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JTHunter
12-01-2011, 12:29 AM
A new kind of rollercoaster.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjw5GhyZUu0
Warthogg
12-01-2011, 01:06 AM
2800 meter run !


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old Grump
12-01-2011, 01:28 AM
Now they need to set up targets and issue guns and ammo to the riders. I'd travel to Europe for that ride.
mriddick
12-01-2011, 06:47 AM
I wonder what it costs to ride.
Schuetzenman
12-01-2011, 07:02 AM
I wonder how they get the coaster chair back up the mountain?
El Duce
12-01-2011, 08:49 AM
Totally cool!
slamfire51
12-01-2011, 09:05 AM
That is FREAKIN awesome.

Does the US have anything like it?
Warthogg
12-01-2011, 11:13 AM
I wonder how they get the coaster chair back up the mountain?

Me also.


Wart
old Grump
12-01-2011, 05:54 PM
I wonder how they get the coaster chair back up the mountain?Spinach eating vegetarians wearing hemp shorts and riding earth friendly bicycles pull trailers filled with the (sleds/carts/cars?) to the top for yogurt and carrot sundaes.
BISHOP
12-01-2011, 09:58 PM
When I was 7-8 I took a trip to Canada and rode on one of those.


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Penguin
12-02-2011, 12:00 AM
That is cool, looks a lot better than the one they have around here.
l921428x
12-02-2011, 01:34 AM
How is the speed controlled? Looks like real fun!!!
Partisan1983
12-02-2011, 01:34 AM
I soooooooo want to ride!!!!!
Penguin
12-02-2011, 05:53 PM
How is the speed controlled? Looks like real fun!!!

I am guessing based on the ones here and what I think I caught a glimps of on the video is there is a lever that you pull towards you to lift the cart higher on its wheels and make it go faster. It you relese or let off the lever it lower the cart down on the track where your weight acts on the brakes.
darkheart
12-02-2011, 08:13 PM
That is FREAKIN awesome.

Does the US have anything like it?

Not quite so elaborate or long, but here in NH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYDprpLpRA
jeremiah johnson
12-03-2011, 03:14 PM
How do they prevent one car from ass-ending the one in front of it. Surely they
are not expecting the riders to use brakes? If so, that kinda ride would not fly in the
USA because our general population is too fucking stupid to operate such a vehicle.
Lawsuits would shut that cool ride down the second day it opened.
Penguin
12-03-2011, 06:40 PM
Not quite so elaborate or long, but here in NH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYDprpLpRA

That is what they have over here. It is fun.
Helen Keller
12-03-2011, 06:44 PM
dress those things up like speeder bikes.
ak4a1
12-04-2011, 12:03 AM
I wonder how much was spent to build that awesome ride! Wish I could experience that one day.
JTHunter
12-04-2011, 12:51 AM
Not quite so elaborate or long, but here in NH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYDprpLpRA

This one looks more like a "luge" (bobsled) as you are down in a track/groove. The first one is more like a monorail.
darkheart
12-04-2011, 09:23 PM
Actually, it looks like the one I posted video of was replaced a couple years ago by the Mountain Coaster which looks like the original post:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmgLiyw4oT8


This one looks more like a "luge" (bobsled) as you are down in a track/groove. The first one is more like a monorail.
copterdoctor
12-05-2011, 06:27 PM
Here's a run without brakes........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqCkICXWdWI
Penguin
12-05-2011, 11:19 PM
That guy must have been holding on for dear life. Looks like fun though.
raxar
12-06-2011, 04:08 PM
I wonder how much was spent to build that awesome ride! Wish I could experience that one day.

well it's 1.7 miles of track, so I'm guessing a lot