Roller Coaster Forces: Explained

During a roller coaster ride, guests experience a unique combination of sensations. Whether it’s being pushed back into your seat, or flung out of it; roller coasters have been specifically designed to provide riders with a select combination of feelings. In short, roller coasters are all about forces. In this video, we’ll get to understand the types of g-forces experienced on roller coasters, as well as the sensations each type causes guests to feel during their thrilling ride.

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D. Newman, Simon Stirrat, Tolgerb, Philippe, Tyler Bennet, Archie Huggins, Joseph Robson, Alexander Richardson, Alex Mann, Esteban Rivera

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[coasterbot]

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[soulsealsaul]

So, when will you be a narrator in a documentary, because that narration👌

[jamesliu]

The depiction of greying out during the i305 footage is quite spot on, I love it!

[-TheSmoothCriminal-]

Harry, I watched the video and I noticed you forgot about a few kinds of forces, Millennium force, Red force, Gale force, Steel force, and Expedition GeForce all deliver unique forces you cannot experience anywhere else, Otherwise, great job!

[alteregocarson]

Amazing video that makes these somewhat nebulous concepts easily understandable. Just came back from six flags great adventure yesterday, pushed some personal limits, and had an awesome time with friends. Thank you!

[ryanstrembicki]

Lol, starts talking about graying and blacking out and immediately shows footage of I-305.

[Rebecca-iylc]

I'm glad I found this series, your explanation style is easy to understand and eye opening for someone trying to overcome their coaster fear. Thank you

[thatsincredible]

I am doing an assignment on roller coaster forces and this was quite helpful. Thanks.

[bariton]

Nothing like waking up to a brand new COASTER BOT video ;)

[CoasterLife]

Thank you for explaining how someone greys out! I always wondered what happens if you grey out.

[GD_Coaster]

Great video!
But I think what you describe as positive and negative forces, actually are vertical forces. All three types (lateral, vertical and linear) can have positive and negative forces:
Positive linear: launches / Negative linear: Brakes
Positive vertical: valleies / Negative vertical: Airtime
Positive / Negative lateral: to the right / left
Well I'm not a physics student, but that makes sense for me and that's what I've heared so far :D

[iamaloser]

I love your videos! Y’all make me feel smart because I know a lot of this stuff. Great job!

[vinegorre]

My physics teacher decided to have us design a rollercoaster as part of our final exam, so I've been binging these for over an hour

[danielworleyyy]

I could listen to one of your videos even if it was an hour long. Such awesome content and great narration!

[somecalledalex]

One of the most interesting and informative videos you’ve ever made, very niceee!

[clxxiii]

Beautiful video Harry, making the GP educated one video at a time

[rollercoasterfreak]

This is one of the best videos you have ever made. Great job, dude!

[bwhugul]

At 6:43 the sentence should be corrected. 'Comfortable' will be contested by anyone who finds the 'stomach drop' wierd or even painful.

[KetoOrkyy]

This video honestly explains more about g-forces than other videos about the subject. Great video!

[adrenalineaddiction]

For real tho this is my favorite video by great job now I can show this to people so they understand forces thank you and loved how you where in the video riding icon at black pool pleasure beach