The Off Topic Topic

[downunder196]

1mile = 1.6km, therefore 100 miles an hour is equal to 160km an hour. If that makes it easier to understand

Yeah I understand now, I thought I saw someone else say it was 88mph somewhere else.

[strop]

^88mph just looks familiar because that's the speed that a Delorean needs to reach to travel through time... ...easy mistake to make

Edited June 16, 2013 by strop

[pin142]

I didn't think it's run anywhere close to 160 in a long long time

Outside of the filming for for coaster wars I don't think it has and don't think it will for a fair while. The ride has a horrible shudder returning to the station after a full speed launch and gets worse after each run.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I've experienced this shudder whenever the car overshoots the station - I thought it was the braking system ?

[jjuttp]

For those with the time to look into it, find a tutorial on Youtube on how to get a region blocker for your browser, then just go onto Hulu.

[Reanimated35]

^ Which according to Hulu.com only has the previews, not the full eps.

[Gazza]

In other news, WhiteWater West have announced the upcoming Frankston Regional Aquatic Centre is set to debut the world's first AquaSphere. The centre will also open a Constrictor.

Frankston.jpg

http://www.whitewaterwest.com/cgi/page.cgi/Industry_News/AquaSphere_set_to_Debut_at_Australia_s_Frankston_Regional_Aquatic_?_id=45

It appears this pic shows a render of both the Constrictor and the AquaSphere:

PS check out the video on this page, It shows how they run a computer simulation on how a raft will behave: http://www.whitewaterwest.com/aquasphere.html#!prettyPhoto

My thoughts:

We have cones:

Cylinders:

Spheres:

What next?.............

Edited June 17, 2013 by Gazza

[downunder196]

How about a combination of everything? Aqualoop hydrocoaster boomerango bowl funnel constrictor aquasphere slide

[westical]

Outside of the filming for for coaster wars I don't think it has and don't think it will for a fair while. The ride has a horrible shudder returning to the station after a full speed launch and gets worse after each run.

How do we know it got up to 160 for filming?

[downunder196]

Didn't look like it in the video to me

[Reanimated35]

For those of you playing along at home...

These are the scores from Rd1. (S02E01)

Contestants: Superman: Man of Steel, Shambhala, Tatsu, Formula Rossa.

Click for spoilers

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v668/reanimated35/vlcsnap-2013-06-17-22h32m01s138_zps3c664056.png

Personally not how I would have rated them based on the video. Having only ridden one of the four I couldn't say for certain though.

[pin142]

How do we know it got up to 160 for filming?

You could feel the difference in speed and the incline to vertical under normal operation didn't feel as forceful as it was during filming. When they strapped the g-force meter do you really think they were going to run it less than full speed?

[Flea]

I have no doubt the actual readings from the "g-force meter" weren't as high as 4.5. If it was running at 160 it'd get a lot closer to the top of the tower. Pause at 1:02 in the first video that T-Bone posted - that's nowhere near 160 surely!

[T-bone]

Some of the off ride footage shot (such as the footage looking at the park from upper coomera) was filmed during normal park operation, hence why it is shown operating at normal beight, however all of the on ride footage was shot before the park opened, where in most instances was operating at close to full speed.

[Reanimated35]

Ok, so I haven't watched the full episode yet as it took too long to download, but I did watch the TOT bit (IMO it did not run at full speed during the filming).

Here's the results:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v668/reanimated35/vlcsnap-2013-06-18-01h13m24s205_zps8c2bbde7.png

And here is as high as it got in the video

[JacobSibbald]

For those wanting to unblock sites - may I suggest using Hola (add on for chrome and other browsers) once loaded there is a page where you select which sites to unblock, works perfectly

[Reanimated35]

^ It's just as easy to download the whole episode - that way you can keep it for later. But yes, I use Hola and it works well for what it's intended. Make sure you get the extension though, not the program.

[rac2703]

Latest Nearmap image of the new Polar Bear Shores extension for the new cub

[jjuttp]

Date?

[rac2703]

It was from the 18th of June

[Slick]

Thought it was worth a mention, the Coney Island Astrotower is having a large chunk of the tower removed as its been reported to be swaying more then 18 inches. Check the video on the link. That's some scary swaying going on.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/astro-tower-coming-coney-island-article-1.1389974

[colliric_855]

Storm damage combined with the age of the ride?

[Slick]

Storm damage combined with the age of the ride?

Apparently when they removed the gondola, motors and even the internal stairwell there was nothing left to really keep it well grounded.

[rappa]

What was the reason for the original closure in 2010?

[themeparkgc]

Not sure where the 2010 closure came from, but the park which operated the ride, Astroland, closed in 2008 and so did the ride. When the Zamperla-owned Luna Park opened on the same site in 2010, it seems they didn't re-open it. As for a reason why it didn't reopen, it might be something as simple as Zamperla only wanted to showcase their own rides in the new park.