Feb 10, 2018 @ 08:33 AM 83
Olympic Physics: How Does Mass Affect Luge?
Chad Orzel , Contributor
PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 10: Tucker West of the United States slides during the Men's Singles Luge on day one of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Olympic Sliding Centre on February 10, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
Four years ago, heading into the Sochi Olympics, I learned that Tucker West of the US luge team was going to enroll at Union later that year, so I tuned in to watch a bit. I was surprised to see that West positively towered over one of the NBC reporters who interviewed him, which sent me off on a long tangent that ended up with two blog posts on luge: one on the basic forces involved and the second on the effect of steering. Such is the glamorous life of a physics blogger.
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