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Postby BrianPlencner on December 5th, 2007, 10:47 pm
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Postby CoasterDave316 on December 5th, 2007, 11:04 pm
Demon was my first looping coaster. I hated rollercoasters after my first rollercoaster ride on Galaxi at IB when I was a kid. Then on my first visit to Great America I got tricked into riding Demon.

Was going to walk through to the exit but my cousin told me I should sit in the seat at least...and when I sat down he pulled the harness down on me. Ended up riding it 20 or so times that day and have liked coasters and theme parks ever since.
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Postby cycamps on December 8th, 2007, 6:53 pm
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cycamps wrote:^Yay!!! I've always wanted to talk to someone who has been there. How was Old Chicago?


I loved Old Chicago. We went there once a year wile it was open. I wish it never closed. My favorite was the Cat coaster and the last few years had a hometown fun machine in a dark room with lights called "Monster of the Midway". Here is a site that has lots of old pictures from it.

That's actually the site I saw that sparked my interest in Old Chicago.
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Postby Demon_07 on December 8th, 2007, 10:05 pm
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Postby Mr. D.T. on December 8th, 2007, 11:02 pm
Demon in 1996.

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Postby cycamps on December 9th, 2007, 1:12 pm
My first actual coaster was American Eagle.
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Postby Cove26flags on December 9th, 2007, 8:29 pm
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Postby DejaVuGurl1203 on December 9th, 2007, 10:30 pm
BTR in 2000 when I was 10. I almost cried going up the lift hill.
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Postby Demon_07 on December 10th, 2007, 7:48 pm
I was cussing at the blue train up the lift when I rode the eagle my first time. lol
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Postby tillenterprises on December 17th, 2007, 2:18 am
The Python at Busch Gardens Tampa in 1980- I was too scared to ride Turn of the Century before it was turned into the Demon, and have always regretted that. After I rode the Python, I loved upside down coasters, but it was too late to ride TOTC.
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Postby cycamps on December 26th, 2007, 9:52 pm
Do you guys think that a loop on a train track would be possible? Lets say it was just the engine and it got a good run on it. I just came up with this idea because I saw it on a commercial. If it can be done on coaster track, why not train track?
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Postby demon boy on December 27th, 2007, 12:07 am
No, it is not possible. The train is so long and heavy it could not build up enough potential energy SAFELY to get through the loop. And even if it did, the Gs through the loop would be so intense from gravity pulling out and away, it would be deadly. Also, there are no uplock wheels on a train. That means that there is no way for it to go all the way around.
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Postby cycamps on December 27th, 2007, 9:48 am
^As I said before, what if it was just the engine. I know it's nearly impossible, I just thought it would be a neat thought.
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Postby demon boy on December 27th, 2007, 11:09 am
^IF it was just the engine it would be even harder to accomplish because of the size that loop was.
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Postby demonbulleagle on December 27th, 2007, 2:51 pm
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Postby demonbulleagle on December 27th, 2007, 2:56 pm
suppose the train was one of those bullet trains that go over 100 mph, there might be enough centrifugal force.
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Postby FParker185 on December 27th, 2007, 6:03 pm
Cent. force isnt so much a function of speed as it is the diameter of the inversion. With a single small rail car it'd be pretty simple to do a loop, but I wouldn't expect to see that at any point in time.

Good example is the original knex coaster, no idea what the scale speed is but the knex car couldn't go faster than probably 5-15 mph in real time and it always completed the loop after the drop with no problems without falling off.
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Postby demonbulleagle on December 28th, 2007, 3:23 pm
well for a roller coaster to make a loop all it needs to have is a first drop higher than the loop or enough speed
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Postby Demon_07 on January 2nd, 2008, 11:10 pm
how ya doin jer?
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Postby crumale on March 6th, 2008, 8:00 pm
It would have to be Super Man Ultimate Flight at SFGAm.
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Postby ttd rox on March 6th, 2008, 8:03 pm
What's with the word Groovy? Actually, I kinda like it! :D Mine is Demon, Wait! did I already reply to this???
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Postby Demon_07 on March 6th, 2008, 10:06 pm
lol. Mine was also Demon.
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Postby bigb7965 on March 6th, 2008, 10:19 pm
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Postby Demon_07 on March 6th, 2008, 10:22 pm
Most people's first was demon. I mean, think about it. Demon, Wolf, Superman, or for the older peeps here, shockwave.
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Postby DominatorDude05 on March 6th, 2008, 11:20 pm
My first inverting coaster was Double Loop at GL.
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