track sighted at Cedar Point!!

Not if the speed is graduial. It isn't from stop to going 100+ MPH in 0 seconds. You'll have a second or 2 to get used to the fact that you're moveing. Safety is first on an amusement ride.

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Charlie Corbo said:
When launching at such high speeds, like lets say 110!¡! Wouldnt that not only take a toll on your body but when the cart is launched with leaning forward( I know why would anyone do that but theres always someone that will) couldnt that cause major damage to your neck ad possibly give you whip lash!¡!
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Well of course there are those people who will and those people are not following the rules either. Almost all coasters have signs up telling you to keep your head against the head rest. Of course, any ride with that kind of speed has a chance of giving you wiplash but if you follow the rules posted, it won't happen.....

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Don't Fight It, Ride It, RAGING BULL!!!!!!- SFGAm

Maybe it'll be called; Ejector: The Ride. :)

Seriously, ejector seats as found on fighter planes do several things to prevent whiplash. Pilots slip on a network of fabric loops over their arms & legs that are part of their suit or separate (not sure.) Their helmets are connected to a loop as well.

Should the eject lever be pulled, first all limbs are drawn tight against the body - arms crossed & helmet against headrest by explosive charges. Then the seat is ejected. All of this happens in milliseconds.

I'm not sure how many G's they pull, wouldn't be surprised if it's in excess of 30G's! The survivors often suffer from back injuries sustained during ejection.

I've often imagined high speed launch coasters with head restrains that wrap around the forehead! I doubt this'll happen. However if the top speed is 120mph, 3 seconds is a safe time to prevent injuries.

Dragster? Hmmm...perhaps themed to a man wearing women's clothing while using an infamous file sharing service? Just had to get that out there.

Problems with goin' to 110?

1 Japanese word. Dodonpa. 0 - 107 in 1 second.

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Hey,

I think the 452 on the packing slip is for the number of coaster that it is intamin built. b/c Millenium Force had 411 on it. So this will be intamin's 452nd coaster not 452 feet tall.

Intamin has not created 452 coasters... especially considering there are around 1500 (more or less) in the world...

EDIT: Slight grammatical error

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*** This post was edited by Valpengeist on 8/24/2002. ***

To this date Intamin have finished 66 coasters (69 including some of the ones for 2003). Info from rcdb.com.

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I love Deja Valley. And Stunt Stall too!

66 coasters but countless people movers, towers, flats etec etc.

T-452 is just a project number. I work at a factory and make seats for Honda's and just because there part number may be H-856 or H-421 doesn't mean a thing as far what its for. It's just the project number for that particular piece of the seat.

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All I need is 4.5 million bucks and a half a mile long sliver of land and maybe someone could build me my very own Shivering Timbers. ;)

There are footers on Millennium Island and footers by Wicked twister, is the rollercoaster going to go that far?

By WT? Seems way too far for the coaster. Perhaps one of the flats is moving there.

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- Peabody

Getting back to the name....

Do you think that it will be called "T-452 DRAGSTER"?

I wonder if the T minus 452 has anything to do with the height of the tophat?

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http://www.themeparksonline.org
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I wonder if they'll move the top hat onto Millennium Island and leave the rest by Mean Streak and not even make a real coaster out of it, but just a cool looking arch in the center for design and skyline purposes only and hang a huge American Flag from it. I think that would be the best idea and MF could really interact with it and maybe it would make MS more interesting with the rest of that track over there. I think that would make a bigger attendance increase than anything since the influence of Snoopy on Ice.

BTW, since this is still open with it being a News Item, can you reopen the Carowinds thread about the new section? I wasn't done responding yet. Thanks.

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*** This post was edited by Koaster King on 8/24/2002. ***

Yeah sorry that's what I meant is the 452nd ride. I knew it was somthing like that.

Swoosh said:
Do you think that it will be called "T-452 DRAGSTER"?

No.

It's almost certainly simply a production name. Sometimes enthusiasts, in all the excitment, look for answers where there are none - this is one of those cases. I doubt it is a reference to either size or proposed name.

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Dorney Park visits in 2002: 16

Just when I thought it was OK to to skip a year at CP, now my trip schedule for next year is going to be all screwed up.

This is exciting news though and I am already looking forward to my trip.

This did get me wondering about transporting a RC, does the entire thing arrive via flat bed or do they use barges when they can? It seems as if some RC parts are way to big for the road.

I am pretty sure all of the parts arrive to the point by trucks and such.

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Cedar Point 2003, and it begins...

T-452 has nothing to do with the height of this ride. Period, end of sentence done.

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Tommy Penner - (who's tired of reading about this being 452 feet tall) Variable X
Cedar Point FanBoy since 2001.

If it was dragster themed they could have drag lights. Sorry if someone said that I didn't read all the posts.

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S00perGIR said:

Problems with goin' to 110?
1 Japanese word. Dodonpa. 0 - 107 in 1 second.
*** This post was edited by S00perGIR on 8/24/2002. ***

1.8 seconds.

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