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🎡 Ferris Wheel Carnival Night — 2D Seat Force Diagram

2D companion of the Ferris wheel simulation: an animated wheel with force arrows on a rider, the apparent weight around the turn and the critical speed at which the seat force vanishes at the top.

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Ferris Wheel Carnival Night — 2D Seat Force Diagram ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the Ferris wheel simulation: an animated wheel with force arrows on a rider, the apparent weight around the turn and the critical speed at which the seat force vanishes at the top.

Centripetal ForceCircular MotionFerris WheelApparent WeightForces

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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