Suspended restraints question

Why don't suspendeds have lap bars;I mean they don't go upside down and your not jerking hard enough to fall out I think.

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What in the world is in that bag?Watch u got in that bag!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Because isn't there a lot of lateral G's being pulled and if ther was no OTSRs it would create back/neck problems?
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"I’m more than a bird..I’m more than a plane...More than some pretty face beside a train...It’s not easy to be me"-Five for Fighting "Superman" dedicated to all of the hardworking rescuers of the WTC...

Well think about it, look at the technology and time era back then. I mean, if Arrow had the technology, or want to make their coaster's go upside down with just a lap bar in the 80's than don't you think they would've put them on suspended's too? Yes we did have only lapbars on Shchahatacoff(Haha, I am amused) coasters, but we didnt on Arrow's. Im sure if they wanted to, they would've. But who knows, it could've gone way deeper than that...

.-Who needs to learn how to spell Schartzkauff..(Did I do it this time?)
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Divorced From Dependence since 1987!

Nope. Actaully, in theory, a suspended coaster pulls *0* lateral G's. What it comes down to is typical lazy Arrow engineering. Other than the running gear, the suspended train is identical to the looping train.

Ok thanks.

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What in the world is in that bag?Watch u got in that bag!?!?!?!?!?!?!

i think it is becuase it is easyer to load the trains that way and  why have a retricting lapbar on a not so intense ride? the harnest give alot of freedom so it really dosnet matter.

The answer probably lies in Arrow's lazyness at the time.  The interesting questing might be this:  It is 100% fact that Anton Shwarzkopf was going to build the Big Bad Wolf (his own design) and even started pouring footers before going bankrupt.  He folded, and Arrow built theirs.  I wonder if Anton would have used lapbars only like he did on almost all his coasters.   Anyone have any solid evidence either way?
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- Peabody

The reason is because the suspended coasterr was origionally intended to go upside down.  they found out that it would have too much stress on the trains so they decided not to make the inversions.  They didnt want to change the whole design of the trains.  That is what Iread a while ago on some sight, but I forget where.

Also part of it is maintenance(sp?) because think about it, would it be easier for a mechanic to fix OSTR's on a suspended train, or have to remove the bottom plating of the car and dig up there to fix a lap bar?

Anton would have used lap bars. Anton DID use lap bars, in fact, but the ride was never completed. I have a photograph of a Flugbahn car here which appears to be a 7-row 14-passenger car with apparently at least two cars per train. I can't present the photo until at least Wednesday; there is a chance that it might be depicted on the Anton Schwarzkopf coaster page, whose URL escapes me at the moment...

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Yeah, the bat did originally have a corkscrew. 

Well, Ravenguy, it was PLANNED to, but never happened.  The working scale model had one, but the full blown prototype was without one (as was the Bat).
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- Peabody

Eh, sorry, i meant that the corkscrew was planned, and even built into the model.  Sorry.  For anyone looking for stuff on the bat there was a really good article in Rollercoaster! a few years back.  Really good reading.
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I think that the crowd back then was a little wary of riding coasters with minimal restraints. Why do you think it took paramount so long to revamp Flight of Fear?

*** This post was edited by Steven B. on 12/26/2001. ***

Found that Schwarzkopf link:

schwarzkopf.coaster.net

Go to "unrealized projects" to see the Flugbahn pictures. Or just click here.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.