I got to ride WT how bout you?
You think that's scientific, you just wait until Rideman gives one of his huge, technical, mind-blowing post on the possible maximum speed of a roller coaster! Or the reprofiling of Mean Streak (in this thread http://www.guidetothepoint.com/thepoint/cpplace6/default.aspx?mode=thread&TopicID=7518
) that I had no idea about until he posted it.
) that I had no idea about until he posted it.
I've never been on an impulse before but I'm assuming the airtime we'll be feeling will be comparable to the space shot on the Power Tower.
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Brent Haley
Gemini Crew '02
Well, from my experience on Superman:UE I would say that it's different from Power Tower. Remember that on PT, you are being slowed down by the cables AND gravity, and on an impulse it's just gravity, so your body has more time to match the speed of the train. There really aren't any negative g's, and the weightlessness (0 g) sensation isn't very much... just my opinion.
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Break the scream barrier in 2002!
Wicked twists: 0
VertiGo: (2001-2002) R.I.P.
0 Gs are not just felt at the point of transistion from up to down. Once past the LIMs, on the vertical spike, you are feeling 0 Gs the whole way up and the whole way down. Think of 0 Gs as an equilibrium, it doesn't matter if you are going up or down, you are not resisting gravity in any way, that's why you get 0 Gs.
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It's very hard to drink all day...
Unless you start first thing in the morning.
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