>> ^nosro:

This is the same principle used to brake some of the newer roller coasters like Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbN3NU4hIZg. In the roller coaster, the train has the magnet which passes over vertical copper fins that you can see protruding up from the track at the end of the ride.


LOL - even better are the times when it goes backwards. Or simply gets stuck:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeOEZqbCjzQ&feature=related

This is the same principle used to brake some of the newer roller coasters like Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbN3NU4hIZg. In the roller coaster, the train has the magnet which passes over vertical copper fins that you can see protruding up from the track at the end of the ride.

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>> ^visionep:

Steepest? Really?
Maybe I don't understand what steep means, but it seems to me that there is a maximum steepness that anything can achieve and it has been achieved for many years on lots of roller coasters.
I read in another news article that this coaster has an incline of 121 degrees for it's drop. A coaster with an outside loop (common on inverted coasters) would have a 180 degree incline so there must be something else to this "record".


Was reading the record on this, and they define "Drop" as the main acceleration point, or drop from the highest point of the coaster where max speed is usually reached. It is the angle of that decent that is being measured. Kind of arbitrary, but so are most records

Steepest? Really?

Maybe I don't understand what steep means, but it seems to me that there is a maximum steepness that anything can achieve and it has been achieved for many years on lots of roller coasters.

I read in another news article that this coaster has an incline of 121 degrees for it's drop. A coaster with an outside loop (common on inverted coasters) would have a 180 degree incline so there must be something else to this "record".

Was it a test ride or are the Japanese silent on roller coasters?

Can someone explain to me how they measure "steepness" of a coaster? I thought that it would be measured with 0 degree as flat/parallel to surface and 90 degree as being straight down.

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*sticky beer rings, because we don't use coasters.

It is so tiring to be painted with beliefs I don't hold just because I don't agree 100% with someone else's stance.

I am very confused by this whole story. First I was outraged as is everyone else, but then the broadcast ends by saying that he wasn't handcuffed and the door wasn't broken down? Somebody is lying, and they are OUTRAGEOUS lies. This happened at 6 am, and he sat in a car in front of his house for six hours! There must be neighbors! Witnesses!

If the cops are lying, that just compounds my outrage. Weiner lying about a tweet is NOTHING compared to a lie of this magnitude. Thank god for the fourth estate and a free press -- heads will roll and roll they should.

If the guy is lying, well, that makes it all kind of funny. I thought while watching it that he was entertaining -- he played that camera like a pro and was clearly having a GREAT time. And to end with his little speech about paying your student loans? This guy is priceless. If he made up the whole thing, that makes him even more entertaining. And then what does it say about our free press -- if they don't do the least bit of investigative reporting to see if he is credible. Did they talk to the neighbors to see if they had seen anything, to corroborate the story before airing it? Or were they more interested in their "exclusive" story so they can capture eyes and therefore profit from advertising dollars?

I have nothing but questions.

What a roller coaster ride this vid was for me -- outrage and amusement and wha???

I said 'WOW!' at the spiraling worm @5min

invisible roller coaster!

Bingo!

We don't know, but you've got to live your life as if you have free will. Otherwise it is all a pointless roller-coaster ride. Well, pointless aside from the fact that it might be fun. If you take responsibility for your choices, then you can improve yourself and your circumstances. If you leave it all up to God, then you are doing nothing more than waiting to die.

@eric3579 , you said you liked roller coasters?

>> ^blankfist:

This reminded me of this.

I grew up in Wichita and Joy Land was THE amusement park for a large area (the next closest park was 3hrs away). I have not been there in well over 20 years, but I still remember the layout of the park and know where each of these shots was taken. It's definitely sad to see somewhere that was such a happy place for many children decay like this.

However, to be fair, Joy Land really was a pretty low class operation for a very long time (as long as i can remember). What you can't see in this video is that there is a sewage treatment plant a few miles away (open pit type) and in the summer it would often waft through the park. Also, it got the nick name of "Gang Land" around town because it was near several bad neighborhoods. The gang kids (yes, there are gangs in Wichita Kansas), would have fights at the park. There were frequent fist fights, and occasionally stabbings and shootings. Additionally, The park was pretty small and the rides were poorly maintained. The scariest part of that roller coaster was seeing the occasional bolt come flying off as the coaster would go by and a regular rain of chipped paint coming down. I think at the time it was one of the oldest wooden coasters in operation and there is a reason they were phased out.

So, this video definitely causes mixed emotions in me. On the one hand, it's very sad to see a part of my childhood rot like this, but on the other hand, it's probably for the best that the place is gone.

taking a roller coaster to get chocolate cake... some kids have all the luck