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what if some incredibly fat kid went down the slide and didn't make it around the loop [lol]

how would they possibly get the fatass out of the slide before he suffocates or even drowns?

Post April 1st, 2008, 9:40 pm
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you dont.. you shut off the water for a few days, and when he's slimmed down a little you crank it up again full force.. and "POP"!

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Originally posted by boneplaya

I went through like 50 pages worth of a thread at ThrillNetwork about that blue slide at action park or whatever. There are people over there who have actually ridden that thing, and apparently it was pretty cool, although possibly slightly painful.
And water doesn't need 10 G's to go around a loop. It needs a positive g-force, just like the rest of the things on earth. Heck, if there were .1 G's t the top of that thing, it's still flow around the loop!


No, the water doesn't need 10G's to go through the loop by itself. But what happens when people are actually sliding down? The water needs to be more forcefull then or am I mistaking?

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I heard they just built a ride where you strap a magnetic vest to your chest and you are LAUNCHED, using an LIM down the water slide.

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Lims in a waterslide lims work with electricity, electricity+water= Not good

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Originally posted by wersigobra

I heard they just built a ride where you strap a magnetic vest to your chest and you are LAUNCHED, using an LIM down the water slide.


Im sure that was comical sarcasm...??
Was it?? Please say it was.

Im pretty sure they will just hose streams of water like they do in the water-bowl slides(royal flush etc).
Im non the wiser but that thing looks fxcking sweet.

Post April 3rd, 2008, 11:17 am

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You guys have to check these out.
Look at the landing pool, a slab of concrete with half a foot of puddle dug into it [lol].
Talk about dangerous!!
Although wouldnt stop me getting on it though!
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It's like one of those coaster enduced nightmares all us coaster enthusiasts get isnt it!
Like the one where your just about to launch on TTD and you wake up.
I know you've had a dream similar, and i guarantee ill have wierd dreams about action park tonight.
Heres some more pictures proving what a fxcking wierd place it was.

DIY at its best:


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Look how high the tubes are and how shallow the pool(swamp) is.
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Ide pay so much money to go there.
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But this pic explains everything?????????

Originally posted by english coaster guy

Look how high the tubes are and how shallow the pool(swamp) is.
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I love how everyone here is automatically a physics major because they are on the interwebs.

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That ride would not only scare the s**t out-a me, it would hurt like hell at the bottem if there was a grate to stop flooding...[xx(][B)]
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Originally posted by pollie

Originally posted by boneplaya

I went through like 50 pages worth of a thread at ThrillNetwork about that blue slide at action park or whatever. There are people over there who have actually ridden that thing, and apparently it was pretty cool, although possibly slightly painful.
And water doesn't need 10 G's to go around a loop. It needs a positive g-force, just like the rest of the things on earth. Heck, if there were .1 G's t the top of that thing, it's still flow around the loop!


No, the water doesn't need 10G's to go through the loop by itself. But what happens when people are actually sliding down? The water needs to be more forcefull then or am I mistaking?



No... Because the the water reduces friction. In other words the water doesn't have to go all the way around. I think...

To pollie - 10G's! The average human body blacks out at 8 g's. The most G's on a coaster is 6.3 G's on Tower of Terror at Gold Reef City.

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Ah yes, Action Park. I know it well enough to have written a some 6 page article on it at my site! I remember the looping slide vividly. I never went on it, as it was never open and I was too young, but what you see in the pics is what it was. No trick to filter water out for the loop, no special engineering to get riders around, it was just a slide with a loop.

BTW, regarding the tubes that go into the swamp that english coaster guy noted; that's a ride called the Cannonball. You race another person down these winding tubes and it dumps you about 10 feet above the water. The pool is a natural ravine and is actually 30+ feet deep. It's still at the park today.

If you want, check out my Action Park page for more horror stories about that place. http://www.domainofdeath3.com/actionpark.php
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I know what you are saying Coasterdave, it was just an example

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I had read some of your article cygnus, Its very intresting. Have a read, its great.

check out cygnuses Action Park page for more horror stories about that place. http://www.domainofdeath3.com/actionpark.php

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Originally posted by coasterdave


To pollie - 10G's! The average human body blacks out at 8 g's. The most G's on a coaster is 6.3 G's on Tower of Terror at Gold Reef City.

http://www.rcdb.com/id1481.htm


Sustained, yes, but just sitting down can be up to 35 G's, falling over can be in the 100's!

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Originally posted by Cygnus12

Ah yes, Action Park. I know it well enough to have written a some 6 page article on it at my site! I remember the looping slide vividly. I never went on it, as it was never open and I was too young, but what you see in the pics is what it was. No trick to filter water out for the loop, no special engineering to get riders around, it was just a slide with a loop.

BTW, regarding the tubes that go into the swamp that english coaster guy noted; that's a ride called the Cannonball. You race another person down these winding tubes and it dumps you about 10 feet above the water. The pool is a natural ravine and is actually 30+ feet deep. It's still at the park today.

If you want, check out my Action Park page for more horror stories about that place. http://www.domainofdeath3.com/actionpark.php

pretty cool webpage youv'e got there[;)][approve]
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Post April 13th, 2008, 7:40 pm

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Thanks! I'm glad you liked the site.

Now, even though the companies making these looping slides have much more engineering sense than whatever company built the abomination at Action Park; I still have to wonder how well it'll turn out.

As for water going around the loop; how about just removing the flow of water altogether? How about instead they just put misters to moisten a slick mat type material along the bottom of the slide. Then put some small drains at the bottom of the loop to get rid of excess water that would accumulate over time. That way you wouldn't have to worry about getting water to shoot around the loop.
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i never thought about that, i thought that maybe you could use sort of water blasters to push you further round the loop, and a sort of failsafe trapdoor device just in case it fails, foolproof!
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Originally posted by jayman


Originally posted by lewis13

what if some incredibly fat kid went down the slide and didn't make it around the loop

how would they possibly get the fatass out of the slide before he suffocates or even drowns?



you dont.. you shut off the water for a few days, and when he's slimmed down a little you crank it up again full force.. and "POP"!


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