Sheikra angle discrepency?

Don't get me wrong, I love intense positive g's as much as or more -MORE!- than virtually anyone else I know (which explains Goliath and Titan), but the way you create them is by turning at sharp angles at high rates of speed...it can be done, and done well, but it requires more *wiggle room* in the engineering...since the DV loses SO much speed when making that transition, it's not always going to carry enough speed to clear the elemnts after the "vertical" section...makes for delicious positive forces, but wreaks havoc on the reliability..

Based solely on the pics and video, it sure LOOKS to me like the pullout on SheiKra will be *shallower* than the first two models....probably due to the fact that there's *considerably more* trackage AFTER the "vertical" drop(s)...which only goes to show that the Swiss DO seem to make better designers than the Dutch...ROFL! *** Edited 1/28/2005 3:39:04 PM UTC by rollergator***

And Jeff, I've always found the DV's high in positive G's, which I equate to "intesity." Sure it takes a while to go through the elements, but it's usually got some hefty +G's along with it.

Joe "my opinion is fact, btw" C. :)

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rollergator said:Realistically, I wouldn't even COUNT on it being open until mid-late May given the way our state government...."works"...(i.e., exceedingly slowly, and without any real sense of purpose or direction, which DOES make it frustrating for those of us who like to see *progress*)....

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Maybe a re-naming of the park to "Jeb Bush-Gardens" is in order.

.... or not. ;)