X- The Fastest Coaster with Inversions
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Sure, coasters have good negative Gs, but telekinetics do it better.
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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.
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Sure, coasters have good negative Gs, but telekinetics do it better.
Sonny actually dose faster than it's design speed by about 2-3mph on good days.
The trains turned out heavier than anticipated. It has been clocked at 82mph
Design speed was for 78mph (Main drop) Second drop 67mph and loop drop 62mph.
Chuck, who even got the latteral air on the loop drop, in the backseat sunday that has been missing for over a year :0)
P.S. Beast also hit 70mph at one time (Under SPECIAL Conditions) Very special.
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Charles Nungester.
Is it about coasters or friends? I say both!
What SPECIAL conditions?
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Sure, coasters have good negative Gs, but telekinetics do it better.
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"The opposite of war isn't peace, its creation," Rent.
Special conditions: High tailwind and a boatful of hefty ACE members? ;)
Kidding of course. (since I'm an ACE member.)
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"I own you!"
"SUCKA!!!!!!!"
-quotes I have been known to exclaim on coasters.
The Beast can hit 70 if the trims aren't used at all.
SoB is deffinately the fastest though.
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70mph with track greased HW insane style, And a trainful of no less than 200 lb. people.
Chuck, who is told that normal top speed of Beast is around 58mph now.
When the sheds brakes are not on or very light, The Beast top speed is reached in the third corner following the second tunnel (The one made out of two connected by wood) The ride constantly builds speed untill that point with only one major loss. (The hill comming out of the valley)
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Charles Nungester.
Is it about coasters or friends? I say both!
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Weight (mass) has no effect on the final velocity of a roller coaster train. Only momentum is changed, and that makes a difference with windy conditions, track friction etc. If you look at the formula for Final Velocity, it does not include mass in it at all. they could be 200 lb people or 500lb people and the speed would be the same under the same conditions.
-sEth
ucdaap42 said:
Weight (mass) has no effect on the final velocity of a roller coaster train. Only momentum is changed, and that makes a difference with windy conditions, track friction etc. If you look at the formula for Final Velocity, it does not include mass in it at all. they could be 200 lb people or 500lb people and the speed would be the same under the same conditions.
-sEth
Are you a first or second year physics student?
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~~~ Maddy ~~~
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This Season:
Flights on Air: 2 - Escapes From Nemesis: 2
Drops into Oblivion: 2 - Spins On Maelstrom: 2
Drops on Apocalypse, Sit-Down: 1, Stand-Up: 1, Stand-Up Floorless: 5 - Survival on Shockwave: 1
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Sean, who was asked for ID when buying RCT2.
Nitro, Gemini, Laser, Ice, Thunder...The American Gladiators!
The only Coasterbuzz member with Ridgeline Racer in their Track Record.
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This Season:
Flights on Air: 8 - Escapes From Nemesis: 9
Drops into Oblivion: 3 - Spins On Maelstrom: 2
Drops on Apocalypse, Sit-Down: 1, Stand-Up: 1, Stand-Up Floorless: 5 - Survival on Shockwave: 1
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ms696969 said:
That isn't true. The train gets a certain amount of potential energy (mgh - m for mass!!!). Almost all of that is then converted to kinetic energy at the bottom of the hill, which you can then use to calculate the speed. Mass won't affect it much, but it does affect it.
Well, actually, that's not the case.
mgh = potential energy
1/2mv^2 = kinetic energy
So, if all of your potential is converted to kinetic energy;
mgh = 1/2mv^2
m = mass, and it falls out of the equation. Mass does affect the speed of a roller coaster, and everything else on the planet, though, because of losses.
friction = (mu)(Normal force)
The normal force is the mass*force of gravity*the sin or cos of any angle the object may reside at. So, the heavier an object is, the larger its Normal force - thus, higher losses to friction.
Of course, I go to a research university, and they don't teach us how to apply things to the real world. But, I think this means - in some twisted sense of logic, that the steeper a drop is, the faster a coaster will go ;)
I know it's not perfectly, true. . . we'll call it Fuzzy Physics, okay?
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~~~ Maddy ~~~
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This Season:
Flights on Air: 8 - Escapes From Nemesis: 9
Drops into Oblivion: 3 - Spins On Maelstrom: 2
Drops on Apocalypse, Sit-Down: 1, Stand-Up: 1, Stand-Up Floorless: 5 - Survival on Shockwave: 1
The Steel Phantom was the fastest looping coaster, there isnt any arguing that...and if it was still here today it still would be. It topped out at 80 or so MPH I believe.
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Kennywood Park, America's finest traditional amusement park.
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