Technician A says a defective vacuum modulator can cause harsh downshifts and harsh or delayed upshifts. Technician B says a defective vacuum modulator can cause soft upshifts and downshifts, as well as overheating and burnt fluid. Who is right

initial speed when it is dropped is 150 ft/s

now at the same moment the acceleration due to gravity is perpendicular to its velocity

so as we know that

now we have centripetal acceleration a = 32 ft/s^2 as its perpendicular to velocity

while tangential acceleration at the same moment will be zero

so

now radius of curvature is given as

so the radius of curvature just after it is dropped is 703.125 ft