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- From: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
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- Subject: Re: Please Help
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- Date: 27 Aug 92 04:43:10 GMT
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- In a previous article, mapike@sei.cmu.edu (Mary Ann Pike) says:
- >either. Also, I feel the same way about the Magnum (not too exciting,
- >like traveling down the turnpike). But I know some people who think
- >these coasters are tops. Actually, a good out-and-back is lots of fun, too
- >(one of my favorite defunct coasters was an out-and-back), but it has to
- >have the g's and air-time.
-
- Well, I gota say that Magnum has loads of neg. g's and air-time. I just
- got back from CP and it was *** flying *** tonight. The train was up against
- the upstop wheels over the top of every hill except the second. I think
- Magnum is a GREAT coaster, I'll take a non-inversion coaster with lap
- bars and loads of neg. g's over a looping coaster any day.
-
- >There was one thing that happened, though,
- >that perhaps someone who understands the mechanics of coasters can
- >explain to me. On several of the straight runs after a fast section,
- >the cars actually seemed to be bouncing up-and-down on the tracks (not
- >a side-to-side motion). One person in my group thought that perhaps
- >the ride was going particularly fast, but I don't know if it would
- >cause something like that to occur. I didn't notice much (if any)
-
- I think that's caused by the track flexing between the vertical bents
- due to the weight of the train, most very fast wood coasters do this
- at the bottom of hills where the g forces are greatest. It's kind of
- unusual on a flat section of track.
- --
- Pete Babic - pab@po.cwru.edu ///
- I'd rather be on a boat or a /// /\
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