verticalzero Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Anyone know how many set's of wheels this monster woodie uses within a season..? Is the track design for it's "Son" or "SOB" wrong, what type of woodie should it of been, e.g. Twister/Out N Back/ Hyper I think the track should of gone through the middle of the loop and the Ops can time the trains so one is going round the loop while the other one is going through the middle. You could wave at the people upside down. When I rode "SOB" in 2000, my hands went numb though the vibration, why is it so rough, has it got worse..? Wrong type of wheels..? The lifthill is so loud as well. It looks like the whole building of it was not right. Kings Island could of asked CCI to build it instead. Would be of been super smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwerling Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I love Son of Beast. When i ride roller coasters i like to actually feel them. It is the tallest and fastest woodie so obviously with that comes the roughness factor. It doesn't bother me at all. I have heard that much of the blame is to be focused on the trains. They are poorly designed, from what I have read. I have no idea how many wheels the Beast goes through in a year. I don't imagine it being much more than any other coaster though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking86 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 The trains might suck, but I wouldnt blame it all on that. The two RCCA woodies I rode in Spain a few years ago (Wild Wild West, now Coaster Express and Magnus Colossus) were both running Intamin trains and they were both vibrating and shaking alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfBeastSucks Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Woodies are naturally rougher than steel coasters. With SoB's height and speed, it is bound to be a very rough ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFOGdude25 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I was wondering. Is there any in the back car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking86 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I highly doubt that. If you look at all of RCCA's designs, you will see that pretty much every hill has a very large radius at the top and usually they dont go very fast over the hills either. SoB doesnt look like an exception to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfBeastSucks Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I was wondering. Is there any in the back car? SoB does not have any airtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFOGdude25 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 oh well My favorite woodie is no longer SOB. It is now a tie between the Racer at PKI, and Blue Streak at Cedar Point (both have really great ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Force_4_ever Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I was wondering. Is there any in the back car? I thought there might be since the first drop is so huge and steep but sadly there is none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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