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Amusement park features fastest tilt coaster in N. America
The ride will feature 2,966 feet of track with a top speed of 58 mph.
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... The Roller Coaster Capital of the world said that The Siren's Curse will debut in 2025. The coaster is inspired by the legend of mysterious creatures in Lake Erie, with sirens luring sailors to their capsizing. Riders will ascend an old 160-foot-tall Lake Erie shipping crane tower, with ominous music getting louder before reaching a dead stop on a "broken off" section of track. The platform will tilt 90 degrees upon the drop, forcing riders to look straight down ...
Riders will ascend an old 160-foot-tall Lake Erie shipping crane tower, with ominous music getting louder before reaching a dead stop on a "broken off" section of track.
The platform will tilt 90 degrees upon the drop, forcing riders to look straight down ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-22 01:35 AM | Reply
Sounds like a lot of fun!
#2 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-22 01:51 AM | Reply
@#2 .. Sounds like a lot of fun! ...
Yeah, I was a big roller coaster fan back in the day, with a preference for the, I'll say, more "engaging" rides on the wooden roller coasters.
But now, I can only look at the coasters. Medical conditions prevent me from having fun with G-force rides.
[sigh]
#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-22 02:12 AM | Reply
@#3
Some background...
Roller Coaster www.learner.org
... For many people, there is only one reason to go to an amusement park: the roller coaster. Some people call it the "scream machine," with good reason. The history of this ride reflects a constant search for greater and more death-defying thrills. How does a roller coaster work? What you may not realize as you're cruising down the track at 60 miles an hour is that the coaster has no engine. The car is pulled to the top of the first hill at the beginning of the ride, but after that the coaster must complete the ride on its own. You aren't being propelled around the track by a motor or pulled by a hitch. The conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy is what drives the roller coaster, and all of the kinetic energy you need for the ride is present once the coaster descends the first hill.. Design a Roller Coaster Once you're underway, different types of wheels help keep the ride smooth. Running wheels guide the coaster on the track. Friction wheels control lateral motion (movement to either side of the track). A final set of wheels keeps the coaster on the track even if it's inverted. Compressed air brakes stop the car as the ride ends. Wooden or steel coaster: Does it make a difference? Roller coasters can be wooden or steel, and can be looping or nonlooping. You'll notice a big difference in the ride depending on the type of material used. In general, wooden coasters are nonlooping. They're also not as tall and not as fast, and they don't feature very steep hills or as long a track as steel ones do. Wooden coasters do offer one advantage over steel coasters, assuming you're looking for palm-sweating thrills: they sway a lot more. Tubular steel coasters allow more looping, higher and steeper hills, greater drops and rolls, and faster speeds. How did coasters come to be? Read more about their history. ...
How does a roller coaster work? What you may not realize as you're cruising down the track at 60 miles an hour is that the coaster has no engine. The car is pulled to the top of the first hill at the beginning of the ride, but after that the coaster must complete the ride on its own. You aren't being propelled around the track by a motor or pulled by a hitch. The conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy is what drives the roller coaster, and all of the kinetic energy you need for the ride is present once the coaster descends the first hill..
Design a Roller Coaster
Once you're underway, different types of wheels help keep the ride smooth. Running wheels guide the coaster on the track. Friction wheels control lateral motion (movement to either side of the track). A final set of wheels keeps the coaster on the track even if it's inverted. Compressed air brakes stop the car as the ride ends.
Wooden or steel coaster: Does it make a difference? Roller coasters can be wooden or steel, and can be looping or nonlooping. You'll notice a big difference in the ride depending on the type of material used. In general, wooden coasters are nonlooping. They're also not as tall and not as fast, and they don't feature very steep hills or as long a track as steel ones do. Wooden coasters do offer one advantage over steel coasters, assuming you're looking for palm-sweating thrills: they sway a lot more. Tubular steel coasters allow more looping, higher and steeper hills, greater drops and rolls, and faster speeds.
How did coasters come to be? Read more about their history. ...
#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-22 02:16 AM | Reply
@#4 ... Wooden coasters do offer one advantage over steel coasters, assuming you're looking for palm-sweating thrills: they sway a lot more. ...
Yup.
The wooden coaster are a different experience.
#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-22 02:17 AM | Reply
What you may not realize as you're cruising down the track at 60 miles an hour is that the coaster has no engine. The car is pulled to the top of the first hill at the beginning of the ride, but after that the coaster must complete the ride on its own. You aren't being propelled around the track by a motor or pulled by a hitch. The conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy is what drives the roller coaster, and all of the kinetic energy you need for the ride is present once the coaster descends the first hill..
#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-22 02:16 AM | Reply | Flag:
Engineering has marched on. Coasters like Cheetah Hunt @ Busch Gardens don't have a lift hill. It's a "Triple LSM" coaster descended from the long line of "Launch Coasters" which have been powered by everything from steam catapults to tire launchers to hydraulics to electromagnets.
#6 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-09-24 09:29 AM | Reply
There's also the not-quite-a-coaster self-powered things they're mounting on cruise ships. There's people coasters where you walk up a massive staircase and ride strapped to a rail above your head.
#7 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-09-24 09:30 AM | Reply
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