Boomerangs on RCDB

Ride of Steel's avatar
If you go over to RCDB, you will notice that all the Vekoma Boomerang's have a G-Force of 5.2 . Going through the loop backwards is pretty intense, but I never knew it was that high. Is that a typo on all of them or is that true? At amusement parks aren't they supposed to be under 5 or something?

Any ideas?

http://rcdb.com/id357.htm

Lord Gonchar's avatar
More important than the strength of the G's is the length of time that you feel such force.

I'd say it's totally feasible that a boomerang hits 5.2 positive G's, but that would just be for a split second at the absolute strongest point in time.


There pretty strong forces for sure! That is the only coaster that causes me to blackout.
Invertigos cause me to totally black out, cant see a thing. But boy do I still love them. Yay for Two: Face.

I know for me personally, riding Face/Off @ PKI is my most intense coaster experience. I would say it could easily exceed 5 G's. The backwards portion F/O seems to effect me the most though.

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Two Face is the only coaster I've completely blacked out for a second on. Its a weird feeling, and I got a killer headache shortly after. Aside from that, Shockwave at SFGam made my vision a bit blurry for a period as we were going into the boomerang element.

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I've done 2 Boomers and 2 Invertigos, and they really are intense. I still don't understand Enthusiasts dislike for them, I think they're great (if over cloned for the Boomers).

I too blacked out on Face/Off, though not on Two Face or the 2 boomers. I'd love to do that again. I didn't even do that on Goliath's Helix.

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