1M40.20 Loop The Loop

1M40.20 Loop The Loop

A ball rolls down an incline and then around a vertical circle. Two versions available: tube rails with ball bearing, and brass with brass cart.

This photo shows a brass loop-the-loop demonstration and its matching small, metal-wheeled car. A thin, straight, sharp brass shaft is sharply inclined downward, curving into the classic loop-the-loop at the bottom. The loop appears to have a diameter that is less than half the shaft's height. A metal-wheeled cart is intended to ride down the thin shaft and loop around the loop. In the photo, the cart is resting inside the bottom of the loop.

Aluminum rails form a loop-the-loop sized for a marble or marble-sized steel ball bearing. A long, straight section of rail inclines downward at about a 45 degree angle, bending into the classic loop at table height, and back out to a small, straight segment that runs along the table. A steel marble sits at the bottom of the loop in this photo. The height of the loop is less than half the height of the inclined section.

 

Location: H1-1