My Exclusive Kingda ka tour

Just to let you guys that Kristin rode it on thurs. and that was that was her quote

Golden Kingdom wasn't even open when I was there on Apr. 30, but from what I saw, what Mantis2 said holds true, and that was my thinking too. The bunny hill doesn't make any sense until you consider that the accel/decel length looks to be the same or shorter than Dragster's. Regardless of what Cedar Point did in the end, in the original design specs, Intamin felt that they needed that full brake run to slow the train from 120-0 in the proper amount of time. Now add in extra speed, reduce the length of the run, and what's the easiest way to make the thing still fit? Kill the speed with a hill, then make the brakes (I believe) more effective by putting them on an incline. It's simple economics disguised as an "element" folks. Ya got a huge f'in LTHB though which is fun for a shot or two every trip to the park. Enjoy it, once your ride's over, you won't even care that it didn't have an airtime pop.

With my elementary understanding of the magnetic braking systems, the incline would not affect that brake power. The speed at which the metal plate basses through the brake DOES affect it though. So if the train was going 120 mph when it hits the brake, more braking force is exerted on the train than if it was going 80 mph.

So is the line really going to be split into two three hour lines? Are we are going to have to guess which line to go in? To me it would be better to have one huge ass line that moves quickly and splits at the end, rather than two slow moving lines. It would keep the line frustration to a minimum.

I guess we will see.

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RollrCoastrCrazy said:
With my elementary understanding of the magnetic braking systems, the incline would not affect that brake power. The speed at which the metal plate basses through the brake DOES affect it though. So if the train was going 120 mph when it hits the brake, more braking force is exerted on the train than if it was going 80 mph.

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I was kind of thinking the same thing. More brake fins may actually be needed because the train will be going slower when it hits the first set of fins and will transfer less energy to it. The train will not lose much energy because of the hill. The same amount of energy will have to be transfered into the brakes to bring the train to a stop regardless if there is a bunny hill or not.

going up to SFGA this thursday! i hope it will be open! and the bh is suppose to have some airtime according to a fellow SF employee of mine. who wants to join me this thursday/friday at SFGA?