Which coaster hits the brake run fastest?

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STE's LIMs don't "fail". If so, it would have about 20 feet to go from 100-0. Sometimes it takes a few extra feet to stop...it's no big deal.

Dodonpa doesn't hit the brakes that fast. I saw video of the whole ride. The ride loses a lot of speed. The hill is only 165 or so feet, and occurs halfway through the ride. By that point the train is already down to 70 or 80 something. (Compare that to 107 just a 10 or 20 seconds earlier) By the end of the ride a lot more speed is lost.

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- Peabody

Phantom's Revenge before the magnetic brakes were put on it. That thing was going so fast that it had to stop in the station.

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Uhm, Hi.Xcelerator, Xcelerator, Xcelerator, Xcelerator!
kRaXLeRidAh said:
"Uhm, Hi.Xcelerator, Xcelerator, Xcelerator, Xcelerator!"

I was just wondering how fast does Xeclerator hit the brakes at?

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Never argue with a fool for he may be doing the same

i agree! Xcelerator hits the breaks at 60 something miles per hour, and its like 60 feet off the ground.
look at this picture for a visual: http://www.westcoaster.net/photo.php?img=042702/042702-kbf034-lrg.jpg

BKF flies into the break run, so does Villain.

I proudly name the double up before the breaks on Villain the "ball buster" cuz you fly up into the lap-bar.

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Are we talking about the speed of the train when it hits the brake run, or the deceleration of the brake run? They're two very different things and I think people are getting them confused.

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AC?, RB?, MF?, DD?, PR? Who can keep track of it all?

SFOG's GASM isn't the fastest going into the brake run, but it's probably the hardest brake run, even on 1-train operation those brakes slam hard (many people hate it...I kinda like it). I know S:ROS flies into the brake run, I can't see how MF would be any slower.

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i agree bm tycoon. thats the only part of villain that my hands arent up cause im afraid i might bust my nuts.

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5) superman sfdl 4) raptor 3) apollos chariot 2) magnum
1) millennium force

Shivering Timbers hits the brake run pretty fast after traversing through over a mile of track.

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Mike
Favorite Wood: Viper at SFGAM,Shivering Timbers
Favorie Steel: Magnum and Raging Bull

ApolloAndy said:

Are we talking about the speed of the train when it hits the brake run, or the deceleration of the brake run? They're two very different things and I think people are getting them confused.

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AC?, RB?, MF?, DD?, PR? Who can keep track of it all?


Good Point!

Are we talking Millenium Force hitting a long break run at 65 that slowly slows you down or a defunct King Cobra break run that brought you to a complete stop in about 20 feet? Obviously MF hits the breaks at a faster pace, but because of the ubrupt stop on KC you might say it hit the break runs at a faster pace.

For a coaster going the fastest when it ENTERS the break run it would be either Dodonpa, or ToT, S: TE both. Probably ToT and S: TE because of the ride design. It is technically breaking as soon as the LIMS refire.

Well, Georgia's GASMcomes into the main brakes at 25 to 30 mph. Usually around 27 though. But you think you're doing 90 from the way it stops. The electricians have played around with it so that with one train it rarely stops out there anymore. With two trains, it will only stop when the train in front of it hasn't cleared the station.

Lots of people complain to me, and all I can really tell them is that I'm sorry, they're automatic!

*** This post was edited by MisterX on 5/6/2002. ***

where did you find the video of Dodonpa?
Legend, Ugh!

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Americana (Now called The great americana amusement park at Lesourdsville Lake) is opening in 2002. Indivdual visits are very improtant to the parks survival.

Feels like Raptor...

Maybe the Texas Giant. You come into them fast, boy! Shockwave, too.

"Watch out for that sudden stop"

kjd

What is up with SD2K's brakes. What are they made of , plastic? On Making of a Coaster the thing with going through them at like 10 MPH and they were making a racket!

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mf was fast going into the brakes, but it didnt hurt. that ride was just full of adrenaline...so sweet

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medusa laps: 35
and hopefully many laps to come on the chiller with lap bars!!!!

Probaly Fastest Outlaw at Adventure Land in Iowa and slowest The Amercan Eagle at SFGAm

Hey, I remember SFGAM's Viper when it first opened in '95. That was stop on a dime!! I think Mantis personally hit the brake run REALLY fast in the past. But I hear that might change this year.....

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I_love_the_gemini said:
kRaXLeRidAh said:
"Uhm, Hi.Xcelerator, Xcelerator, Xcelerator, Xcelerator!"


I was just wondering how fast does Xeclerator hit the brakes at?

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Never argue with a fool for he may be doing the same

Xcelerator trains hit the brake run at 67 mph.

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