RavenTTD: We know where you live!

Unless it has already been announced...

Paula, don't fret the engineering terms. I started looking up shoe styles when the punfest was in swing and still have a headache.

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john peck said:
Paula, has Will decided to announce the third ride yet? I wasn't sure if it was going to be a New Tilt or not... I suppose it would be.

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The "third ride" is listed in the '06 Press Release on the Holiday World website.

-Nate

You're all right that stuff like wind and the moving train all need to be considered too, but wind is still a bigger issue on a building of the same footprint and side area. The coaster's got holes in the structure, buildings typically dont. Thus, less surface area for wind = less lateral force. The moving train, however, is something a building doesn't normally have to take into account (unless you're LaQua). Coaster foundations typically just dont need to be as big.

Thrillerman, piles going to a spread footing isn't too uncommon, but good catch that the two can be combined. It's similar to columns going to a foundation, often seen in parking garages.

So, yeah... can't wait for May! :) It's not too often I feel smart on a coaster chat board (being 23 and only marginally well travelled, ya know).

Actually, it's Mary Jane. Even has shoes named after her. Funny nobody mentioned THOSE in the punfest, so far.

CincyDJ, I agree with you about the lateral and wind force comparison between a building and a coaster structure. But I still say most people would be surprised at how much force the wind hitting the top of a structure 100 feet above the ground can be. Think of a flagpole and how much the top sways back and forth. That force has to be transmitted to the foundation or it's bye-bye flagpole. Same with a coaster structure, even though as you say it has more holes in it than a building occupying the same footprint.

Statics and footwear in the same post. How did we get to this point?