Slinky on an escalator........ you tell me what happens...

[PremiumG]

Assume you have an escalator thats perfectly uniform and each stair is made so that a slinky hits dead center.

If you start the slinky down the escalator, then turn it on, would it be possible to keep it going forever?

 

[K1052]

The plane takes off.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: K1052
The plane takes off.

:laugh:

First thing I thought also!

 

[randay]

all plant life on earth dies.

 

[warmodder]

Call steorn we've discovered perpetual motion.

 

[BrownTown]

yes, it would be

 

[eldorado99]

I like pie.

 

[rivan]

Pedo spider.

 

[Cuda1447]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: K1052
The plane takes off.

:laugh:

First thing I thought also!

Aye, same here.

 

[Ns1]

Didn't MB do this already?

 

[Journer]

assuming a perfect environment, why the hell not? but in reality, i would come kick it over, so, no. it will only last as long as you can fend me off.

 

[andylawcc]

why not:

a tire rolled down a threadmill that is inclined at a 45 degree

 

[Jeff7]

Yeah, it'll keep going.

 

[Injury]

Well, let's be honest here and say that the scenerio you made up was designed for it to go on forever, so assuming you set it up properly, I don't see why it wouldn't.

The only factor that would prevent it would be the slinky itself, and the slinky on my desk tends to hit about 4 or 5 stairs and then retract before it can get enough gravity on the loose end to go on, but it's old.

 

[Alistar7]

http://forums.howwhatwhy.com/s...&Number=260850&fpart=1

12/06/05 10:22 PM

In a similar vane to the plane on the treadmill, would a slinky going down one of those moving-stair escalators go on forever (so long as the escalator continued to move) or would it run out of kinetic energy and die?

This would happen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJw0L7fxbF4

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[TechBoyJK]

chuck norris won't allow it.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
chuck norris won't allow it.

the jokes old now.

 

[ryan256]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: K1052
The plane takes off.

:laugh:

First thing I thought also!

LOL... same here.
And I'd say yes with the conditions in the OP I think it could go on forever.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
chuck norris won't allow it.

the jokes old now.

still makes me smile. poor chuck.

 

[JulesMaximus]

If you had 50 slinkies on an escalator would that be considered bulk?

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
If you had 50 slinkies on an escalator would that be considered bulk?

bulk? that's infinite fun!

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: Alistar7
http://forums.howwhatwhy.com/s...&Number=260850&fpart=1

12/06/05 10:22 PM

In a similar vane to the plane on the treadmill, would a slinky going down one of those moving-stair escalators go on forever (so long as the escalator continued to move) or would it run out of kinetic energy and die?

This would happen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJw0L7fxbF4

Buy the shirt!

That isn't really accurate. Give the escalator a surface that isn't so slippery for the slinky, and move the escalator at a speed that matches the speed of the slinky. It wasn't working in the video because it was sliding side to side when it hit the next stair.

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: randay
all plant life on earth dies.

:laugh:

 

[Krazy4Real]

The plane takes off.

The slinky would go forever.

 

[Spikesoldier]

depends on how fast the escalator is going.