kailisun98 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 ^^/^ Then what's hangtime? Hangtime is a slow section where you are traveling upside down with only the restraints holding you in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmullin Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 El Toro. It's not even close for me. Any seat is crazy, insane, ejector airtime. Second would be B&M hypers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorkscrewFoley Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Leviathan-The first big airtime hill after the bunny hill had some insane sustained ejector air in the front. Behemoth-The second drop and the return leg of camelbacks. Thunderhead-there's some great air on that, and my favourite is the sustained floater after the fly by. Phantom's Revenge-need I say more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanM64 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 El Toro gives roughly the same amount of airtime of all other wooden coasters in the US added together. Phoenix at Knoebels gets and honorable mention. Â Skyrush gives an insane amount of airtime as well, definitely more than any other steelie I've ridden. Others that have decent airtime moments are Ride of Steel at Darien Lake, Phantom's Revenge at Kennywood, Magnum at CP, and Nitro at SFGAdv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrapesLie Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I love the hill right after you exit the triple down tunnel on The Voyage! That hill is like FREEDOM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rctneil Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Some of my favourite airtime moments arE:  Megafobia - Oakwood - About half way throguh there is a great small airtime hill Hair Raiser - Ocean Park - The bunny hop half way through is pretty nice too  and dare I say it:  Dodonpa - Fuji Q - Maybe not enjoyable airtime but it is 100% mega ejector airtime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 For me, Outlaw Run's, Macerick's, Mega-Lite's, Viper's(SFGAm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCjunkie Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I really enjoy Diamondback for the floater air throughout the ride, fun stuff. On the first hill in the front car of Wild Thing is a pretty nice airtime drop, too bad the rest of the ride is so average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperShawn Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 After reliving it on the Texas/Midwest trip, Cyclops last row reminded me (and many others) that it has one of the single most crazy airtime moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 ^actually, after hearing everyone saying how intense the airtime is in Cyclops backrow, I was expecting much more than how it actually was. Still not enough for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fire Guy Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 (edited) Of the coasters I've ridden: Blue Fire, Wild Train (Erlebnispark Strasswalchen), Gold Striker, S:UF (SFDK). I'll 'splain 'em for you. Â Blue Fire: Cresting the MCBR in the front seat and the final inline twist as long as you sit on the right side. There, you seat is YANKED from under you forcefully, and you really feel like you're going to be ejected. The amazing trains and lap bars make that moment even better. Â Wild Train: OK, this thing is just ridiculous. The only thing "family coaster" about this ride is its size. The rest...is just absolutely insane, it seems as though the PAX engineers were extremely drunk when they designed it. The result is a f**ked up layout with violent ejector air all over the place. It truly deserves the name "Wild Train" as it is a WILD ride, and easily the most insane "family coaster" I know of. Â Gold Striker: My butt is out of the seat at least ten times on this ride. Not the most extreme airtime being a GCI, but it's packed all over the layout. Â S:UF: Best steel coaster in Norcal IMO. Cresting the top in the front provides extreme ejector air, and the drop after the barrel roll in the back provides equally potent airtime. For some odd reason, the airtime is sustained through the vertical twists as well. Edited August 24, 2013 by Blue Fire Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Gumball Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 My best moments of airtime:  Gold Striker - As said, it's not Intamin-airtime or long moments of airtime but this ride is packed with what I've counted up to 14 moments of varying degrees of airtime (depends on where you sit, I counted 14 in the last row). I didn't expect much to airtime to be had on a coaster that's based on a lot of steep banks and sharp turns...but GCI sure surprised me. In fact, I try to avoid keeping anything in my normal pockets riding this as they dig into my thighs (yes, it hurt) and/or get crushed. Instead, I put cargo pockets to use  Superman Ultimate Flight, SFDK - Ejector airtime in CA...'nuff said! Though only 3 moments (2 strong/ejector moments coming up to the highest point and coming back down, and a strange floater moment in the non inverting loop). Superman does not look like much and does not seem like it would give you any airtime but my first ride I was completely surprised (and baffled at how they pulled off what they did in this strange coaster).  Ghost Rider, Knott's - More focused on sustained airtime but the valleys and such give you a rather rough landing...reason why I hang on rather than keeping hands up.  Lastly, Xcelerator at Knott's - Only 1 moment of airtime but at 205 feet up...I felt myself nearly standing up coming down when I rode in the front seat. It was a nice, sustained moment of airtime too!  We can't forget the classics as well...Giant Dipper, when running faster/warmed up offers several moments of airtime. Maybe not as strong as Gold Striker but this was my go-to coaster when I was looking for airitme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaxster Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Wolverine Wildcat at Michigan's Adventure had a lot of good airtime that I wasn't really expecting and it is now one of my top favorite wooden coasters. Â Shivering Timbers at the same park had such insane ejector airtime that I got scared for the first time on a coaster since I was young. Now that's a coaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmullin Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I noticed when I last rode it, that the third camelback on Bizarro, offers some ridiculous airtime, so much that it hurt my thighs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GayCoasterGuy Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Real airtime: Phoenix, Viper at SFGAmerica, Cyclops  "Uplift force" time (whilst being stapled): El Toro, Intamin megas, etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunaSled Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I'm a Diamondback fan. Ride the back (13 is my favorite), give yourself a couple inches on the clamshell and you've got great floater air throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Millennium Force had some really great sustained air over the hills the other day, more than I remembered; especially over the 180ft hill. I love the return hill from the island. So floaty. Â Maverick is absolutely wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning9SX Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 After reliving it on the Texas/Midwest trip, Cyclops last row reminded me (and many others) that it has one of the single most crazy airtime moment. Â Here is a picture of Shawn, Ross, Nick, and Matt enjoying a ride in the Cyclops' back car. I didn't even realize you guys were on it when I took it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 For me it's Cyclops and Phoenix. Really ridiculous amounts of airtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperShawn Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 ^^ that picture! We all look scared for our lives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reissecup Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Skyrush and Phantom's Revenge definitely , also there's quite a bit on Stormrunner's top hat, and Fahrenheit has an airtime hill, but both get ruined because of the OSTR's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyRush Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Oh my Skyrush(S) and El Toro(W) hands down  Intamin is a double winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reissecup Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 oops forgot the Jack Rabbit! that has some awesome air on the double dip, and Thunderbolt has some too I think, I went to kennywood before I knew anything about coaster so I don't remember much about what they felt like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniellazarus Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Titan at SFOT has the best air time I've experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Skyrush for me. With no possible comparison to any other coaster I've ridden. What a serious kick-ass ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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