1) can it be done?, 2) should it be done, and 3) i say build it because that would make SFMM The Xtreme Park that it calls itself.
Tell me what you think, and please, don't mention anything about Cedar Point. This is a SFMM topic only!
If you look at the Tower of Terror at Dreamworld, you will see that on either side of the tower sits the Gaint Drop freefall ride. Although S:TE has a slightly different tower, I don't see how there could be any trouble with installing a freefall ride onto it. At the moment as far as I know, the Gaint Drop is the tallest freefall ride on the plantet standing at 120meters or app 390feet tall. Is worth the trip.
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"Thunder from Down Under"
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*** This post was edited by wayne "Thunder" currie on 11/8/2001. ***
The reason it can be done on ToT is due to the fact ToT and S:TE have entirely different tower structures. ToT uses a tubelike thing (like in RCT) while S:TE uses a steel box like structure (any further detail would be greatly appreciated)
Sorry to burst your bubble to anyone who thought it was possible.
PxPxPunKrAwKeR said:
No, trust me, this topic has been discussed many times before...it will not work. The drop ride, if exactly like the one at ToT just goes up the sides of the main tower. No extra supports, just the giant drop on the sides. For it to work on S:TE the giant drop would have to have a structure all its own and the best they could hope for is that they would lean against eachother, but with the wind conditions and the tower swaying so much it wouldn't work.
Trust me, if SFMM wanted to do it, engineering could easily find a way.
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Personally, I'd be more impressed with an Intamin Gyro Drop than anything that could be attached to the tower.
We don't have any type of Gyro Drop around here, but have a Space Shot and Turbo Drop.
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Richard
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I can tell you from my own eyes that the only thing up the top of the Gaint Drop is the pully system and the sensors at the top of the ride. Most of the stuff at the top of the Tower is for the TOT ride. The main workings for the Gant Drop is a the base of the tower. The only force at all on the structure of the S:TE ride would be the lifting of the carriage.
The only reason I know this is that I have been on the top of the TOT. It was just before the Gaint Drop opened and I was working for the company that to move a couple of the lights on the side of the Tower. We are talking about 1inch over just so the cables would not hit them. Nice view though.
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The Croc Man Rules!!!
Ok, lets do some calculations, there are about 400-500kg of people aboard each gondola. Lets say 450kg. The weight of each gondola is, lets say 3 tonnes. **I am estimating all this, so chances are I'm way off** Ok, that means that they are 3,450kg each, with a full load.
They travel at 20km/hr up to the top, which means the initial force going on that pully as the cables go from 0-20km/hr is roughly 22 tonnes, which is a lot for a few girders to hold up. Also, lets not forget the braking of the gondolas. This will exert more force than the cable towing it up, and the girders the natural magnets are bolted to happen to be under a lot more stress from the weight of the stucture above.
Oh, and just to give you an idea, Space Probe's Dome on top weighs 10 tonnes...
I apologise for any mistakes that happen to be in the physics above, it is getting on midnight here, and I am pretty tired :-)
Richard
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1) Can it be done? Of course. The questions are economics, esthetics, and traffic flow.
2) How much will it cost? Need an analysis of the current structure to determine how much it would need to be modified.
3) Would you rather have one tall structure or 2 from a stand point of esthetics and possibly marketing?
4) Would the drop tower be as thrilling humg from the side of the massive Superman structure as from a spindly tower?
5) Do park traffic patterns allow people to get to and from a drop ride mounted on the side of the Superman tower?
6) Do they overload the bathrooms in the area?
7) Will people be walking past the parts of the park, restaurants, stores, flat rides, that you want them to?
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