https://xkcd.com/2935

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I can’t believe they wouldn’t even let me hold a vote among the passengers about whether to try the loop.

  • @Hamartiogonic
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    541 month ago

    Next try to calculate what it would actually mean to make that much water follow a path like that. My guess is, it’s going to get very spicy.

    • @towerful@programming.dev
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      561 month ago

      The xkcd explained brushes near it.

      Many of the passengers would suffer extreme injuries from the changes of velocity (up to 230 mph based on a loop radius of 3 x ship length) and rotation (unlike rollercoasters, or even airplanes during simple take-off and landing, passengers aren’t normally strapped down).