Roller coaster maniacs dream....

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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592
    #1

    Roller coaster maniacs dream....

    This summer the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky Ohio will open its "Top Thrill Dragster" coaster.

    Gentlemen, open your barf bags

    Specs:

    Car style: AA fuel dragsters holding 16 riders
    Track length: 2800 feet
    Drop angle: 90 degrees
    Drop twist: 270 degrees
    Height: 420 feet
    Launch speed: 0-120 mph in less than 4 seconds
    Top speed: 120 mph during a vertical fall

    Picture:



    WMV promo page...

    Story here.....

    Shite......I gotta hit this one, and it's only about 90 miles from here

    Dr. Mordrid
    Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 24 January 2003, 12:54.
    Dr. Mordrid
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    An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

    I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps
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    • Jammrock
      The Berserker
      • Aug 1999
      • 8661
      #2
      I bet you float on your way down. The coolest roller coaster trick I've ever seen was deemed "too dangerous." It was a simple barrel roll ... at 20 mph.

      Utah's Lagoon used to have a ride called The Wild Mouse. That rollercoaster was freaky. the front of the car would literally go off the track at every corner, then snap around the turn. They had to close teh ride because people kept undoing their safety harnesses and got thrown out of the ride at 4-stories up.

      Jammrock

      Jammrock
      “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
      –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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        • Byock
          Super MURCer
          • Jul 2000
          • 2328
          #3
          Ha! the wild mouse was great! I loved that ride! They did rebuild it, but it is not nearly as good as the old one.
          "I dream of a better world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned."

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            • Technoid
              Super MURCer
              • Sep 1999
              • 7645
              #4
              Nothing on this earth could compell me to board that thing :-(

              I'd rather Fight Megatron with my right arm tied to my back and only a swis army knife as weapon
              If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

              Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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                • Dr Mordrid
                  Moderator
                  • Apr 2001
                  • 26592
                  #5
                  Speaking as a former skydiver, open wheel & SCCA racer, rally driver and sometimes drag racer;

                  LEMME AT IT!!!!

                  Did I mention I'm a coaster freak too?

                  Dr. Mordrid
                  Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 24 January 2003, 12:56.
                  Dr. Mordrid
                  ----------------------------
                  An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

                  I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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                    • Strahd
                      Super MURCer
                      • Jun 2000
                      • 960
                      #6
                      OH MY GOD.:drool:
                      #1 DRILL SERGEANT PICK-UP LINE

                      "You make me hornier before 9 AM than most
                      people do all day!"

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                        • Sethos
                          MURCer
                          • Oct 2002
                          • 594
                          #7
                          Ok, now I'm a guy who likes physics... Does anyone else realize that with that 90 degree drop angel that you will experience (almost) the full acceleration due to Earth's gravity on that thing!!

                          How much you wanna bet that there is a bottle neck at the "chicken exit" for that thing?


                          ~Sethos
                          "...and in the next instant he was one of the deadest men that ever lived." – Mark Twain

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                            • Dr Mordrid
                              Moderator
                              • Apr 2001
                              • 26592
                              #8
                              It's called "microgravity"...just like in the space shuttle or the vomit comet

                              Dr. Mordrid
                              Dr. Mordrid
                              ----------------------------
                              An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

                              I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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                                • Nowhere
                                  Super MURCer
                                  • Jun 2002
                                  • 4830
                                  #9
                                  too bad that apparently there isn't a rollercoaster on this planet that would make me sick.
                                  even after plentiful dinner a few rides one-after-one didn't impressed my stomach (and the personnel watched little weird on me :P ).
                                  Oh well, I guess now all hopes are in acrobatic planes.

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                                    • KvHagedorn
                                      Super MURCer
                                      • Aug 1999
                                      • 10725
                                      #10
                                      I guess you guys missed this thread..

                                      http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39038


                                      I bet we will all be hearing about some tragic accident happening here one day...

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