[TPR Goes to IAAPA 2009 - Photos & Videos from the show!]

One thing I found funny was how this show was right next to a monorail (the Las Vegas Monorail)

 

I wonder how many people actually took the monorail to the show...?

 

Eric

 

Quite a few, it looked like.

[TPR Goes to IAAPA 2009 - Photos & Videos from the show!]

I NEED to have a Moser Gyro Loop for my backyard, I had an inSANE ride on it today and the Sidewinder they had next to it (Baby Giant Frisbee) is perfect for a small indoor FEC and offers quite a thrilling ride for it's size.

 

More of a Baby Afterburner, actually. Baby Giant Frisbees are inward-facing.

[TPR 2008 Trips Chat Transcript AKA 2008 Trips FAQ!]

Is there a contingency plan for a Godzilla attack?

 

 

[Floorless X-Car!]

I thank you for your synopsis of the system, though I already understood it.

 

"S&S" uses a system like this on many of their rides, including the "Screamin' Swing" and Powder Keg.

 

And as many negative reviews as there are about the X-Car's comfort, I still really want to try one.

 

Yeah, S&S Screaming Swing is the one I was thinking of. I believe the X-Car restraint is patented, which would explain why S&S's works differently.

 

You'd think, after riding two of the things, that I would have remembered who made it...

[Worst Coaster Ever?]

 

Battersea Big Dipper

1972: An accident occurs on the {Big Dipper} at Battersea in London,

England. A train broke loose and rolled backwards down the

lift, colliding with a train in the station. Five children were

killed, numerous other riders were injured.

[Floorless X-Car!]

 

I know there are a lot of complaints about the X-Car being uncomfortable (I myself have yet to ride one, though I would definitely like to), but this looks like a wonderfully sick update - I can't imagine what being that free during an inversion would feel like.

 

The restraints are the whole idea behind the X-Car. It's designed from the beginning as an OTSR-free looping restraint. The way it works is slightly kind of like a European handcuff -- it's an elliptical curve that passes increasing through a ratcheting catch, thus tightening, and yet fitting more or less symmetrically about the waist.

 

It could stand a bit more padding, but it's a neat system. And I've been inverted in one for 5 minutes before.

 

Someone has a system somewhat like this, where it's a standard lapbar, with a translating ratchet that tightens the entire structure. It's less elegant, but seems to work about the same. I don't remember who had that, though. I want to say Compounce's Thunder and Lightning does.