robbalvey Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Mhh, considering what I've hear today I think this ride might hold a very big surprise to all of you Uh, oh... Beware of Mr. "I know something you don't know..."
SharkTums Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 ^^I was just waiting for you to see this new post! I'm sure you can find a Butterfly coaster somewhere!
JohanR Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 Mhh, considering what I've hear today I think this ride might hold a very big surprise to all of you Uh, oh... Beware of Mr. "I know something you don't know..." I know, but considering it was was one of the S&S guys at the EAS who said it
Tbcoasterfan Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 Mhh, considering what I've hear today I think this ride might hold a very big surprise to all of you Uh, oh... Beware of Mr. "I know something you don't know..." I know, but considering it was was one of the S&S guys at the EAS who said it So why can't you divulge what you know?
robbalvey Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 ^ Because he's cooler than the rest of us! Didn't you know? If you have "OMFG secret coaster stuff" that automatically makes you so cool...and then telling other poeple that you have "OMFG secret coaster stuff" gets you the chick launching machine in your bedroom. --Robb
Kooky Posted October 2, 2009 Posted October 2, 2009 now i am intrested what this will be!? a secret airtime hill that get activated by screaming loud and uses transformer like tecnology!? lightspeed in the launch section.... just jokes!!! but if you write something about a secret, please just write what you have heard... this will be more intresting. Maybe its really intresting
Trevor Posted May 5, 2010 Posted May 5, 2010 OK, so a year later there is no notices about this coaster... even though the website announces it (also as the fastest coaster in the world)... Does anyone knows when this coaster will be opperating?
Tbcoasterfan Posted May 5, 2010 Posted May 5, 2010 Holy dead thread Batman! How is the worlds fastest Nurburgring track decoration doing? Still be all silver and such?
robbalvey Posted May 5, 2010 Posted May 5, 2010 There has been no word on this project lately. At West Coast Bash, S&S informed us they were still waiting on the TUV approval to get back to work so I'm assuming that approval has not happened yet. --Robb
mikkey Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 9/25/2009 S&S Press Release: World Record Coaster Launch Scheduled <<>> Explosion in Ring Racer: Investigation set Nürburg. After the breakdown roller coaster at the Nürburgring with a loud bang, the prosecution of Koblenz has closed its investigation against the project manager. As the Authority has announced that the head of the test series with the installation of the "Ring Racers" the failure had not foreseen. He was thus also made no negligent assault guilty. Beginning of September 2009 it had come at the launch pad on a roller coaster to an explosion. Six workers - first of seven had been suffered by the speech - a blast trauma, several presented a criminal complaint. At the time of the accident was involved in the launch pad a column of six workers of a company with paving. Moreover, there does a painter. The workers were incidentally witnessed by several test drives. Special rules of conduct had not been issued at that time - and protection goals, which are used to noise, was authorized by Security staff will not be closed immediately after the explosion. The squad leader giving evidence, the workers felt the explosion and the corresponding clock 13:20 bang against strong pressure in the head and suffered severe headaches for about an hour later. He also went to the doctor, who diagnosed a blast trauma. Other workers, who were questioned suffered such pain. A TÜV expert's reports concluded that a software error that caused the explosion. In the last of the test runs, the software recognized a specific function is not exactly: this is why the launch was aborted not automatic, as it would have been necessary. This apparently led to the explosion. In the controversial theme park attractions at the Nürburgring in the Eifel, it had repeatedly been delayed. The multi-media theater, "Green Hell" had been temporarily closed after in November 2009 a five meters long and was heruntergekracht 40-pound part of the scenery, a plastic tree. The "Ring Racer" could previously not be put into operation. According to the Nürburgring GmbH is there still no date for a start. Rhein-Zeitung 6/2/2010 The bad news: The Ring Racer, planned as an audience magnet "fastest roller coaster in the world", is reportedly not already before the autumn at the start. But even that is questionable. The repairs to the difficult test-run accident of September 2009 drawn in the length. Rhein-Zeitung 6/2/2010
dr.gumbo Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 I think its safe to say this ride is a failure. Only Dubai's money problems are giving it much hope at getting that record.
HCLcoasters Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 The coaster in Dubai is already built and ready to go, they just have to wrap up the park which they seem to be doing.
jamesdillaman Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 This ride is doing better than I305, at least they haven't added trims to it, yet!
808Freq Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 This ride is doing better than I305, at least they haven't added trims to it, yet! I was going to say something along the lines of "S&S is lucky they didn't build this thing in KD, those kids would lynch the execs".. but I thought it'd be in bad taste
B-RadG Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 This ride is doing better than I305, at least they haven't added trims to it, yet! I was going to say something along the lines of "S&S is lucky they didn't build this thing in KD, those kids would lynch the execs".. but I thought it'd be in bad taste Well the ride already had trims. Right after the launch, trims quickly slowed the train to under 70 mph to allow it to maneuver that element without killing riders. The "fastest" thing was only held for like half a second til the trims kicked in.
808Freq Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Well, I was just speaking to the coaster being a FAIL. And I think I speak for everyone when I say I approve of trims that save lives
exmouse Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 I recevied an email from the PR firm stating that Ring Racer will open in August this year. So I guess it might get the record for a couple of months.
RaptorBoyASU Posted July 17, 2010 Posted July 17, 2010 I can't find any updated news on this thing, is it still set to open in August? I'm going to be there at the end of August, and I was hoping I could get on the thing.
Hhappy Posted July 17, 2010 Posted July 17, 2010 ^ don't count on it. last things i've found mention something like 2011 at the earliest.. and still there's a need for some testing etc.. and nothings moving there at the moment.. only time will tell
SharkTums Posted July 17, 2010 Posted July 17, 2010 ^From what we were told from some knowledgeable Germans while on the Europe trip...DON'T COUNT ON IT!!!!
liftsifter Posted July 17, 2010 Posted July 17, 2010 Intamin > S&S At least Intamin can get the coaster (Kingda Ka) up and running without any problems. Is there a reason these coasters don't use LIM motors? or do LIMs not power enough?
saxman47 Posted July 17, 2010 Posted July 17, 2010 Is there a reason these coasters don't use LIM motors? or do LIMs not power enough? In order for an LIM coaster to achieve that kind of speed and acceleration, it would require an enormous power draw. All systems (hydraulic/air/LIM/LSM) need to transfer the same amount of energy to the train, but the difference is in how efficiently they do so. With LIMs, they require all their power at once. Thus, you need some crazy electrical infrastructure to be able to deliver those high currents in such a short amount of time. Hydraulic and air launches store their energy gradually in between launches by compressing a gas slowly over the span of about a minute or so. This is more efficient since the extremely high power draw of LIMs creates loads of heat which is basically wasted energy. So, in short, it's not that it can't be done; it's that it is probably not practical or cost effective when there are better options out there.
mightbeawannabe Posted July 18, 2010 Posted July 18, 2010 What about LSMs? Aren't they a little different in terms of waste?
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