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Posted: 4/26/2024 7:49:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: RattleCanAR]
I went to Carowinds today. A theme park on the SC/NC border. The sammich maker and I road 6 coasters.
1 Fury 325, 325feet tall and 95mph.  Attached FileIt was smooth and had long high speed high g turns and loops. Not much lateral loads. 2 Cobra, smaller but very violent with the train running you forward and backwards. It includes an Immelmann and two loops. The backward pass had noticeably more g loads.  Attached File3 Copperhead Kind of stalls on the loops leaving you with a ton of negative gs. I wasn’t a fan. ?? though she loved it.  Attached File4 Hurler This is a classic wooden coaster. Note all the noise in the data because of the typical rattle and clack associated with wooden coasters. It also has much more lateral accelerations that isn’t in this data.  Attached File5 Afterburner This is a hanging coaster with the seating below the rails. Because it hangs you, you don’t experience and lateral accelerations.  Attached FileI am getting a bit old for this. We rode 6 or 7 today and feel like we got beat up. ?? My point is 20 years very few coaster got anywhere near 3g while it is common to get 3.5g and one even bumps 5g. The Fury 325 is the coaster that made the news last summer with the huge pylon crack. YOLO |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:08:53 PM EDT
[#1]
Bump for nerds
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:11:16 PM EDT
[#2]
Check out
 Voltron  Voltron 4K POV - Europa Park Gets going at the 50 second mark or so |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:15:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By adavis: Check out Voltron  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8GBRICn950Gets going at the 50 second mark or so Looks like a decent coaster, but doesn’t appear near as impressive as American coasters. |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:19:00 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:21:18 PM EDT
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Grit your teeth, bear the load, enjoy your ride, on thunder road.
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:24:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe ride of a lifetime. |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:58:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fair2Middlin: Looks like a decent coaster, but doesn’t appear near as impressive as American coasters. Completely disagree. Besides, Euros make all the good coasters, except for RMC. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 5:47:24 AM EDT
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Did Velocicoaster 5 times in March in one day.
Probably will never be on a coaster as good as that again. Wife had to go to doctor due to what we think was the Hulk. She had vertigo for a week. May be her last coaster days. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 7:32:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By baitdragger: Did Velocicoaster 5 times in March in one day. Probably will never be on a coaster as good as that again. Wife had to go to doctor due to what we think was the Hulk. She had vertigo for a week. May be her last coaster days. My neck was angry yesterday but is fine today. In years past you did one or two of these things. These days you can do 5 to 10 in one park. We have 4 more to hit on the next trip. |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 7:42:20 AM EDT
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Man I havent been there in years. Used to love to go. Had season passes back in 96 and 97 when I was in HS and you could still get them for $50 on opening day. I think Top Gun, which is gone now, had just opened beside Thunder road which aI think is also gone the last time I went if Im recalling correctly.
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MD, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:07:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RattleCanAR: Bump for nerds Needs finer resolution on the time scale - 
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:25:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By runfrumu: Man I havent been there in years. Used to love to go. Had season passes back in 96 and 97 when I was in HS and you could still get them for $50 on opening day. I think Top Gun, which is gone now, had just opened beside Thunder road which aI think is also gone the last time I went if Im recalling correctly. They renamed all the coasters after it was sold by Paramount. Top Gun is now Afterburner |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:27:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ranxerox911: Needs finer resolution on the time scale - The app will replay the rides real time but that is a video of sorts. You can sure tell the smooth modern ones compared to the wooden one. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:48:11 AM EDT
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That's a cool app!
I went to Dollywood (Pigeon Forge TN) several times last year - found this in a search Wild Eagle and Big Bear Mountain were my favorites - I unfortunately never got to ride Lightning Rod as it was always down for maintenance. I went to Cedar Point lots of times as a family, haven't been in almost 10 years. I, too, prefer steel coasters... wooden coasters can be fun but tend to give me a headache from so much rattling. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 10:06:13 AM EDT
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Not a coaster, but I'd like to know the g force Mission to Mars at Epcot pulls.
Sitting there, I was thinking, "Holy shit. That is a lot of gees. I'm surprised they allow this". Its not a short time like in a coaster. You're in a centrifuge, simulating launch. Started to turn my head to check on the boy and my inner ear said, "Nope. Dont do that. Wouldn't be prudent".
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Posted: 4/27/2024 10:11:42 AM EDT
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Looks like I need to go to Carrowinds
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Posted: 4/27/2024 11:22:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ridgerunner9876: Not a coaster, but I'd like to know the g force Mission to Mars at Epcot pulls. Sitting there, I was thinking, "Holy shit. That is a lot of gees. I'm surprised they allow this". Its not a short time like in a coaster. You're in a centrifuge, simulating launch. Started to turn my head to check on the boy and my inner ear said, "Nope. Dont do that. Wouldn't be prudent". yup. that was crazy. didn't really know what the ride was. sat there for the launch and then felt the G's build up and and maintain for a long time. that was way different than anything I'd ever riden before. I read that it maxes out at 2.5G's but its that sustain that is the kicker. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 11:38:30 AM EDT
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The Big Apple coaster at the New York New York casino in Vegas was probably the last coaster I'll go on. I had burst blood vessels on my shoulders where the straps were.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 11:50:24 AM EDT
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Quote History |
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MI, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 11:50:38 AM EDT
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jeez one of them was almost 5 G's? I was under the impression that the coaster industry tries to not exceed 3.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:03:44 PM EDT
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Drachen Fire is still the best coaster I've ridden but they pulled it in the 90's for being too violent.
