johnfoss said:*Nice looking site, especially for a first effort! Comments:
1. Pop-up ads. Evil. If possible, find a hosting company that doesn't
use pop-ups.
2. Kudos to Mozilla Firefox for not allowing any of the pop-ups to
pop; it just told me they were there.
3. Along with the big wheel, your photo of the tall, tall unicycle
appears to be of Sem's 72' unicycle, which he rode in Tokyo in early
1980. At that small size I can't tell for sure though.
4. "Custom" wheel sizes range down to less than 1".
5. To answer the fastest speed question, the hour record is not the
best example. Unicycles have been ridden over 25 mph, but most results
in this area are not in the form of speed records or heavily
substantiated instances. I think Christian Hoverath has the highest
speed I've ever heard of, which I can't remember exactly, but this was
just a top speed reached during a much longer ride.
6. You answered this question: "Is it easier to ride a tall unicycle
or a short one?" with "Yes." If you want you can make a slight edit to
either the question or answer.
7. On whether it's easier to go faster on a bike or unicycle, the
other big advantage of a bike is the generally better aerodynamics.
The faster you go, the more this matters.
As to all your physics questions and equations, I have no idea. Never
took a physics class! However I will cast my doubts on the usefulness
of the data on question #3, the drop onto a new rim. Unless your rider
is made out of concrete or some other non-yielding material with no
joints, how do you figure the impact based on the flex in the rider,
as well as compression of the tire? 😄
Anyway, from the look of the site you should have earned a pretty nice
grade for all that! *
1.,2. Sorry
3. I'm fairly confident it is, but you would no more than me. I can't
find where I got it so I'll just change it.
4. Good to know. Changed.
5. Thank you, I will change that in the near future.
6. Yeah I was really confused on that one. Can you give an explanation
assuming you have experience. I'll quote it and give credit.
7. I will add that. Thanks.
Ken Cline/Last point of John Foss
The questions really were just for my teacher. That's what we were
taught and they were good enough for him. In #3, I tried to make it
clear all the force was on the rim. Centripetal I had to teach myself
and I ran some questions by my teacher and he seemed okay with it. As
you may or may not have noticed most of the questions weren't the
physics of a unicycle questions but really physics questions with a
unicycle on the side. It did not sound to harsh at all Ken, in fact i
thank you for being honest. This was my first year in a physics course
and you're right it was fascinating.
I think I may just take that entire section out now that it was already
marked.
Johnfoss,
I got a 9.2 out of ten. 😄
Brock,
I bet you forgot the /un/ between .com and unicyclephysics.
Again it is angelfire.com/un/unicyclephysics.
Thanks for all the comments,
David
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