Giovanola zero cars - CoasterBuzz

Watching RCT, it looks like the Gio zero cars are in the back, but looking at pictures (the ones on RCDB anyway) it looks like the zero car is in front "under the hood" but it's hard to actually see. Where are the zero cars? Are the trains even trailered? Am I just on crack?

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Be polite and ignore the idiots. - rollergator
"It's not a Toomer" - Arnold Schwartzenkoph
"Those who know don't talk and those who talk don't know." -Jeff

They appear to be trailered, with the zero-car being in the back.

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--Maddie--
What do I Listen-To?
May the Schwarz be with you.

The zero car for their hypers is at the rear of the train.

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I lied.

The trains are trailered, just basically the same as an Arrow train, with the exception of the change to fit 3 bench cars.

http://www.coasterphotos.com/events/Titanmedia/titanmedia12.htm should give a good idea on how the trains are trailered as well as http://www.coasterphotos.com/events/Titanmedia/titanmedia28.htm showing the "Zero Car"

So no, you aren't on crack, and RCT was right... For once.

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Nessy: Ride of Steel
Webmaster of Digital Coaster - http://digital-coaster.com

I suppose while I'm here:

What's the difference between Goliath and Titan, heightwise? I mean, I know it's 235' vs 245' but the drop is the same. Is the tunnel less underground? Where'd the extra height for the extra helix come from? Is the MCBR at the same relative height? etc. etc.

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Be polite and ignore the idiots. - rollergator
"It's not a Toomer" - Arnold Schwartzenkoph
"Those who know don't talk and those who talk don't know." -Jeff

They are the same, just Titan has the helix. The MCBR is the same height. It's like the difference between a SLC and a SLC+. The SLC+ is an SLC just with an extra helix.

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-Parker
www.SFMWZone.com

So the whole layout is bumped up 10' and then an extra helix is just inserted?

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Be polite and ignore the idiots. - rollergator
"It's not a Toomer" - Arnold Schwartzenkoph
"Those who know don't talk and those who talk don't know." -Jeff
*** This post was edited by ApolloAndy 9/21/2003 2:45:00 PM ***

Titan's first drop dives 10' below ground in comparison to Goliath's 20' underground.

That's interesting how the zero car is at the end. So if the zero car should come unhitched somehow (God forbid), the last car would be without wheels on the back side. Why did they design it that way? Seems like they could've just put wheels under the last bench on the last car.
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Nashville needs a theme park!

The zero car isn't anymore likely to become unhitched than any other car on the train.

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I lied.
*** This post was edited by The Shy One 9/21/2003 9:28:53 PM ***

I would imagine the reason the zero car is all the way out there is so they didn't have to re-engineer for the last car. They'd have to mess around with the body of the car to get the clearances for the zero. It also makes all five cars exactly the same, save the fiber glass body.

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Be polite and ignore the idiots. - rollergator
"It's not a Toomer" - Arnold Schwartzenkoph
"Those who know don't talk and those who talk don't know." -Jeff