Cycloid ramp for gravity race cars

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Cycloid ramp for gravity race cars

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I am not sure if this has been mentioned on DT before, but it seemed like an interesting development: Doc Jobe patented a track that, among other things, will minimize the centripetal (G-)force experienced by cars.

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FatSebastian wrote:I am not sure if this has been mentioned on DT before, but it seemed like an interesting development: Doc Jobe patented a track that, among other things, will minimize the centripetal (G-)force experienced by cars.

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Interesting. So is the patent just for the curved section of the track?
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Vitamin K wrote:Interesting. So is the patent just for the curved section of the track?
I believe so... the entire running surface, from the starting gate until the straightaway ("ramp"), is specially curved:
...a ramp forced to have a cycloid curvature surface, said ramp comprising one or a plurality of side-by-side lanes, said ramp further comprising a first, higher, ramp section and a second, equally long, lower ramp section...
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