Crazy4Coasters! Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 I found this video on youtube and it said that the first launch was over 100mph... I was wondering if Xcelerator has the capablilty to even do so. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2b6OaI0BXM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastermaniac1 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Yeah, Xcelerator was the prototype and can launch to 100mph to see the capabilities of the new accelerator. I think it only did it in tests though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy4Coasters! Posted June 22, 2007 Author Share Posted June 22, 2007 Yea I saw the video again and that thing flys over the top hat. i wonder how many G's that would pull!!! Also not to mention the major Lipslash over the tophat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 OMG!!!! What is *HILARIOUS* is Sandor yelling when he got stapled about 3/4 through that video. That's typical Knott's for for you! That thing does FLY over the tophat at 100MPH, though. Wow. --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDG Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Sounds like a jet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalMAN123 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Man, I can't imagine how much airtime you would get flying over the top hat. You already get tons, but at 100 MPH?! That would be awesome! I can't believe it, but they REALLY stapled me yesterday. I twas so bad, I could barely breath. ---Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 i wonder how many G's that would pull!!! I don't know an official number, but I always heard approx -6 Gs mentioned when they test launched it over 100mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazed49 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 That would be insane, but the G's would be extremly intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 That would be insane, but the G's would be extremly intense. Insane enough to make your eyeballs pop I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Who's gonna ask Knott's for the 1st 6 g ride.. I recon "Stealth" can go over 100, it does 0-80 in 1.9 sec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Who's gonna ask Knott's for the 1st 6 g ride.. I recon "Stealth" can go over 100, it does 0-80 in 1.9 sec. Not 6 positive Gs, 6 NEGATIVE Gs. The human body can withstand 6 Gs, although that is were people will be blacking out. The body can not take as many negative Gs as it can positive Gs. -6 Gs would surely be deadly, and at even -2 Gs would be highly uncomfortable. Even S:ROS SFNE and El Toro pull less then -1.5 Gs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 I recon "Stealth" can go over 100, it does 0-80 in 1.9 sec. I'm sure the launch is capable of well over 100mph. Doesn't mean you'd actually survive it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 I ment to say -6g not +6 g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
America Sings Freak Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Yeah, if this ride went that fast on a daily basis I am sure that they would need a first aid station out side of the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Thrill Dragster Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 OMG!!!! What is *HILARIOUS* is Sandor yelling when he got stapled about 3/4 through that video. That's typical Knott's for for you! They no longer staple you. And you also got to remember the Perilous Plunge accident that happen not long before this video was shot. So Knotts in the video was just being safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Yeah, if this ride went that fast on a daily basis I am sure that they would need a first aid station out side of the ride. Or a morgue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgathriller Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 That looks so cool. Even though they are only testing it at 100mph doesn't that mean more stress on the track, train, and launch motor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 That looks so cool. Even though they are only testing it at 100mph doesn't that mean more stress on the track, train, and launch motor? Yes, but steel is alot more resiliant then wood, when steel coasters get slowed down/trimmed it is probably because the ride is too intense, not because the ride is tearing itself apart like a woodie would be trimmed for. And the launch motor was probably designed to launch that fast because the ride was a prototype that needed to test the technoogy to see how it worked before scaling the concept up for Dragster. Also, speaking of Dragster, does anyone any pictures or info on the original layout for Dragster that would have had an overbank and airtime hills running along Millennium Island? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlover420 Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Yeah, if this ride went that fast on a daily basis I am sure that they would need a first aid station out side of the ride. Or a morgue. Well, they wouldn't need to do any autopsy's (or autopsies, or whatever...), so why not just a graveyard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 They no longer staple you. And you also got to remember the Perilous Plunge accident that happen not long before this video was shot. So Knotts in the video was just being safe. Really? Read like 5 or 6 posts up: I can't believe it, but they REALLY stapled me yesterday. I twas so bad, I could barely breath. During my last visit in December 2006 I also go stapled quite badly. --Robb "So what were you saying abotu them not stapling people?" Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Thrill Dragster Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Trust me, they don't staple. I have had a good half inch to a inch of room on my recent visits to the park, and I go often. And if you do get stapled the operator must have felt that the bar did not go down far enough, so that you are properly restrained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DATman Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 ^One person not being stapled does not become the norm, even if you are there "often". Quite honestly, there are so many factors into it (who the op is, how high the bar is, etc), that you may just get lucky. Your experience does not egual everyone else's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coasterkid20 Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 I honestly think their reasoning for stabling certain people are probably really simple.... My last like 2 or 3 visits I haven't been but I'm also 6'4" and weigh 180..... I'm tall and skinny so the bar comes done to that certain level that I'm not going to come out, but their is still room. Personally I don't care about getting stapled on it, the airtime is so good that personally the bar does not bother me, but i'm just old fashioned and beleive that most of the time the park does what is in the customers best interest. not all the time, but a good deal of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy4Coasters! Posted June 23, 2007 Author Share Posted June 23, 2007 Nice reaction to the video I posted. Am glad some conversation stirred up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twister II Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 I recon "Stealth" can go over 100, it does 0-80 in 1.9 sec. I'm sure the launch is capable of well over 100mph. Doesn't mean you'd actually survive it though. You would have to. Think about it. If a train was launched, and a split second later a computer/mechanic malfunction and for some strange reason the ride accelerates more than it should, the ride has to be safe. They don't want dead patrons on their hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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