![]() Positive g-forces have the ability to be incredibly intense, and have been known to cause riders to gray- or black-out (that’s when your vision goes blurry or black completely at the end of a drop or at a roller coaster turn). Today we’ll be breaking down the distinctions between these three types of force: what they mean, how to recognize them, and which of your favorite rides may feature them. The best coasters in the world seemingly effortlessly blend these forces together to make for a varied and memorable ride experience, one element flowing into the next. G-force, the measure of gravitational force on an object, comes in three main subsections when it comes to roller coasters: negative, positive, and lateral. You probably learned about g-force in elementary physics, alongside conversations of laws or motion and Newton’s apple, but you may be underestimating just how much g-force plays into the way you feel when you ride a roller coaster. ![]() But what are these sensations.actually? And what does gravity have to do with them? I’m no physics professor or mechanical engineer, but my love for roller coasters has sent me on a quest to better understand what happens to our bodies when we ride coasters, from starters like Big Thunder Mountain to the harrowing Kingda-Ka. You might describe such sensations as weightlessness, dizziness, or roughness, depending on the experience. ![]() Whether you hate them or love them, roller coasters are among the best avenues to experience thrilling, hair-raising sensations that make riders scream, laugh, and-in certain cases-shiver.
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