Coasters 4 ever Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 I have read on many sites that SheiKra has the first water effect ever on a coaster. Doesn't Matterhorn have a water effect? Please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Matterhorn have the first water effect on a coaster? :?
coaster1 Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 Well Matterhorn has a true water splash, since the car travels through a bed of water, SheiKra has fins to create a "splash". There have been several before Matterhorn to have water splashes as well, alot of wooden coasters used to have them, Wildcat at Frontier City had one til a few years ago and even Blazing Fury and Fire In The Hole have them .. they are all true effects since the train travels through the water.
arrowfanman Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 I dont think that matterhorn was the first (it was the first tubular steel coaster with polyurithane wheels and a water effect). I think they are saying that, because Sheikra is the first coaster to use that patented technique for a water effect.
coaster1 Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 Well ... not a true water splash .. it's tripped by sensors.
Reon Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 and so is Sheikra's. From what I've seen, there are pipes on the train that shoot water during that spot...
maliboomer Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 ^The tubes scoop water from the lagoon and because of the pressure created the water shoots out the other side, and the size and height of the tube variates between trains creating a custom splash for each train. A similar effect to IJST is used on the Incredible Hulk Coaster.
arrowfanman Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 For those who are interested, I recently found this here: here...its the patent.
ECZenith Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 Yeah, Matterhorn was the first thing to pop into my head. I'm surprised that claim was made with Journey to Atlantis an hour away.
socalMAN123 Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 Yeah, Matterhorn is the only known coaster to me that has a water effect. It's more like a lake with coaster track going through it (which I think is a water splash still), yet it hardly gets you wet. ---Brent 8)
pgathriller Posted July 3, 2005 Posted July 3, 2005 I don't think that Sheikra has the first water effect. The Incredible Hulk and the Italian Stunt Track has water effects and they opened before Sheikra. Isn't a water effect anything that has to do with water? Many coasters wet you with water. Aren't they considered water effects?
ECZenith Posted July 3, 2005 Posted July 3, 2005 That should of said "water splashdown", but even that's wrong. What are the different types of splashes this ride can make? Is there really a noticable difference between the three train's plumes of water?
denning Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 Materhorn splash is a system of "breaking". At least it was claimed to be Disney back in the 1960s. That the splash effect slowed the trains down.
J-Man Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 sheikra uses it as braking to it slws the train down by i think 10% ...
coasters 4 me Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 It is weird the way you dont get wet on the coaster. But on the back row you get a bit wet, but you hardly notice it. But the people watching underneath get wet!
J-Man Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 the back row gets a mist or maybe even a heavy mist (i got that once)...but the splash is mostly for the people watching and for the kids to have sumthing to stand under and get wet on a hot summer day....
coasters 4 me Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 Yeah. When you get wet, it looks like you have just been in a Bath with your clothes on. You get absolutly soaked.
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