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Skeleton Sleds Go 80 M.P.H. and Have No Brakes. Here's How They Stop--and Why They Never Show It
1) The track could progressively taper, eventually wedging the sled in place
All of these are awesome! My favorites are 1, 3 and 5
Hundreds of spectators on either side of the finish line armed with pillows. Oh wacking day, oh wacking day....
I was thinking ball pit but a mud puddle works too.
I like more of a hook on the track that stops the sled immediately and then the rider flies off into a mud puddle.
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Magnetic eddy current brakes, such as those in roller coasters or freefall.
Both tracks end going uphill in the final stretch, followed by a "short uphill run". A steeper or longer uphill run and/or final stretch would stop them.. It's hard to believe that there isn't space or routing for the track that couldn't accomplish that.
Somethin akin to arrestor cables on aircraft carriers?