MF Opinions

Geez, all these people have 101 or 141 rides on MF, and I have 1!!!

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Magnum-Just Ride It!!!

Personally, I thought it was pretty boring. The first drop was ok. But there were no forces. You could barely feel the G's at the bottom of the drop, there was absolutely no airtime what so ever, and it lacked in lats too. Also, the layout was very bad, it was far too short, and the overbanked turns were not even remotely fun.

Millennium Force is great... nothing should be changed

Times I rode the force (2000)- 45

You SHOULDN'T have to feel the forces at the bottom, there is %$*& loads of airtime, the lateral G's are what cause grey-outs in many people, and the layout was great of the space they had to work with. Everdred, are you trying to make people angry on here or what?

with only 7 posts, I'm not going to get too concerned about his/her comment...

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Trim brakes-a necessity???

I'm merely stating my opinion. Also, post counts really don't matter. It's the actual person behing the mask that counts.

Millennium Force is awsome!

88MPH for four seconds of airtime? I calculated that going 44 MPH after the pullout would get you 4 seconds of airtime, but the hill would have to be shaped perfectly, so 88MPH is probably a better answer. Of course, if you obey the Six Flags laws of physics, going 70MPH will get you ten seconds of zero-gravity (I've seen SROS advertised as having that :) )

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A bad day at CP is better than a good day at work.

I heard to get 1 second of airtime, the train has to accelerate 22 mph. 2 for 44, etc. And SFMM , they say Superman: The Escape amost gets 5 seconds of airtime, which is pretty accurate since it goes 100 mph.

Think about getting 10 seconds of airtime! It would have to be going 220 mph!

What you're describing is the required change in vertical velocity. Because most roller coasters are moving forwards as well, the actual speed will be quite a bit higher. (An exception is a S:ROS LIM type ride. In that case, your numbers are correct, in fact, you can double the airtime because you feel it in both directions!) For 5 seconds of airtime(free-fall) you would need to go at least 110 MPH at the bottom of the hill (actually this is more, because you're not going straight down on a frictionless track.) When cresting a hill, that same frictionless, perfectly designed coaster would give you 10 seconds of airtime (half on the way up, half on the way down). Being shot straight up at 220 MPH would give you 10 seconds of airtime on the way up, and 10 on the way down!

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A bad day at CP is better than a good day at work.

That would be SWEET!

Can you say Papa Power Tower. LOL! :)

MF is the master of all coasters. And that my friends, IS TRUE!!!




Felt the Force:20 times
The best ride ever..Its True, Its True!!

Big time!

I just hope none of you guys are over anaylzing the ride, right?

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You build it, I ride it

No, just throwing out formulas for airtime.