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   dhubb said, 5 months ago

   That must have been one wild ride.

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   tbree said, 5 months ago

   A day late and a loop short.

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   crittersmom said, 5 months ago

   Did Paige and Jason just agree on something? ;)

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   Fiteflyr50 said, 5 months ago

   I saw that same course on the newest episode of ice road truckers

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   jlhety said, 5 months ago

   Jason would know that the preceeding ramp would have to be at least one and a half times higher than the following loop. So this test track would not work. But knowledge comes through experimentation.

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   dvusssulaco said, 5 months ago

   its a great comic, and always meke me smile when i see

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   degnaw said, 5 months ago

   jlhety: if the track was frictionless it would work.

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   maitreya said, 5 months ago

   Actually, jlhety, h = 2.5r, where h is the height of the ramp and r is the radius. Since the height of the loop is 2r, then the ramp only needs to be 25% taller. Also, this is made on the assumption that the loops are perfect circles. Since the loops are narrow near the top, the centripetal force would be greater than if the loops were circles, thus requiring a lower ramp height.

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   metawarr566 said, 5 months ago

   Also, since the real car had an engine, we can assume the toy car has been “upgraded” by Jason. I wouldn’t put it past him.

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    converses said, 5 months ago

    jlhety and maitreya - you’re analyzing a cartoon WAY too much. it’s not supposed to be accurate according to the laws of physics and geometric facts or whatever. you’re just supposed to enjoy it. why don’t you next try to tell me which version of Mac OS the Fox family has on their iFruit?

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    10rudmar said, 5 months ago

    to be fair to jlhety and maitreya, bill amend does have a physics degree, so maybe it’s fair to hold him to a slightly higher standard

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    nancy824 said, 5 months ago

    grew up with engineer brother just like Jason, what fun

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    Johanan Rakkav said, 5 months ago

    Granted, Bill Amend has a physics degree, but he’s also a cartoonist, and we all know about “cartoon physics”. I’d be more worried about that corkscrewed track in the middle left of the strip than about any and all of the loops put together. :)

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    Oxnate said, 5 months ago

    The real problem is the jump before the loop-the-loops. Any car going slow enough to hit the track before doing the loop-the-loops is not going to have enough momentum to complete said loops.

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    3hourtour said, 5 months ago

    …jiggity jiggity…