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Episode 1 open discussion/updates/commentary
Jobby:
--- Quote from: Mrs Shrek on February 17, 2009, 03:40:30 AM ---
--- Quote from: Joab on February 17, 2009, 03:24:29 AM --- :umn: No science! (:;)
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It's just a couple of little numbers, nothing to be scared of :funny:
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:hides meeee hatesss scienceeee. :hides
DrRox:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on February 17, 2009, 01:05:02 AM ---The velocity of the rolling cheese can be estimated using conservation of energy. The change in elevation from the cheese shack at 718 meters to the bottom of the hill at 653 meters is 65 meters. All of the potential energy converts to kinetic energy of motion. The relationship is:
(3/4) * mass * velocity^2 = mass * gravitational acceleration * change of elevation
Solving for velocity:
velocity = sqrt(1.3333 * gravitational acceleration * change of elevation)
Using 9.8 meters/sec^2 for the gravity we get a speed of 29 meters/sec or 65 mph! :lol:
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9.8 meters per second squared is an acceleration due to gravity, not gravity. Gravity (gravitational force) is measured in Newtons. :) but it is really just semantics
Opps, I missed the gravitational acceleration, sorry I butted in.
When I first saw the rolling cheese, two things came to my mind. Delta PE = Delta KE and Delta p = F delta t and a very horrible philmination if it hit anyone....lol
Jobby:
:groan:
Dånooky:
ugh...I'm having flashbacks of Physics 101 all over again
georgiapeach:
--- Quote from: cdfe88 on February 17, 2009, 07:38:08 AM ---ugh...I'm having flashbacks of Physics 101 all over again
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Me too! But I love our science guys, just don't ask me any questions, lol!
I strongly suspect that teams were told not to push or roll their cheeses, but clearly as they began getting away from the racers production must have had to reconsider what was acceptable and what was not.
Phil said in his blog:
--- Quote ---Speaking of unpredictable, Switzerland took us to a whole new level of mayhem. You know you're capturing classic television moments when all around you people are yelling out "watch out for the flying cheese." The locals lost it. The teams certainly lost it. And to be perfectly honest with you, no one in production knew what might happen next. Thank goodness for those fences or who knows where those cheese bombs might have ended up.
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So my guess is that the first teams started out going on the clue rules only, but then production would be having to make decisions on the "roll", :lol3:
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