http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownout_(medical)
The past couple times i have gone on Batman the Ride, in the first or second loop I have started getting really weird feelings where my vision sort of just went whitish-gray. It was like blacking out i guess but not?
It was very scary though. I used to be able to re-ride Batman over and over again without issue but now each time I ride i experience this at one of the inversions.
Might it have something to do with being on a bit of an empty stomach? I just dont want to go unconscious on the ride. I did some research on this, and it is not a blackout but called a Brownout or gray-out.
From the site "Another common occurrence of brownouts are in roller coaster riders. Many roller coasters put riders through high positive G forces, particularly in vertical loops and helices. Roller coasters rarely have high enough negative G forces to induce redouts, as most low-G elements are designed to simulate weightlessness."
Anyone else experience this? Its the only ride that I have had issues with lately or ever. Possibly Raptor at CP on the Cobra Roll. Its pretty scary in my opinion, since i used to be able to go 4 times in a row on Batman
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Anyone experience a Grey-out (brown out) on Batman the Ride?
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Wow...first time I hear of it. I never did care that much for Batman. I'd take Dark Knight any day. Yeah, I said it.
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yeah, definately sounds like G-lock
It's not dangerous in the least (for the amount of time that you experience it on a roller coaster) but Shockwave always caught me, from the entrance to the second loop to the block brake. Nitro's pre mid course helix always gets me also. Favorite Wood Coasters: The Voyage, Ravine Flyer II, Thunderhead, Balder
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THAT HAPPENS TO ME EVERTIME I GO ON BATMAN! like it starts at the first loop and lasts until like the second loop is over!!
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Ive blacked out on it for a few seconds.
The first couple of times i rode it i did after the first loop, but that hasnt happened to me in over a year.
I think I blacked-out last time I rode it...
(RANT BELOW) But my friend didn't believe me... because he said he's ridden it 8 times in a row and he felt nothing (I've ridden it 10 times in a row). so then we got in a huge argument. He said it couldn't happen... WELL TAKE THIS FREAK! Coaster count 39
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yeah i used to argue with a friend it couldn't happen either. i was able to ride and ride and ride with no problem.
now i am almost nervous going on the ride because i dont want to go all the way unconscious lol. I am going to try to go on a full stomach next time and see if there is a difference.
It would take a lot for you to go unconscious. Your fine, Greying out it isnt even half of blacking out. That shouldn't stop you from riding coasters.
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I have always had this problem when I go on Batman, usally the first loop and the helix on Nitro. It is nothing to worry about. Like I said it happens to me every time I go on Batman and I always go on it over and over again.
That's why I ride front
SF trips 09 = 15
SF trips 10= 11 SF trips 11 =7
^Does it not happen if you ride in front of Batman?
Front is worse. From the bottom of the drop to the top of the loop you experience 4Gs for the longest period of time on the ride. The back is forceful but only for a quick time.
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So were do you think I should ride?
It has never happened to me
SF trips 09 = 15
SF trips 10= 11 SF trips 11 =7
^That's good, it is kinda freaky when it happens though.
I would suggest 2nd/3rd front or 2nd/3rd last row. The middle pulls the Gs for a longer period of time, although not as intense, the duration will make you grew out. And the front and back of the car pulls crazy Gs that are very intense compared to the inside rows.
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B:TR is the only ride at GAm that it's ever happened to me on. It's happened to me on Millennium Force and Mantis before also.
^^ Ok, thanks! Next time I go to the park I will try that.
the last couple of times I went on it it seemed to go a lot faster
but today... it was closed down after the first 15 minutes for maintnence issues 
Never happened to me on Batman but just like FParker, I always would experience a greyout on Shockwave sitting near the front of the train going through the 3rd loop.
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^^ I know I really wanted to ride BTR today when I went, and yes I have greyed out, just coming out of the 1st loop and about half way through the Zero G.
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It happened to me the last time I rode it. Before that I was fine. I think you are right that it may have to do with an empty stomach because I didnt eat all day that day.
Its happened to me every time I have rode it.
The last two times I've ridden it it's happened to me. Twice has been enough for me to say that unless I'm with a bunch of people who desperately want to go on the ride, I won't ride it again. It's not damaging long-term or anything, but it is extremely unpleasant and makes you feel like crap afterwards. Even when I don't grey out, the ride moves so fast and turns and twists so much that I still come off the ride disoriented.
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