> You have five "forces" acting on the car.
>
>   * Gravity pulls it downward.
>     |F_g| = m*g
>
>   * Centrifugal force pulls it away from the center of the disc.
>     |F_disc| = m*r_disc*omega_disc^2
>
>   * Centrifugal force pulls it away from the center of curvature of the track.
>     |F_track| = m*|v|^2/r_track
>
>   * Centrifugal force pulls it away from the track-end of the bar as it swings.
>
>   * The bar pulls it toward the track.

Do you need the coriolis force in there too?

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