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  1. From the Mirror website. That definitely shouldn't happen. Looks like the riders might have got 'lucky' with how the train has landed though.
  2. Would something like this on a coaster be fun or just plain uncomfortable?
  3. Negative, Ghostrider. While they do tense their arms, legs, and abdomen to restrict the blood flow to their lower extremities, they certainly DO NOT hold their breath. In fact, it's more of the opposite. They take quick, short, breaths that sound like "grunts." This helps keep the blood from running from their head. Here's a decent example (listen to his breathing).... [youtu_be] [/youtu_be] I saw one of those where a pilot was disqualified for exceeding the manufacturer's G limit. He did 13+ Gs for nearly a whole second. The planes are only certified for up to 12 Gs so they had to ground the plane for a structural inspection. The crazy thing is that if the planes were certified for higher Gs the pilots would probably push the limit even further.
  4. I'm thinking last week of May/first week of June. Still in time for school trips and school holidays. Might not be too bad for Alton Towers because a lot of the general public who have seen it in person may be planning trips back to ride it and their marketing still hasn't kicked into high gear. That May 17th/18th media event date seems a tad optimistic imo, there is still a lot to do. Unless the delay has allowed them to get a lot of the systems/electrical/station stuff prepped in advance of completing the track, but testing still needs to go smoothly with absolutely no problems to open mid-May. It's late opening but it was meant to open at the start of the season. I think at least 2 months of the delay can be attributed to the weather. It's been frankly awful over here. 2012 was the 2nd wettest year since records began, summer 2012 didn't happen. The start of this year has been freezing by UK standards, March was the coldest for 50 years, we've had snow into April. Spring is only just starting to appear and they are still having problems with high winds. If you see some of the pictures of the construction site from late 2012 it is mostly them pumping a never ending pool water out of trenches. Possibly an oversight when they came up with the construction schedule, but the elements really have been against them.
  5. I would imagine it is because positive Gs force you into the seat where the forces are spread over a larger area (back/bum/back of legs/back of head) hence the forces are more tolerable. Plus your bum has a bit of give to be squished anyway. Generally restraints only pin you in a relatively small area (top of legs/waist) so negative forces are concentrated more intensely while the rest of your body has much more freedom of movement. OTSRs don't usually pin your shoulders so being thrown into them would be painful. Plus your spine/neck can travel much further which guess would could cause whiplash problems if negative Gs are too high.
  6. B&M have changed their flying coaster design a bit since AIR though? Didn't they completely change the mechanism for tilting the trains in the station?
  7. Apparently it is being built for nothing more than the cost of construction. The park is close to the B&M HQ so they get to test out their new prototype ride at a nearby park while Gardaland gets a good value for money ride (although obviously with the risks of a prototype concerning reliability etc).
  8. The sound that thing makes is just insane. I think that's the best video so far to show just how quick it really is.
  9. This looks really cool. I'm glad B&M are being a bit more creative these days. I wonder how intense it will be? Although does anyone think that it's slightly odd that B&M have suddenly taken inspiration from the vekoma flying coasters? (horseshoe, inside loop, double barrel roll) The 540 twist thing looks really unique though.
  10. I thought there were rumours that Thorpe Park would get the first version with the rotating seats (assuming all goes to plan with this one)?
  11. 3*6 seating seems a bit silly imo. I mean, it's only 2 more seats than Oblivion/G5 and the trains will take up more room in the station and brake block. And from what I've seen of POVs of the big dive machines the pause at the top of the drop is a bit lost in the 3rd row. After all B&M went to the extent of making the Griffon trains floorless in order to accommodate 10 abreast. Thinking about it this will be B&M's 5th design of dive machine train already (2*8, 3*8, 3*10 floorless, 3*8 floorless, 3*6). I suppose maybe it's more economical if they are using narrower/standard guage track (is that confirmed?)
  12. Er, Abu Dhabi isn't in Saudi Arabia? Thanks for that, Captain Obvious. I'm well aware of what country it's in. HOwever, my job takes me to Suadi, not UAE. -RO My pleasure Veryseriousman.
  13. I'm guessing because Formula Rossa isn't located in sue-happy America. Also the lack of fat people... Actually Saudi Arabia has a higher proportion of obese people than the USA. Surprisingly (at least in 2007) the USA came only 4th in world obesity rankings. Saudi Arabia was 3rd. But yeah, Abu Dhabi isn't in Saudi Arabia lol.
  14. I wonder how they'll construct the lift on this thing with the super efficient truss support structure. It looks very clever to me the way it arches over so that at the station end it goes straight into the ground and at the other it curves over into the big support, but surely it won't be that stable before it is complete and the track/truss structure probably weighs a lot as well. Like it seems as if there are about 4? track pieces up until the middle support and then another 3? until the drop support. It just seems like a really big span to construct. Then again I'm no engineer and you see crazy bridges and viaducts under construction that look like they should be falling down and maybe the truss structure is really that strong or they'll support it with wires. Or perhaps the middle support connection is at the centre of that track piece so the gaps aren't quite as big as I'm making out. Anyway I just think the minimalist support structure is really striking compared to MF's huge towers!
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