woooahhh Single Track Single Seat Coaster---no Brakes!
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woooahhh Single Track Single Seat Coaster---no Brakes!
Single track one seater coaster... http://zanylol.com/coaster.html Woah indeed....
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Pretty much stock engine setup
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Re: woooahhh Single Track Single Seat Coaster---no Brakes!
cool ! that went well with my coffee...
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Re: woooahhh Single Track Single Seat Coaster---no Brakes!
Geeze, that almost brought up my coffee. Nuts!dingo wrote:cool ! that went well with my coffee...
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Re: woooahhh Single Track Single Seat Coaster---no Brakes!
We absolutely, completely need one of those on Mt Hood.
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Re: woooahhh Single Track Single Seat Coaster---no Brakes!
Nothing. NOTHING would get me on that ride. Reminds me of the time I rode the roller coaster at Circus Circus. Brutal. I had a stiff neck for days.
I wonder what causes it to tilt in the corners?
I wonder what causes it to tilt in the corners?
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Re: woooahhh Single Track Single Seat Coaster---no Brakes!
If you look at the track itself is banked.glasseye wrote:I wonder what causes it to tilt in the corners?
It's so that you can go faster comfortably. If it were straight the force would try to push you outwards from the turn, making it very uncomfortable and potentially dangerous.
So, whoever designed the track knew their stuff.
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I told my wife that all I want for my birthday this year is two tickets for a zip line and some roofies...glasseye wrote:Nothing. NOTHING would get me on that ride.
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If I had a nickle for every time I asked for this on my birthday, id be dead.tristessa wrote: I told my wife that all I want for my birthday this year is two tickets for a zip line and some roofies...
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Xelmon wrote:If you look at the track itself is banked.glasseye wrote:I wonder what causes it to tilt in the corners?
It's so that you can go faster comfortably. If it were straight the force would try to push you outwards from the turn, making it very uncomfortable and potentially dangerous.
So, whoever designed the track knew their stuff.
I couldn't tell from the video how the vehicle attaches to the tubular track. I can see how they'd bank the track, but how does the vehicle bank?
In any case, I ain't goin' on it.
A zipline, I can handle, however. In fact, I've ridden a zip line while shooting with a movie camera. That's where ziplines came from, I think. Some grips in New Zealand dreamed it up back in the 80s as a way to get dolly shots in rough terrain.
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Re: woooahhh Single Track Single Seat Coaster---no Brakes!
It looks like the track has a ridge. Maybe the ridge locates the seat on turns.
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Re: woooahhh Single Track Single Seat Coaster---no Brakes!
It's a square structure, so you just have some really strong rollers on all 4 sides. Presto, the seat will bank due to the bends/turns in the square structure.glasseye wrote:I couldn't tell from the video how the vehicle attaches to the tubular track. I can see how they'd bank the track, but how does the vehicle bank?
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glasseye wrote: In any case, I ain't goin' on it.
You drove a VW bus in the Columbia Gorge . . .
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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Heres another video where you can see the "cars"
http://youtu.be/eA-k3G1F7k0
http://youtu.be/eA-k3G1F7k0
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78 bus
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Ah, so the square tube is edge up. Interesting...
I have to check this out sometime.
I have to check this out sometime.
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Tell me about it. I can still hear the words, shredded by the hurricane-force winds:Amskeptic wrote: You drove a VW bus in the Columbia Gorge . . .
"Let's book!"
My knuckles haven't been the same since.
"This war will pay for itself."
Paul Wolfowitz, speaking of Iraq.
Paul Wolfowitz, speaking of Iraq.