Track low to the ground

Why do you suppose that the track is so low to the ground after the brake-run?? It seems way lower to the ground than any other coaster at CP.

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*** This post was edited by Millennium Matt 12/16/2002 10:00:07 PM ***

Well it's going to be going into the station, which appears to be pretty close to the ground..

A lot of traditional coasters have high stations so they don't have to lift the train as far and they don't have to bleed off as much speed before the end. Seeing as how this ride has no lift and a very long brake run, there's no need to do that here.

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That and they probably wanted the launch as close to the ground as possible so that it will be right in the line of site or people walking by. Why put a launch way up in the air.

The goal for an engineer is to design the ride to meet or exceed quality, for the least amount of money. In CP’s case, they are trying to use less steel by using shorter supports. If you don’t need taller supports, why have them?

Traditional coasters, especially with manual brakes, can only stop the train going so fast. They saved money by raising the station, so they could use a shorter layout.
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*** This post was edited by SteelMonsters 12/16/2002 10:44:41 AM ***