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Re: Roller Coasters are amazingly designed!!!
Cedar Point is overrated. Their coasters, while many in number, are lackluster in performance. The only thing worth riding at Cedar Point, I think, is Magnum XL-200 (Airtime!).
If you want a really good coaster park with high caliber rides, Great Adventure, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, and Six Flags Worlds of Adventure can't be beat. Quote:
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Should the train gain enough momentum to complete the Tophat (on Batman) or Cobra Roll (on Robin), and there's no power for the Linear Induction Motors atop each spike to accelerate the trains backward, they will each come to a stop (after a lot of rocking) at the lowest point of the ride, which is located between the zero-g rolls and the tower. That's called valleying. If though the train is launched, it still relies on its kinetic energy and all that jazz to complete the course. Here again, you'd be evacuated from the train. However, to fix that problem, the train must be disassembled and moved via crane onto a truck, and then moved again via crane onto the storage track located behind the station. This happens more often than you might expect. As a final note; getting a job with a roller coaster manufacturer is exceptionally difficult. They're very, very small companies who usually employ no more than a dozen people of varying trades. Some of 'em are family run, too, which makes it even harded to get a job with them. The big ones are: Arrow Dynamics - currently in bankruptcy protection Bolliger and Mabillard - of Monthey, Switzerland Custom Coasters International - in Pa. Giavanola - also of Switzerland Vekoma - of the Netherlands Intamin - of, erm, the Netherlands, I think. Premier - of Maryland. S&S - of Utah Setpoint - also of Utah Chance Morgan - of Wichita, Kansas, I think There are other, smaller manufacturers, and many, many companies that manufacturer flat rides, as well. That's just a sample ![]() Ian - Most roller coaster braking systems aren't magnetically driven. However, all Intamin coasters (Superman: Ride of Steel, Millennium Force, Xcelerator, California Screamin', etc.) are magnetically braked. Similarly, Intamin's drop rides (Drop Zone, Acrophobia, Giant Drop, Tower of Doom) all rely exclusively on permanent magnets as a powerless, failsafe braking system. Nitro's computer system is very finicky. It loves to trip sensors for no good reason. The train stopping at the top of the lift is just to prevent block incursions, which are bad, bad, bad things Finally, consider yourself lucky for getting a ride on the Great American Scream Machine with the brakes off! Quit yet whinin'!!Last edited by Madison : 10-07-2002 at 09:56. |
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