Sled Ride Calculator

Point-mass model from rest with constant slope and kinetic friction; excludes drag,braking,curvature and obstacles and does not assess course safety.

Point-mass model from rest with constant slope and kinetic friction; excludes drag,braking,curvature and obstacles and does not assess course safety.

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Result

Enter your values and run the tool to see your result.

How to use this tool

Check the units, enter your values, and run the tool. Results follow the assumptions and method below.

Calculation method

Downhill accelerationgravity*(sin(angle*pi/180)-friction*cos(angle*pi/180))
Final speed from restsqrt(2*gravity*length*(sin(angle*pi/180)-friction*cos(angle*pi/180)))

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