450 foot s&s tower!

by **NegativeGeez** on June 1st, 2003, 9:04 pm

marineland in canada has announced they will be adding a 450 foot s&s tower...holy crap...thats nuts.http://www.marinelandcanada.com/attract ... tractions/

by **CoasterDave316** on June 1st, 2003, 9:10 pm

Wow these things keep getting bigger and bigger. Im hopeing that these new big ones can pack the same amount of punch as the small ones like Double Shot at Indiana Beach. So far ive only rode IB's Double Shot (about 80ft. tall) and CP's Power Tower and thought the smaller one was way more intense with ejector air at the top. If they can pull that off with these new larger towers, then that would be one hell of a ride.

by **coasterguy** on June 1st, 2003, 9:14 pm

You would think the luanch would be faster launch than 60 though if it is 450ft tall.

by **NegativeGeez** on June 2nd, 2003, 4:25 am

ok, well, on another messageboard, someone said that its actually going to be 100 feet tall, but on top of a big mountain, or something...if 450 feet means 450 feet above sea level, then that is totally weak.

by **tacoking1664** on June 2nd, 2003, 8:46 am

yea that would kinda suck if its 100ft and on top of a montain, but itd be awesome if its 450ft. I mean, a 450ft tower, thatd be pretty intense.

by **T_Biggs** on June 2nd, 2003, 9:18 am

I heard the other way around, 350 feet on top of a 100 foot tall mountain.

by **NegativeGeez** on June 2nd, 2003, 12:46 pm

thats a little more logical (who has a 450 foot tall mountain in the middle of a park???) but, its still cheap. cheaters.

by **coastrcorey** on June 2nd, 2003, 3:57 pm

Yeah I heard 350ft. tower, 100ft. hill also... But, who knows.

by **3Sfgam** on June 3rd, 2003, 8:43 pm

thats a pretty big tower. is the 450 the drop or the whole tower?

by **coastrcorey** on June 4th, 2003, 4:05 pm

coastrcorey wrote:Yeah I heard 350ft. tower, 100ft. hill also... But, who knows.

There you go!

by **Blinkcoaster** on June 4th, 2003, 4:56 pm

Yeah sometimes they make it sound better than it really is or will be.

by **goldmember** on June 8th, 2003, 10:29 am

If the tower is 350ft why would it only go 60 mph. That doesnt make sense at all.

by **T_Biggs** on June 9th, 2003, 4:18 pm

From what I understand, S&S towers don't use gravity at all, rather the car is always being pulled up or down by a pulley system hooked up to some big ass pneumatic cylinders. Thats why it would only go 60 from 350 feet, where at only 300, a coaster goes over 90.

by **coastrcorey** on June 9th, 2003, 4:40 pm

Yeah, the S&S towers use a cable like Travis said... Man, those things are loud too! When I was at Cedar Point, Power Tower's pneumatics and stuff were really loud! It made it even more scary!

by **coasterzak** on June 9th, 2003, 5:29 pm

Yeah I always wondered about those things. They don't seem to fall the speed of gravity at all.

R.I.P. Deja Vu 10/07/01-10/28/07

That type of height is crazy especially for a free fall ride. :shock:

by **goldmember** on June 9th, 2003, 7:29 pm

From what I understand, S&S towers don't use gravity at all, rather the car is always being pulled up or down by a pulley system hooked up to some big ass pneumatic cylinders. Thats why it would only go 60 from 350 feet, where at only 300, a coaster goes over 90.

OHHHH. That makes sense now.

450 foot s&s tower!

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