How does the Free Fall work in Questacon?

The free fall is a six meter drop slide, where we  hold onto a metal bar while our legs dangle in mid air. It uses gravity to pull us down, it makes us feel as if we are weightless or there is no gravity. Because we fall at a great amount of speed our feet push up against the floor while we are falling, from this we lose our belly.When falling from a great height, gravity is pulling us back  to the earth (trying to pull us to the centre of the earth). While falling, our speed picks up via 9.8 meters per second. Adults and children will both fall from the slide at the same speed however adults will hit the bottom of the slide harder due to their greater body mass. Because of the speed of falling we can not participate on the drop if we have any medical or physical conditions. Because it is a straight down drop we are unable to walk or run up it like we can on a normal playground slide.

 

 

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Bibliography: https://www.questacon.edu.au/visiting/galleries/excite-at-q/exhibits/free-fall

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