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What developers can learn from roller coaster engineers

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Post by bolchowka » Fri, Jun 13, 2014, 12:17 PM UTC

Re: What developers can learn from roller coaster engineers

Post by adrianb » Fri, Jun 13, 2014, 2:02 PM UTC

Any train's brakes work the same way. Use pressure to release, automatically brake when pressure is lost.

Post by bolchowka » Fri, Jun 13, 2014, 2:07 PM UTC

adrianb wrote: post #2

Any train's brakes work the same way. Use pressure to release, automatically brake when pressure is lost.

Good to know - haven't heard about that.

Post by moepstar » Fri, Jun 13, 2014, 3:14 PM UTC

adrianb wrote: post #2

Any train's brakes work the same way. Use pressure to release, automatically brake when pressure is lost.

The same principle applies to brakes in heavy goods vehicles.