More on Xcelerator
Everybody is talking about how they would change the ride, and what it lacks. But seriously, even though this ride is short, the elements on it will attract huge amounts of people. I'm in LA, and I don't go to knotts all that much, but I'll be there when that thing opens. What is all that electrical work they are doing on the launch? Isn't it pulled by a cable that is in that box thing? What is the work that is being done on the track area?
~Nick
Well as I've said over and over, people seem to want Xcelerator to be a hypercoaster, but sorry, the hyper is coming later. What knott's presented to Sandor&Co, was the opportunity to exploit their new launch technology, which supposedly is not only more reliable than LIM/LSM, but will also give a more powerful, sustained launch.
The ride is more akin to say, Mr. Freeze or Hypersonic.
Hypercoaster= a coaster that goes over 200 feet.
Xceletator seems hyper to me, they just replaced the lift with a launch.
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Well let's just say Xcelerator is not even close to being a traditional hypercoaster as in, 200ft, lift hill, 5000-plus ft of track.
DWeaver - so does Goliath count? Track length is under 5,000'.
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2002 - the year of IB's LoCoSuMo!!
Goliath, traditional hyper? Not in my book., Neither is Millennium Force. Neither is built for airtime, but rather speed and positive Gs. The true tradition hyper I based on rides like Magnum, Desperado, Steel Force and Superman:Ride of Steel. Traditional lift hill, 200 or so feet tall, VERY long rides that mimic out and back airtime filled wooden coasters. These other rides often thrown into that category(including SOB), to me are built high simply for speed. People seem to want to call everything a hypercoaster now, which is fine. Then why not include Superman:The Escape as the world's first "tera" coaster? ;)
I know this is not everyone's definition, and I certainly don't expect anyone else to agree with me, but there ya go.
*** This post was edited by DWeaver on 4/29/2002. ***
Ugh. There is no such thing as the traditional hypercoaster. Hypercoaster is a term made up by publicists and promoted by enthusiasts, and at first simply referred to a coaster that was over 200 feet tall, period.
Now we've got all these enthusiasts making up their own rules about what a hypercoaster is, and lambasting those who don't agree.
This applies to coasters AND real life: Don't label, it makes things much easier.
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He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking; can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.
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As I said before, I don't expect anyone else to agree with me, but I have every right to have my own definition of what makes a hypercoaster, and have not *ever* lambasted people for there own definitions, where did you get that from? My definition comes directly from the creators of Magnum, and this is how *I* choose to decribe it.
To lambase me for that makes you no better does it?
*** This post was edited by DWeaver on 4/29/2002. ***
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