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UT, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:06:49 PM EDT
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Probably caused by the cracked support beam
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:15:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jack_Of_Some_Trades: yup. that was crazy. didn't really know what the ride was. sat there for the launch and then felt the G's build up and and maintain for a long time. that was way different than anything I'd ever riden before. I read that it maxes out at 2.5G's but its that sustain that is the kicker. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jack_Of_Some_Trades: Originally Posted By Ridgerunner9876: Not a coaster, but I'd like to know the g force Mission to Mars at Epcot pulls. Sitting there, I was thinking, "Holy shit. That is a lot of gees. I'm surprised they allow this". Its not a short time like in a coaster. You're in a centrifuge, simulating launch. Started to turn my head to check on the boy and my inner ear said, "Nope. Dont do that. Wouldn't be prudent". yup. that was crazy. didn't really know what the ride was. sat there for the launch and then felt the G's build up and and maintain for a long time. that was way different than anything I'd ever riden before. I read that it maxes out at 2.5G's but its that sustain that is the kicker. Yep. One of the most intense rides I've been on and I've ridden all the coasters at Kings Island with no trouble at all. Thankful for that little jet of airconditioning pointed at your face. The "release" as you hit "micro gravity" is a great effect. They would shut the ride down about every 10 minutes. After getting off and seeing all the people sprawled out on the benches with green faces, I pretty much surmised that they had to "clean the pods" fairly often.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:17:43 PM EDT
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I used to be a coaster junkie.
I realize I'm in much worse shape than I used to be, but...... I've half expected a complimentary aneurysm after riding a few over the last couple years..... |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:18:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By uxb: The ride of a lifetime. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By uxb: The ride of a lifetime. I wrote a song about it. Youth in Asia |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:20:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By baitdragger: Did Velocicoaster 5 times in March in one day. Probably will never be on a coaster as good as that again. Wife had to go to doctor due to what we think was the Hulk. She had vertigo for a week. May be her last coaster days. Both my youngest daughter and I disliked The Hulk. Thought it was just too violent and banged you around too much. I like speed and G force, but in a smooth manner. Not throwing you back and forth and banging your head into stuff. I don’t like carnival rides for the same reason. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:21:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By adavis: Check out Voltron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8GBRICn950Gets going at the 50 second mark or so That looks like a great coaster. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:23:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cyclone: Looks like I need to go to Carrowinds Same. Now that our son and his family live in eastern TN, be a good opportunity to go. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 1:00:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By justsayin: I used to be a coaster junkie. I realize I'm in much worse shape than I used to be, but...... I've half expected a complimentary aneurysm after riding a few over the last couple years..... The heavier you are, the worse the G's are. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 2:52:34 PM EDT
[Last Edit: justsayin]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fxntime: The heavier you are, the worse the G's are. I clearly had much more neck and shoulder muscle mass in days past...... These recent ones were more painful than enjoyable. Body, fine, neck and head? Feels like I'm sparring......that's just not what I enjoy anymore..... Though I loved the velocicoaster, that one was great, easily in my top 3. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:41:36 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Jack_Of_Some_Trades]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ridgerunner9876: Yep. One of the most intense rides I've been on and I've ridden all the coasters at Kings Island with no trouble at all. Thankful for that little jet of airconditioning pointed at your face. The "release" as you hit "micro gravity" is a great effect. They would shut the ride down about every 10 minutes. After getting off and seeing all the people sprawled out on the benches with green faces, I pretty much surmised that they had to "clean the pods" fairly often. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ridgerunner9876: Originally Posted By Jack_Of_Some_Trades: Originally Posted By Ridgerunner9876: Not a coaster, but I'd like to know the g force Mission to Mars at Epcot pulls. Sitting there, I was thinking, "Holy shit. That is a lot of gees. I'm surprised they allow this". Its not a short time like in a coaster. You're in a centrifuge, simulating launch. Started to turn my head to check on the boy and my inner ear said, "Nope. Dont do that. Wouldn't be prudent". yup. that was crazy. didn't really know what the ride was. sat there for the launch and then felt the G's build up and and maintain for a long time. that was way different than anything I'd ever riden before. I read that it maxes out at 2.5G's but its that sustain that is the kicker. Yep. One of the most intense rides I've been on and I've ridden all the coasters at Kings Island with no trouble at all. Thankful for that little jet of airconditioning pointed at your face. The "release" as you hit "micro gravity" is a great effect. They would shut the ride down about every 10 minutes. After getting off and seeing all the people sprawled out on the benches with green faces, I pretty much surmised that they had to "clean the pods" fairly often. one thing I've heard mentioned but dont know if its true. trash cans at disneyworld are normally the box style with the side trap door, but the trashcans outside of Mission to Mars are open top trash cans. I wonder why. edit: looks like Guardians : cosmic rewind is simiar 
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Posted: 4/27/2024 5:23:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: RattleCanAR]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ArmyInfantryVet: jeez one of them was almost 5 G's? I was under the impression that the coaster industry tries to not exceed 3. I thought the same thing. You can feel the blood in your legs. After the 5g ride I started tensing my legs and purposely breathing. My old ass felt it. When I was a kid I would laugh it off. My neck complained also. Almost 60 and I felt my age. I think the data is correct. I held on with my hands the entire time. If I had put my hands in the air it would have messed up the data and me. lol |
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