woooahhh Single Track Single Seat Coaster---no Brakes!

[jimbear]

Single track one seater coaster... http://zanylol.com/coaster.html Woah indeed....

[dingo]

cool ! that went well with my coffee...

[Amskeptic]

cool ! that went well with my coffee...

Geeze, that almost brought up my coffee. Nuts!
Colin

[tristessa]

We absolutely, completely need one of those on Mt Hood.

[glasseye]

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?

[Xelmon]

I wonder what causes it to tilt in the corners?

If you look at the track itself is banked.
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.

[tristessa]

Nothing. NOTHING would get me on that ride.

I told my wife that all I want for my birthday this year is two tickets for a zip line and some roofies...

[airkooledchris]

I told my wife that all I want for my birthday this year is two tickets for a zip line and some roofies...

If I had a nickle for every time I asked for this on my birthday, id be dead.

[glasseye]

I wonder what causes it to tilt in the corners?

If you look at the track itself is banked.
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.

[Reid]

It looks like the track has a ridge. Maybe the ridge locates the seat on turns.

[Xelmon]

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?

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.

[Amskeptic]

In any case, I ain't goin' on it.

You drove a VW bus in the Columbia Gorge . . .

[zabo]

Heres another video where you can see the "cars"
http://youtu.be/eA-k3G1F7k0

[Xelmon]

Ah, so the square tube is edge up. Interesting...

I have to check this out sometime.

[glasseye]

You drove a VW bus in the Columbia Gorge . . .

Tell me about it. I can still hear the words, shredded by the hurricane-force winds:

"Let's book!"

My knuckles haven't been the same since.