So just elaborate on this, if the wheel stays at a constant angular velocity of 0.571 rad/s and the radius of the wheel gets altered to 40m.
Would g increase to 13.04?
mg=mrw^2
g=40x0.571^2
g=13.04
and thus the force felt at the bottom of the wheel 9.81+13.04 = 2.3G?
Sorry phinds, for not posting my attempt. As you can see its my first post. I did an A level in physics, but it was a while ago. My brain has since been filled with architectural jargon.
And thank you very much MickeyW. This is actually what I got but for some reason I thought it seemed too...
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