I knew someone who experienced a rollback in 2003 on TTD. It scared the crap out of him he claimed cause he thought they were going to hit the other trains
Gangsta Fruit 26 wrote:Yeah the acceleration g's would be pulling you out of your seat instead of into it. That would never happen. It would be too dangerous. Does anyone know how many acceleration g's that Kingda Ka pulls?
Did you guys like that site that I posted earlier? It has a POV video of every rollercoaster at SFGAm. It's pretty cool.
True...the only thing is that some riders dont pay attention before launch and when a rollback occurs theyre freaked out. Like my post before, my friend didnt understand why everyone was cheering
Gangsta Fruit 26 wrote:http://www.pktk.org/videos.htm
This is the best rollercoaster video site ever. Try it out. Anyways there is a TTD rollback video on it.
In the Ohio video clip it has SFGAm in it.
"There should be a B.O. squad that patrols the city like a "Smell Gestapo". To sniff 'em out, strip 'em down, and wash them with a big, soapy brush..."
"Why is nice bad? What kind of a sick society are we living in when nice is bad?"
Yeah, that is weird. I think that they mean ohio and the area around there. That site is awesome. I can't believe that they have every ride at Great America.
SFGAm top 4 Coasters
1. Raging Bull
2. Vertical Velocity
3. Batman The Ride
4. Superman
msoeagle wrote:I saw the blue arrow track and just asummed it was actually corkscrew.
i thought it was Shockwave too
http://themeparkcritic.com/scripts/profile/ViewProfile.asp?ViewID=2909 A furious storm once roared `cross the sea, catching ships in its path, helpless to flee. Instead of a certain and watery doom, the winds swept them here to Typhoon Lagoon!
http://themeparkcritic.com/scripts/profile/ViewProfile.asp?ViewID=2909 A furious storm once roared `cross the sea, catching ships in its path, helpless to flee. Instead of a certain and watery doom, the winds swept them here to Typhoon Lagoon!
Does TDD get stuck because the weight is even??? It did look like on the first video that workers were pushing the train to make it fall to the ground.
coasterkid94 wrote:Does TDD get stuck because the weight is even??? It did look like on the first video that workers were pushing the train to make it fall to the ground.
Yes, it just keeps itself perfectly balanced on the top hat. It certainly isn't common for it to happen, but this isn't the first time, either.
Well the weight doesn't have to be perfectly even. It just has to be enough to counter the friction in the wheels.
Dragster has been stuck at the top a total of 5 times.
3 times without people.
2 times with. ( 1 was hardly reported on, I believe it was in '04 also for only a few minutes til it fell.)
And I was in the employee break area behind TTD when it happened, and yes maintenance had to go up and push it over. Also on the way down I was nearly hit by 120 MPH puke as someone got ill up top and let it out crossing the finish.
it was actually corkscrew.
