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Description: The truck has holes drilled into both sets of wheels to allow a metal rod to be inserted to simulate locked brakes. Let car slide down incline and observe which gives more stable braking. Parts: breaking fire truck, incline plane Purchased/Built: purchased Quant. in Demo Room: 1 Source: K-Mart Demo References The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations Disc 03-06 A toy car slides down an incline with either front or rear wheels locked. Sutton M-53 A toy car is modified so either the front or rear brakes can be locked. Slide down the incline plane for each case. Meiners 8-4.7 A car rolls down an incline with either front or rear wheels locked. Freier and Anderson Mk-3 A car slides down an incline with either front or rear wheels locked. The Physics Teacher TPT 28(8),522 Construction details for a model car in which pulling a pin applies front, rear, or both sets of brakes to a car rolling down an incline.
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