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    How Can I Calculate the Speed at Which a Motorcycle Falls Off the Wall of Death?

    Thanks for the pointers. So, I'm thinking the forces acting on the motorcycle are: 1.) Gravity (but I don't know the mass of the motorcycle) 2.) The centripetal force from the wall acting towards the centre (again, I don't know the mass) - a portion of which (but I'm not sure what portion)...
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    How Can I Calculate the Speed at Which a Motorcycle Falls Off the Wall of Death?

    Motorcycle Wall of Death Some pointers would be greatly appreciated please. A motorcycle is slowing down, but maintaining its height on a 'wall of death' (a vertical cylinder where the motorcycle 'drives' around the inner circumference as a stunt). A spectator takes timings in...
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