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The recent Chiller saddle, valley, whatever...left at least 3 cars inverted proving you don't have to have Schwarzkopf G's to keep you in your seat. You ain't gonna fall out if the restraint's in place!
I can see where a violent change in direction might hurt your neck, so maybe that's why Beemers have tall restraints? Before the screaming starts, consider that head-banging occurs when your bodies momentum carries it in the opposite direction of the train more rapidly or forcefully than you are able to react, and you smack that "neck brace", sometimes hard enough to cause bruising or bleeding. Whiplash happens when your body stops quicker than your head, so a restraint that immobilizes your body could do some damage too. Now if you've ridden a spaghetti bowl like Poltergiest (with lap bars) you know you go through some extremely violent directional changes. Maybe the freedom of movement has a shock-absorbing effect, allowing your body to react to the forces on-its-own terms. Could Lap-Bars be safer than OTSR's?
I admit that leg restraints an a floorless or invert would be kinda stupid, but there are plenty of sit down, feet on the floor, looping, corkscrew twisting, cobra rollers that would certainly benifit from loosing the shoulder harnesses.
My appologies for the rambling; it seems I have too much time on my hands.
If the insurance is the thing, parks would probably opt for the "one-time" cost of OTSRs rather than paying even more exhorbitant insurance rates on a perennial basis.
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This past Sunday, I got goosenecked on SFOT's Mr. Freeze going backwards out of the spike, and into the overbank. The g's in the pullout combined with the quick change in direction caused my head to sink down, and my neck to bend backwards. Not comfortable! I've had soreness in my back and neck muscles the past few days.
In that instance, the OTSRs probably would've kept my shoulders from leaning forward in the pullout. Of course, they also would've boxed my ears in the overbank and top hat. I just don't know if the Premier rides were designed to provide a smooth ride with or without lap bars. The transitions are too quick, and it doesn't seem as if the track was designed around the rider heartline.
What I'd love to see is a compromise - an OTSR that was completely soft, like a life vest, but had some sort of locking mechanism. Don't the Vekoma flyers have something like that?
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I was riding S:UF. They have a vest for stomach support. You can pull it out pretty far when restraints are unlocked. But the vests lock when the restraints are locked.The restraint is kind of like an OTSR and lap bar. I want to see more of them.
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It seems unlikely that parks would opt for OTSRs because they were any better at preventing people from falling out :-) I'd imagine that it is more to do with the distribution of forces under braking and during elements that involve sudden reductions in the train's velocity. Think about being thrown forward under braking: if you have a lapbar, your gut takes the impact. If you have a OTSR the force is distributed across a larger surface area i.e. your chest and shoulders.
The solution to any discomfort is either 1) To increase the surface area of the lapbar e.g. as with TTD and Millenium Force or 2) Just pad out the OTSRs! :-)
Personally, I don't mind which a coaster uses.
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*** This post was edited by BeyondOblivion 8/6/2003 3:52:48 PM ***
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I've witnessed people injured by OTSRs. I've never witnessed someone injured by the lack of them. While I have little faith in his pseudo-data, I have noticed that coasters with OTSRs figure prominently in Ed Markey's list of coasters that have supposedly caused brain injuries. This may simply be because of the headaches that people have when they get off whether they have a brain injury or not.
They are only tolerable on really well profiled coasters with smooth transitions.
It may work wonders on an inverted or looping coaster though because you wouldn't have anything hard to bang your head against,with premiere's lap bar conversion it's just as violent on your upper body in terms of the G's pulling you sideways,the only difference is now your head is free to move much more & that could cause neck injuries or whiplash.
The solution to any discomfort is either 1) To increase the surface area of the lapbar e.g. as with TTD and Millenium Force or 2) Just pad out the OTSRs! :-)
Personally, I don't mind which a coaster uses.
Word. . . . .Thick lapbars are the best way to prevent upper body movement.
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OTSR's actually give you room to "float" which is one reason I am so excited about Hershey's new coaster, Finally a Rocket where you will definitely be WAY out of your seat. This is of course unless we see a Schwarzkopf lapbar where you are not held in at all.
I think Intamin's lapbar is totally fine, but only if used coreectly, I have had plenty of room on SFA's S:ROS before and I woudln't want to do any inverting then.
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BeyondOblivion said:
I remember seeing a picture of Shaft of Doom before they changed the lap bars to OTSRs and thinking: "no way"! Perhaps the OTSRs just provide riders with greater PERCEIVED sense of security and lapbars give a greater PERCEIVED sense of vulnerability.
Yes, I have a friend who is that way. He insists that he feels safer with the OTSR, and gets very nervious about riding a looper without them. Heck, he was even nervious about TTD not having them. I tell him there is nothing to fear, and knows that, but it still is unnerving to him.
I am all for lapbars, beats head banging any day, but I am not sure the GP feels the same way.
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This isnt anything new when it comes to this concept. Maybe its new in inversions that are corkscrews but as far as a regular looping coaster that have straight inversions, its been around for years.
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*** This post was edited by Chitown 8/7/2003 12:06:15 AM ***
Chitown said:
Schwarzkopf has been using lap bars on looping coasters for how long now?
I just hope Hershey never puts OTSRs on SDL. SFMM killed revolution with them. SDL's loop is one of my favorite inversions on any coaster just because of the G's and the freedom to feel them.
I feel there is little/no reason for any coaster to go from lapbars to OTSRs.
coasterkid16 said:
SFMM didn't kill revolution by adding otsr, they killed it by trim braking it to almost stops when it finally picks up pace. If you listen and keep your head back there isn't much headbanging.
What Revolution did you ride? That thing is PACKED with headbanging. The trims make it not *quite* as bad, but that puppy still hurts.
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