Mikxy Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 What are the highest forces on a brake run? I know while playing NoLimits and other advanced roller coaster simulators you can increase or decrease the g forces of deacceleration. What is the comfortable limit? And what coaster has the highest deacceleration g force? I know many of intamin's coasters have high forces on the brake runs. Just a question I've had for a while now.
coasterbill Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 What are the highest forces on a brake run? Magnum XL 200 in the rain.
Rill'o'beily Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 This is intense in a bad way but the one existing E-Motion coaster, Tulireki at Linnanmäki has absolutely terrible brakes, they just go on so quick that you fly stomach first towards the restraint
Norwegian coasterfan Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Eurosat and Euromir, but they are intense in a good way
SoCalJasonland Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 I got the life slammed out of me when I flipped into the brake run on SFMM Green Lantern First Flight.
DILinator Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Back when it was there, I remember Wildcat at Cedar Point always having a ridiculously intense, and abrupt stop. It was the worst part of an otherwise really fun coaster!
larrygator Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Back when it was there, I remember Wildcat at Cedar Point always having a ridiculously intense, and abrupt stop. It was the worst part of an otherwise really fun coaster! I second that painful memory.
GCI Wooden Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 What are the highest forces on a brake run? Magnum XL 200 in the rain.
Schrecken Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 It seems to me that Hypersonic at KD had a really hard, fast stop. Also, while not an end brake run, the sudden, screeching halt into the mid-course brake on Goliath at SFMM was pretty intense. I remember learning to brace for that one....
MrSum1_55 Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Montezuma's Revenge. Those brakes at the end come on hard. A distant second would be Magnum without trims. That entire second half is pure insanity when the trims do not engage.
Mikxy Posted June 17, 2017 Author Posted June 17, 2017 The hardest brake I think I've experienced is an intamin inpulse, but it might just feel the most intense because you come to a stop when you are going backwards. Can anybody compare and contrast to this?
DoinItForTheFame Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Titans MCBR, and the first segment of the final brake run.
CNYCoasterguy11 Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 When I used to work at Sylvan Beach Amusement Park our little Galaxi Coaster had airbrakes and a hand brake that was used to slow the train down, so if the operator was good it was smooth, but when it rained and you had a full train of adults it would fly thru all of the brakes even if they were closed ahead and we would have to send them around a second time. It would often go thru even the Emergency brake in the station.
WestCoasterKing Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 I would say either Xcelerator or F U L L T H R O T T L E.
Jetstar2 Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Jet Star 2 for sure. With the inline seating and no single riders it can easily lead to unintended headbutts. Not a very fun ride IMO. lol
VF15 Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Mamba at Worlds of Fun always comes to a hard stop on the brake run, not very comfortable on the neck.
gerstlaueringvar Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Xcelerator. I read somewhere that the force tops at -1.6G's! The Giovanola hypers' MCBR are pretty bad as well.
Nrthwnd Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 ^ I agree with Xcelerator at Knott's. I had never ridden it until last Sept. during West Coast Bash. Since it was The Original of it's kind, and although I had ridden other copies in other countries, this was The Thrill to ride The Original, blah blah. But - sheesh - that brake run totally shocked me, after that beautiful extra curve of track! My gut hit the seat belt and it was rough! After that, I knew what was coming, and was ready for it. But at first, I was more than surprised about such an "immediate" break run. West Coast Bash ~ Sept.11, 2016. But - do they know "it's" coming?
mark549 Posted June 18, 2017 Posted June 18, 2017 Kingda Ka or TTD 400 plus foot drops into a brake. Might not have the all time highest g force, but they're the record for fastest approach into a brake run. I liked TTD's trains more than KK's, but I like the "little" speed hill on KK, it made for a nicer view of the surrounding area (ie. looking at El Toro) while slowing down.
Nrthwnd Posted June 18, 2017 Posted June 18, 2017 (edited) ^ Is it correct, that Xcelerator is the only one of it's kind, that had that extra track, before it's angular brake run? Then all copies after it, used the back and forth approach, like Stealth in UK and TTD at Cedar Point? The one at Space World in Japan, Zaturn, it's the same circuit, too. Photo from TPR Thanks! Edited June 18, 2017 by Nrthwnd
bgtlover Posted June 18, 2017 Posted June 18, 2017 Among the coasters I've ridden, I'd have to say Scorpion at BGT. I really wouldn't say it's intense, but more an abrupt stoppage on the brake run and in the station afterwards. Of course after having ridden over the years I'm prepared for it. It may not be as bad as some others mentioned, but I likely hadn't been on those to know...lol
WestCoasterKing Posted June 18, 2017 Posted June 18, 2017 ^ Is it correct, that Xcelerator is the only one of it's kind, that had that extra track, before it's angular brake run?Then all copies after it, used the back and forth approach, like Stealth in UK and TTD at Cedar Point? The one at Space World in Japan, Zaturn, it's the same circuit, too. Yes. All after Xcelerator are out and back ovals. Kingda Ka does have a hill after the top hat but it's also along the straightaway.
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