Any rollercoaster fans? :)
20 October 2004, 10:20 PM
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Any rollercoaster fans? :)
This has been covered briefly a way back but these pics show it better 
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20 October 2004, 10:32 PM
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21 October 2004, 03:49 PM
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Thats nothing 
Another one the same but BIGGER, fASTER etc is already being built in the USA....
....and in 2006 one the sameish but even BIGGER and FASTER (0-125mph in less than 3 seconds from Hydraulic launch) is being built at BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH
Its gonna go out to sea on a jetty/pier where it will do the big high loop before coming back inshore again
Next year a Hydro (or maybe LIM) launch coaster is opening at Alton towers. Should be 0-60 in 3 seconds from launch.....
Another one the same but BIGGER, fASTER etc is already being built in the USA....
....and in 2006 one the sameish but even BIGGER and FASTER (0-125mph in less than 3 seconds from Hydraulic launch) is being built at BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH
Its gonna go out to sea on a jetty/pier where it will do the big high loop before coming back inshore again Next year a Hydro (or maybe LIM) launch coaster is opening at Alton towers. Should be 0-60 in 3 seconds from launch.....
21 October 2004, 03:56 PM
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Ohio you say? Just looked up the address, I'm about a six hour drive from the place. Hmmm, might be up for some of that come the spring.
Seriously speaking, if anyone is thinking of going, give me a shout as I'll come along for some fun.
Seriously speaking, if anyone is thinking of going, give me a shout as I'll come along for some fun.
21 October 2004, 04:51 PM
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Very fast straighline acceleration is what sends your stomach to your mouth...I was in disneyland this weekend and went on the rock and rollercoaster - went from 0-60 in about 2.5 seconds and made me tingle like no tomorrow...must be the same sorta feeling you get in a very fast car? i suppose the anticipation makes it more 'exciting'!
21 October 2004, 05:04 PM
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Best one i've been on lately was "Speed the ride" in Vegas, didnt realise it was a LIM launch (half inside building/fake track at rear of station going outside) and sitting there waiting to slowly go out the station to a lift hill (no queue, just walked on!) but then suddenly being shot forward to 60mph in 3 or so secs was quite a shock
21 October 2004, 06:00 PM
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I visited Cedar Point about 15 years ago (just after the iron dragon had opened) and it blew me away then! This just looks awesome - I think a return visit is long overdue
21 October 2004, 08:38 PM
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Can you imagine having to climb the ladder on the outside! 
21 October 2004, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by akshay67
I was in disneyland this weekend and went on the rock and rollercoaster - went from 0-60 in about 2.5 seconds and made me tingle like no tomorrow...must be the same sorta feeling you get in a very fast car? i suppose the anticipation makes it more 'exciting'!
very very fast car - or average bike
rockinrollercoaster is the only thing that compares to nailing a fast start on a big bike. Had to have about 14 goes on it last year
would still have to go on it though
21 October 2004, 11:38 PM
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Nat21 done Speed loads of times, most was 6 in a row, to try and get a decent photo
going again in a few weeks, to try and do 10 in a row
going again in a few weeks, to try and do 10 in a row
22 October 2004, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Marin
This was featured on a documentary about coasters a few months ago. It's based on top fuel dragsters and even has the sound of a fueler as it launches. Does look awesome...
BTW, did you see the one with the outrigged cars that rotated whilst on the move
on the same programme
22 October 2004, 10:21 AM
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lol, blackpools big one hasnt held any record for years, its height records were broken about a month after it was first built!
Two years though and Blackpool will once again have the tallest fastest coaster in the world Gonna cost £25million, the old guy who owned the pleasure beach died last month and left it in his will to get it build
Two years though and Blackpool will once again have the tallest fastest coaster in the world
Gonna cost £25million, the old guy who owned the pleasure beach died last month and left it in his will to get it build
22 October 2004, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by CrisPDuk
I saw that, IIRC one of the original specifications in the design of this one was that it had to claim the height record back from Blackpool's Big One
BTW, did you see the one with the outrigged cars that rotated whilst on the move on the same programme
BTW, did you see the one with the outrigged cars that rotated whilst on the move
on the same programmeSome rides remind me of the time I rolled my Mk1 Cortina - years ago and ended up on the roof right outside the house I used to live in a couple of years before as a lad with the parents. First guy to look in the car and see me dangling upside down was a neighbour - don't know who was more surprised :-)
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23 October 2004, 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Marin
Yep, saw that bit - pretty wild! Is there anything else worth going to inthe Ohio area other than the theme park?
Some rides remind me of the time I rolled my Mk1 Cortina - years ago and ended up on the roof right outside the house I used to live in a couple of years before as a lad with the parents. First guy to look in the car and see me dangling upside down was a neighbour - don't know who was more surprised :-)
Some rides remind me of the time I rolled my Mk1 Cortina - years ago and ended up on the roof right outside the house I used to live in a couple of years before as a lad with the parents. First guy to look in the car and see me dangling upside down was a neighbour - don't know who was more surprised :-)
PMSL @ the Cortina
Only been in a rolled car once, but that was as a navigator in a GSi Astra rally car, the adrenalin was pumping to much to be scared
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Originally Posted by fast bloke
very very fast car - or average bike
rockinrollercoaster is the only thing that compares to nailing a fast start on a big bike. Had to have about 14 goes on it last year
rockinrollercoaster is the only thing that compares to nailing a fast start on a big bike. Had to have about 14 goes on it last year
not the only thing
did a gliding course where you are launched by a winch (sp) 0-70mph in just over 2 seconds.....now thats ******* quick! felt like my stomach was gonna come out of my mouth!
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