Found somehing that dwarfs dragsters launch

MachBlader, you are correct. At 5 G's, you'd black out in the middle of that launch. The only reason that jet-fighter pilots can pull 5 g's and get away with it is because they have special suits that keeps the blood flowing to all parts of their body. If they didn't have those suits, their blood would all collect at the back of their body, and they would die.

I believe that Dragster's 1.7 g's for 4 seconds is enough for the ride. If it was longer than 4 seconds, I don't think a lot of people would be riding it. It was a wise choice for Intamin and CP.
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TTD 2003: 32
TTD 2004: 0
TTD Total: 32
Rollbacks: 0

You can pull more than 5 g's without a g-suit and not die. Yes, fighter pilots have g-suits but they're also trained to keep the blood from pooling.

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aIrtIme'S oVeRrAtEd...

Yeah... actually the count is more like 7 g in the faster fighter planes, but this is also the point where you black out. From ~4 - 6 g is where the suits kick in to save you from undue stresses and frequent headaches from excessive g's.

Didn't someone figure Twister's g's to be higher than Dragsters? I've had so many numbers that I can't remember anymore, but it sticks in my head that someone said WT's g's are more? Hmm. I'll have to keep my manual for a week or so and on my day off figure it out... *gasp* maybe I could contact my former Physics teacher! He'd JUMP at the opportunity to do this! Actually... He's the reason I passed that class with an A... I should see if he likes CP and would want to have a ticket for himself or something! :P Ok well maybe not but still!

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'04 Twister ATL
'03 Twister/Sky Ride (Spent month@Disaster too)

Ben, WT's most intense launch, the first one, exerts 0.91 Gs on riders, where as TTD's launch exerts between 1.3 and 1.4 Gs depending on the speed bias.

The really interesting thing is that everybody keeps talking about the launch when really the pullouts exert the greatest Gs. On Dragster, the moment that train enters that approximately 200ft radius curve at 120mph, the rider experiences 4.84 Gs. (Hint hint for those wondering about some of the rollbacks) If I knew WT's radius of curvature, I'd give it's value.
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TTD '03 Crew
69 Launches - 65 Complete Circuits
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