Thorpe Park Discussion Thread

[haux]

Also, what's become of this new obsession to put OTSRs on these nonlooping coasters? Superman Escape, Kingda Ka, Rita and this coaster have them. What gives? Especially Rita. Come on.

[dc006f5086]

Safety, is one main reason, also the Over the top Restraints, dont have to be so tight against a person to hold them in the seat so this is a bonus if the ride has airtime, a bit more freedom. But safety is something that is the main factor.

[Ed]

Intamins OTSR's feel like lap bars anyway. The actualy shoulder parts are tiny. But the lap bits weigh a ton!

[Mind Eraser]

Ed is correct. The new Intamin "shoulder restraints" are purely lap bars. The lap section holds you in, not the thin little strips of plastic.

[haux]

Sure, for people of smaller stature, but larger people fit snugly against the shoulder restraints.

[Inferno Insane]

Ed is correct. The new Intamin "shoulder restraints" are purely lap bars. The lap section holds you in, not the thin little strips of plastic.

 

They sure hold you in, But the thin little strip sure give you a wack around the neck area if your over 6ft and near over the headrest.

[Alexander Nagel]

I'm wondering why a catwalk is up there to. If it was really for maintenance purposes, they why doesnt Storm Runner have one?

 

The park most likely wanted it so Intamin put it on...That's what it usually comes down to when things don't really seem to make sense.

[Ed]

I'm wondering why a catwalk is up there to. If it was really for maintenance purposes, they why doesnt Storm Runner have one?

 

The park most likely wanted it so Intamin put it on...That's what it usually comes down to when things don't really seem to make sense.

 

And nothing Thorpe Park does ever makes sense.

[coasterboi]

The only other Rocket coaster i have been on is Strom Runner.

I know this won't be as good but it will be cool.

And i Know what you meen buy the Intamin Restrents

They do look unsafe and they Bloody hurt when you whack you head on them

[Alexander Nagel]

Storm Runner restrains are slight differant than what all the rockets in 2005 had. Intamin improved on them slightly but it makes big differance.

[WW Goliath]

Safety, is one main reason, also the Over the top Restraints, dont have to be so tight against a person to hold them in the seat so this is a bonus if the ride has airtime, a bit more freedom. But safety is something that is the main factor.

 

From my experience of the over the shoulder restraints on RITA they do not give extra room for airtime but actually reduce the amount of airtime that would be available with lap bars. For those who are taller they are also very very uncomfortable, even painful on occasions, and certainly spoil the ride. In no way do they feel to me like lap bars as has been mentioned. If Intamin have problems with their lap bars then what a shame they could not come up with a new design rather then resorting to over the shoulder restraints.

[rollerdude]

The reason the catwalks are up there is because there are lights INSIDE the track. They are up there to replace the bulbs or do maitenance. They wouldn't necissarily need the catwalk but it would make it a hell of a lot easier.

[TheStig]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isnt Xcelerator and TTD the only rocket coasters with lap bars? I think maybe this is because they were the first two ever built, and thus were still in proto type stage. Maybe Intamin will follow Primier and put lap bars on the trains in the future.

 

Colin C

[DailyBugle_JL]

Maybe the little catwalk is for if the train comes to a complete stop and the workers have to climb up the track to push it down.

 

Thats my only explanation. The real question is why make a catwalk when theres no way to get to it.

 

Jeremy "who would love to climb up thru the track" Lynch

[niiicolaaah]

^that colouring is pretty kewl... it's white and blue, correct?

[robbalvey]

Hey everyone,

 

We have finished our video from our Thorpe Park Stealth Construction tour. You can download the video by either visiting our video downloads page:

 

http://www.themeparkreview.com/videos/video.htm

 

or by clicking this link:

http://www.themeparkreview.com/videos/stealth.zip

 

And if you haven't seen our photos yet, check them out here:

http://www.themeparkreview.com/miniuk2006/thorpe1.htm

 

Enjoy!

 

--Robb

[Gutterflower]

Cool pics robb

Just heading to TP myself... need sleep.... but need rides more.... didnt know there was a 7AM as well as a 7PM.... crazy stuff....

[Nrthwnd]

Nice and sweet there, it tis.

 

Looks like it's enough for me too, lol.

 

Thanks for the 'Prequel Tour', guys.

 

[sfne2005]

Wow, that looks like that has some serious speed over the hump. And what's up with the double horn? Is that part of the launch alert? Because it seems a bit delayed.

[Dark Vampire]

Cool pictures and video!

One question, in the video, on the sign it says 0 mph -> 80 mph in 2.3 seconds. Wasn't it 2.5 seconds?

[CoasterCrazy]

Awesome video!!!

[niiicolaaah]

I have a stupid question:

 

What is "reach envelope testing"?

[Carnage]

^ I think reach envelope is where they test the realitic range that a ride could reach. As in to test to make sure that there's nothing that a rider could hit while riding.

 

Though they'd have to screw the ride up pretty bad for it to fail.

[waterviper]

Here check this thread out for a good example of the reach envelope testing!

Click on the link in that thread to see pictures of Expedition Everest reach envelope testing!

 

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17852&highlight=everest

 

Ohh and about Stealth! How cute!!! Is this the love child of TTD and Kingda ka?

[niiicolaaah]

^ I think it looks freaking AWESOME! I seriously got chills when I watched the video of it testing.

 

I can't think of Stealth as mini-Ka because I've never been on Kingda Ka. Keep in mind that Stealth will be pretty much the tallest coaster I've ever ridden. It's 205 feet tall, right? i've been on Magnum which is 205' tall, and SFDL's S:ROS which is 208' tall with a 205' drop. So 205' is pretty much my magic number, lol.