RNRC Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Probably my favourite non-coaster ride. I just had a few questions about it. Is it true that it has more positive and negative G's than some of the taller ones. Detonator is pushed and pulled down. It's only 115 feet high but said on a thorpe park forum that Detonator gives better g'forces than Power Tower. Is that true? Those of you who don't know Detonator, my avator is the best picture of it I could find that was small enough.
SharkTums Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 I don't have the actual stats, but I would say it feels more powerful than the majority of the S&S Towers. Especially Powerless Tower!
Shockwave Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Yeah, Detonator feels much more powerful than Supreme Scream. But so would jumping off the top of my car.
TPDave Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 The tower is 115ft so it's pretty tiny as they go. Basically it gives the sensations of a 200ft true drop tower. When the car gets to the top there are a series of jolts which most people usually think is the operator playing a trick on them by dropping it a little. This is the pnuematics engagin with the car. When the gondola is released, the pistons fire and shoot you down. This is why you don't just float gently out of your seat, you are chucked into your restraints. Yeah, i'm a little sad...
RNRC Posted November 15, 2006 Author Posted November 15, 2006 Thanks guys. I wasn't really expecting it to be so scary. After riding Dr Doom, tower of terror and Apocalypse which are all higher) I didn't feel the need to hold on. The first time I got off I was shocked as I'd never felt anything quite like it. Detonator is the ride that still gets me nervous when riding it now. More scary and nerve-wrecking than Stealth, in my opinion.
TPDave Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Not that Stealth is really scary or nerve-wrecking in the first place IMO... I'd say Detonator is the most intense ride in the park by a long way.
RNRC Posted November 15, 2006 Author Posted November 15, 2006 Yeah. With Stealth, I was nervous at first because it was my first MAJOR launch coaster but Detonator gets me every time.
verticalzero Posted November 16, 2006 Posted November 16, 2006 I've been on Detonator a couple of times and come off looking "pale". It is mega forcefull. The drop tower at Hayling Island is 120ft high and this is just as intense, shame it was not left at the Torcado in London. I can't wait for "flying Fish" to open.
niiicolaaah Posted November 16, 2006 Posted November 16, 2006 According to the Thorpe Park website, Detonator is 100 ft tall, and shoots you back towards the ground up to 75 km/h and 5.5 g's. I assume that the shorter drop towers feel more forceful because there is less time and space for the energy to dissipate... The double shot at Rye Playland is only like 85 feet tall but it's the most intense one I've ever been on.
IceDragon Posted November 17, 2006 Posted November 17, 2006 the 'gondola' is pushed between 20-30mph downwards, bringing you up and out of your seat violently. the overall height is just 95ft, leaving about 7-75ft of freefall, but it has been rated better than some of the other 200-250ft towers. you range 5.5g's through to -1g/-2g's, depending on the weight of the gondola (yes, weight is an affector, the heavier, the better! ) all in all, i love it! First time i went on it, i came off swearing loads, so it must be good! try riding it in the dark at one of their horror nights, it is the best thing in the universe!!! much better than any night-time 200ft high towers!
Nemesis Inferno Posted November 17, 2006 Posted November 17, 2006 The only reason it's so powerful and therefore one of the best towers I've been on is because of those lovely pneumatics... I miss it already
smells_like_team_disney Posted November 17, 2006 Posted November 17, 2006 Yeah, Detonator feels much more powerful than Supreme Scream. But so would jumping off the top of my car. Awww, there's no more love for my once beloved Supreme Scream .... Oh well, I'll get over it. I remember the first season it opened it was quite forceful, especially when it shot you more than halfway up the tower after it's original descent. It felt WAY more forceful to me than SFGAm's Intamin tower, which left me feeling very "eh" at the end. It seems to me that S&S towers were designed to be GREAT rides, but for some reason the parks have decided to neuter them. Now you're lucky if you make it a quarter of a way up after that first drop.
RNRC Posted November 17, 2006 Author Posted November 17, 2006 I nearly crapped myself the other week on Detonator. It got to the top a creeked quite a lot. That kinda freaked me out, escpecially because we didn't drop for over a minute.
martinb Posted November 17, 2006 Posted November 17, 2006 The actuall official hieght of the ride is 115ft, it even syas that on Fabbri's Website. It is a very good drop tower, although I still prefer Apocalypse!
XII Posted November 18, 2006 Posted November 18, 2006 They have a simalar Drop Tower at Californian Fairs TPRs photo of Mega Drop View from the top of the tower
RNRC Posted November 18, 2006 Author Posted November 18, 2006 Yeah, that looks very similar to Detonator. Is it the same height?
martinb Posted November 18, 2006 Posted November 18, 2006 ^ I would have thought so. Fabbri only 2 different types of 'Mega Drop', and the other one is 185ft. There tons of them doing the circuit with fairs.
abc2001 Posted November 18, 2006 Posted November 18, 2006 This ride was amazing, the only bad thing about it is the slow moving Que. There was a rumour Thorpe was getting a second, 185ft tower (presumably because the ques are so long.)
Ed Posted November 18, 2006 Posted November 18, 2006 Thorpe had in their mid-term plans a second Detonator tower. It was going to be 115ft though. Thorpe's height ceiling is still around 115ft mark. Stealth is an exception and only it is allowed above that height.
IceDragon Posted November 18, 2006 Posted November 18, 2006 Thorpe had in their mid-term plans a second Detonator tower. It was going to be 115ft though. Thorpe's height ceiling is still around 115ft mark. Stealth is an exception and only it is allowed above that height. yeah, they had planning permission as well, but have yet to go through wit the idea (i doubt it will happen)
RNRC Posted November 18, 2006 Author Posted November 18, 2006 The rumours about a second Detonator was that it was going to be a launch version.
Satoshi Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 is this new kinda detonator gonna get us out to the sky?! hope this gotta make us wanna fly up like rocket!!
TPDave Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 Ed, TP don't actually have a height celing, people just assume they do because all their rides suddenly stop just before it. As for the second tower, i'm upset it didn't happen, it would probably have been at S&S shot n drop which would have been great!
N:IRocks Posted November 20, 2006 Posted November 20, 2006 As for the second tower, i'm upset it didn't happen, it would probably have been at S&S shot n drop which would have been great! Just give it another year or two, Then you'll see As for Detonator, It is a very exhilirating ride, Espeically on a 3 click.. Its weird though, If you ride in a certain seat, during the fright nights.. It seems your alot higher up than usual.. But the ride is definatly the most intense tower I've been on.. Out of 9
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