Giant Drop?

[NightRider785]

I've got plenty of people backing me up on what I said, sadly none of them are as into the park as me, and they are not on here... But anyways. I can't go back in time and prove I am right, so I'll let it rest on the fact that I am, and FParker seemed like he was getting close to what I was talking about, so yeah.

Give it up on the pre-drop. There isn't one. The pre-drop that you feel is actually the car stopping at the very top of the ride. As I said in my previous post, you are moving very slowly at that point and lose your frame of reference since there's nothing else stationary relative to the ground around you. This makes you think you stopped moving before you actually do stop. If you don't believe me, ride on an end seat. As you're ascending, look behind you at the tower. You will notice the movement of the car at that point. Notice that it will never stop until you feel that "drop." The "drop" is actually the jerk from the car stopping since your acceleration is changing infinitely at that point. You may have plenty of people backing you up, but I have physics and calculus backing me up, and they always will.

If you want more of an explanation, IM me and and I'll call you on skype. This is a lot easier to explain by voice.

I know what you're saying, but I also realized that the timing of the ride for when it drops, starts when the final car reaches the sensor and stops, which they all always do at different times. So to retain my frame of reference and to count down accurately back in the day, as to scare the people around me (they were scared and hated it) I would look up, watch the tower for mine to stop, and watch and listen for the rest to stop then count down. Worked every time.
Another reason I am saying that what you said isnt what I'm feeling, I mentioned it no longer does what I am describing, not a "pre-drop" you wild people, but just something that would occur, that no longer does.
I will im you my skype name soon, I agree and perhaps I am just not saying what I need to correctly, and an actual conversation may make some sense of all this maddness.

[rcoaster]

Newton's First Law of Motion: Inertia.

Being an engineering major, I had my fair share of studying mechanical physics. All the guys explaining the sudden stop feeling like a small drop are completely correct. I'm not saying you're wrong because maybe there might have been some type of downwards adjustment, but I am not familiar with the ride mechanics, so I cannot confirm that part.