The last time i ran this nit was about a hundred and 80 miles an hour, something like that. You need tho incline to the bank. It depends on what the track is and what the expected speeds are of the cars. If you go higher than that speed, yo, right? You run the risk of skidding off into the embankments. And you see every race that happens. Goi tat Is what we want? Nat, no, yes.
What is the Magnus Effect? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore physics through spin, banking, and angular momentum. Why are race tracks banked?
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