives the
riders a slight push upon release to make the free fall a little more dramatic?
Couldn't there be a spring connected to the release mechanism that would provide
a slight accelleration in addition to that due to gravity. It seems to me
that's a possibility. Does anyone know for sure that the ride doesn't do this?
David Porter