Excited by the challenge of building a Backyard Roller Coaster, [Will] also thought it would be a fantastic opportunity to teach [Lyle] about physics. Family, Fun, and Physics – what could be ...

A lot of people look at roller coasters as an exciting example of physics, like potential energy versus kinetic energy or inertia, and rightly so. [Jared] looks at them and wonders about the controls.

The roller coaster has its origins in St ... Miller himself pushed the envelope of physics with his Jack Rabbit at Kennywood Park, which dove precipitously into a gully, and his Cyclone in ...