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  1. gravitywolf216
    to the best of my coaster knowledge this is closest to whats going on. Apart from the iron dragon (on which I too have experienced this phenomenon) it usually occurs on larger coasters with extremely heavy chain weights. Like on Phantom's revenge. I'm actually at the park right now, and after watching the chain lift for quite a while, I have noticed that the chain has a lot of slack on the return trip. and when a trains chain dogs hit connect, the slack sections bounce, adding probably a thousand or more access pounds of stress to the motor. causing it to slow down and speed up as the chain settles down. Now on smaller coasters it would have more to do with the weight of the train balancing out, like on Cedar Creek Mine Ride at Cedar Point. The trains already have some momentum going into the lift hill, so as train charges up the hill and loses speed, the small motor is charged with the incredible task of catching an extremely heavy load whose momentum and weight has shifted towards falling down the incline the chain is pulling up from. Therefore you can easily tell when the chain engages because the train comes to a complete stop while the motor has a heart attack stopping the train from falling
  2. gravitywolf216
    wow i just realized they got sized all wierd ugh
  3. gravitywolf216
    This is my second TR hope it doesn't suck. But it is super huge wow I got tired of uploading. this is only about a third of what i took. oookaaaayyy geting tired of uploading lol random pic time almost forgot the awesome carousel Cosmic Chaos, Kennywood's new ride this year Why can't all Paratroopers load like this? Most inexpensive food ever!!!! Swear to bob it has a free wheeling uphill section after the first drop, so by rcdb standards its a coaster isin't it? this ride confuses me log jammer excellence The Whip... Classic, hard to find, old-timer scariness awww how wierd and scary awww how precious oh yeah more Jack Rabbit racer Thunderbolt crazyness first drop, stone cold into a valley. no hill, no chain lift. all valley The Jack rabbit's oooooolllld school It literally runs along the ground.....what's up with that? Jackrabbit's awesome double drop. and.......stop Enterprise reborn love the way this sign looks cool buildings are everywhere not recommended if you like having hands the drop is so close to the walkway you can touch it Pittsburgh Plunge turtle Noah's Ark Wave swinger Music express Areo 360 yay top spins OOOOOH Impressive it swings way over the guests in line Swingshot, S&S Screamin' Swing far swooping mountain back-off-the-cliff turn swoop thingie Super cool "bullet trains" insane bucking bunny hops. They feel as if you will perish. Smooth but very insane gotta love the super-fell-off-the-mountain action None of Kennywood's roller coasters have the first drop as the longest. The first on here is 160ft the second is 230ft most of it is hidden now and inaccessible Phantom's revenge, its harder to catch than a rare pokemon Pirate ship, this one actially sprays drenching fountains from in the bushes towards the midway Super giant can of airtime fo' real fallen visitors you can see it over everything Super awesome Pitt Fall The Arrival
  4. gravitywolf216
    that's my home park too, to bad CF is erasing it. My last coaster is the Jack Rabbit at Kennywood. Yesterday Awesome trip report coming too!
  5. gravitywolf216
    its open until April 15. And CP opens 3 weeks later. So if possible it would be cool to have "Ohio TPR" gatherings at both. And tickets are $16.00 from Marc's for the IX Center and 19 at the door
  6. gravitywolf216
    If there are enough people interested maybe we can get a group going...
  7. gravitywolf216
    It was okay.... The Crazy Mouse was the only adult coaster this year, I guess they sold the other one. There are a lot more rides that I wasn't able to take pictures of, but I got most of the major ones. I used to be terrified of them when I was little, but they are pretty fun. Most of them don't have OSR's just huge padded lap bars in a cage. So when its upside-down the riders just kinda tumble around.
  8. gravitywolf216
    from the look of the crown, I think its Chance. They don't have it listed on flatrides.com though. It just appeared. When I go back, Im gonna see if I can find a tag on it or something. Most rides have a company tag plate or something similar on them
  9. gravitywolf216
    The Satanic Ali Baba's comment was too long so I reposted it here Evil Ali Baba's revenge. Okay, they used to havean Ali baba ride years ago but they took it out or sold it or something. And this one looks kinda similar except a few minor things If you look at the counter-wieght, it has the same decorations as a portable chance inverter. And if if you've ever ridden one, you'll know that it goes way to slow. So I was kinda skeptical about it and almost skipped it. But I went on anyway, and it was THE scariest pendulum ride I have ever been on at a carnival. Or ever for that matter. Even though it goes waaay to slow as expected, it TILTS! Like Acrophobia! And not all the time either it does it randomly, and fast too. It actually feels like the whole gondola just fell off the ride. It was wicked.
  10. gravitywolf216
    Here in Cleveland, before all the super-awesomeness that happens in Sandusky, and the meidiocre-suckiness thats currently happening in Aurora opens. We have the IX Center. For those who don't know about it, the IX Center (International Exposition Center) used to be a tank factory, out by the airport here. It was since converted into the largest expo center in the world. And every spring they host the world's largest indoor amusement park. Some pictures kinda suck, and I wanted to take more, but my camera was havinging issues, so im going back to do this thing proper soon. So bear with me. P.S. They were doing this "lights on and off thing" while we were there, did anyone go through that before? Some midway shots Demonic Ali Baba, ring of fire, and Freak Out I love you KMG!!!! Evil Ali Baba's revenge. Okay, they used to havean Ali baba ride years ago but they took it out or sold it or something. And this one looks kinda similar except a few minor things If you look at the counter-wieght, it has the same decorations as a guess Why do they always have the small stupid wheel when the giant one is like 60ft away Lazyman's paratrooper. It's waay slower then the old-fashoned one, and doesn't even go as high I love this ride. OOOOOH Flashy!!!!!! super shot drop tower. It goes all the way to the ceiling largest indoor Ferris wheel. They actually cut a hole in the roof for it!!! Needless to say its permenant. Crazy Mouse Bumper cars on stilts more mouse crazyness Ring of fire Lights out small-figure-eight-super-catapillar-semi-credit thing-of-child-endangerment-mega-uber-death-and-destruction bored kids on the broken Crazy mouse games an' stuff
  11. gravitywolf216
    It seems most indoor parks are smaller than I thought. Im used to the the IX Center here, though its temporary that place is huge
  12. gravitywolf216
    Freakout is the best one ever. they have it at the ix center every spring. Better then Huss, better then Mondial, best one. Ever Its completely ride-op controlled and the ones running it are sadistic masochists
  13. gravitywolf216
    Geauga Lake is my home park, and I dont understand why they would continually sink so much money into that giga-lame water park when, A. the weather here is usually to cold or rainy B.nobody even really goes to water parks in ohio, and they all suck here (see A.) And if they are just gonna close the park, (I said it since the day they anounced it) why waste the money?
  14. gravitywolf216
    LOL Thanx! Most under-rated ride in the park!
  15. gravitywolf216
    I remeber riding it the year "Escape From Pompii came out" it was a great ride. The 1st. inversion had so much airtime, it was the scariest thing for me! I totally thought I was gonna fall out. I remember seeing the running light's from Loch Ness' lift hill, but I never rode it at night.
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