A2 2 Lakitu’s Load: The Feasibility of Cloud-Borne Kart Recovery

Abstract

In this paper, we look to find if Lakitu could actually perform his recovery feats in the video game Mario Kart Wii. Specifically, whether the fishing line used would be able to support both Bowser and his kart. We determined that this feat would not be possible with the peak tensile force applied being 165 ± 20 kN , which is greater than the peak stress force for a nylon line.