Coaster article in Rolling Stone!
Theres an article in this months Rolling Stone about g-forces on coasters and what they do to your body. Its got some photos of Dodonpa, a list of some ride fatalities and an interview with Stan Checketts and a pic of him!
The funny thing is that they wrote in the article , and i quote, " There is Bolliger and Mabillard, a Swiss firm that pioneered the floorless stand-up coaster..."
way to go Rolling Stone! nice fact. ;)
*** This post was edited by TrBiggar on 8/7/2002. ***
It also said nothing had broken 100 mph before, which is debatable. It also said that wheels would shatter and trains would break at 100 mph on a traditional coaster (which is obviously not true). It also failed to mention VertiGo's failure (which I think would be an important part of any portrayal of S&S, especially when they were harping on safety so much).
I did find it fascinating that S&S can shut off any of its rides world wide from Utah. Very interesting.
The one thing that really made me wonder was the article mentioned Stealth as Vekoma's ride, but made absolutely no mention of the rider position or what was innovative about the ride.
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A rollercoaster? What's that?
Well, no traditional coaster has yet broken the 100mph mark yet. So far, there's TOT and STE, both with large diameter steel wheels (forget the diameter precisely), and then there's Dodonpa, with Aircraft Tyres.
Still, there's no reason at all that the regular Intamin or indeed other manufacturer's wheels couldn't withstand the speed.
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So what if the best coaster in Australia is a second hand Arrow?
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A rollercoaster? What's that?
I can see it now.
Ride the new Mach Force
The worlds first roller coaster to break the sound barrier.
This amazing ride will take you from Cedar Point to Toledo and back in 2 mins 45 seconds.]
Ride it at Cedar Point America's Roller Coast
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