Guess What...How Fast?
Since it now appears that Cedar Point's new thrill ride will become the tallest coaster in the world, my question is that if it takes 82 MPH to launch XCELERATOR to 205', 100MPH to get us 330' up the tower on SFMM'S Superman, how fast will the launch have to be to take a car to 425-450'?
There are allready many topics on this here at Cbuzz and GTTP. Everyone had a different opinion considering the train will start ascending the hill at around 25 feet and needs some momentum left not to come at a perfect stop exactly at the top. My guess is it would be something between 110 and 120 mph.
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To crest a 425ft hill (129.54m) at 6.71miles/h (3m/s) you would need an intial velocity of about 50.5 m/s or 105miles/hour. This is assuming you start at 0feet high, and are oblivious to friction. With wind and all else, I'd say 111 would be safe.
Think about taking a mayfly or a mufflehead to the face at 200 mph. Not pleasant. Of course, it wouldn't be particularly pleasant at 120 mph, either.
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I'd love to know that, too, especially as we're discussing speed. Has it been confirmed that the coaster height will break the 400-foot point?
There has been absolutely no confirmation concerning this coaster. Speeds reached will be around the 100-120 mph. It is plausible that this ride will feature windscreens, or that the trains will have a roof as shown on the Stratosphere Tower fishhook-coaster concepts.
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Confirmed officially? No.
Confirmed from reliable sources who do indeed know what's going in (i.e. Jeff)? Yeah, pretty much.
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