Rockets......

Favorite Rocket?


POST WHY!

I voted storm runner because of the sweet inversions!

Yea it has a nice speed and it has inversions and the others dont but and it has some good air

You're missing Xcelerator. My vote goes to that one because it is my favorite and the only one I've ridden.

I have just added Xcelerator!

Storm Runner looks the best out of all of them for me, but you forgot Xcelerator and Kanonen.

SR = Single most intense spot of Steel airtime Ive ever been on. Period.

[coolbeans326]

^ have you been on S:ROS NE? (I'm looking for a comparison, I think I asked the same with IF, and I'm very curious)
My vote goes to Xcelerator though, cuz it was the first, and at one time the best (rocket coaster), and my only rocket coaster I've been on.

Kanonen has been added.....YIPPEEE[:D]

storm runner b/c it looks so sexy.

Storm Runner. Its extremely intense, forceful, and disorienting... Could very well be one of the top 3 steel coasters on earth.

Xcelerator is also amazing, especially for what it does. The launch and tophat are better than SR's, but SR is definitely the better of the two.

Wow! I thought most would go for TTD! I was sooooo wrong. I also thought Rita had a good chance! Who knows keep voting thanks everyone!

omg!!! definately storm runner. it's my favorite anyways, but it's awesome.. It's so unique and fun and stuff..

LOL[lol] You really do like SR dont you![:D]

Coolbeans, I completely doubt that SROS SFNE has as much airtime power as Storm Runner does. It may have more in length, but I highly doubt it has as much in power.

Its just ridiculous.

I have never been on one yet. Maby if I go to KBF while i'm in L.A. I could ride Xcelerator!

Originally posted by zfromtheburgh

Wow! I thought most would go for TTD! I was sooooo wrong. I also thought Rita had a good chance! Who knows keep voting thanks everyone!

Sure TTD goes faster but Storm Runner has a lot more than just a top hat, and I'm pretty sure a more forcefull launch (at least it felt like it to me). Either way, it gets my vote.

[coolbeans326]

We should all thank Knott's and Intamin for the Rocket. I guess (according to the OC Register, it was knotts wanting for a hyper, and not enough room for a traditional style, that they went to Intamin to design something that would launch it fast enough in a short amount of time, and wolla, the Rocket was born!)
IF, how would you compare SR's insane powerful moment of air time to Xcel's top hat air time? Or anyone else who has been on both.
S:ROS's g read out http://www.rideofsteel.com/force.htm (may help you bring a better idea into my head of what SR is like)

i like storm runner, looks really fun , i like the flying snake dive looks intense[:)]

The air over the top of Xcelerator's tophat is awesome. It just seems like you're floating forever. I only rode it in the front seat though, but even there the air was great.

I've only been on TTD and Xcelerator. I voted for Xcelerator becuase the top hat is WAY better that Dragsters and theres more ride to enjoy.

^Yah, it's not just a lauch, tophat and into the breaks. Xcelerator has it's pair of overbanks. Only problem is that it's not long enough.

[coolbeans326]

I also heard that Xcelerator's launch is way more intense, because the exceleration is a lot faster.

It is, but overbanks arent anything to call home about. I think personally that Xcelerator would be better without the. Sure, it extends the rides time but overbanks like those are pretty darn boring no matter how you do it. The only one that looks cool is the one through the top hat because of a near miss but thats not even that close.

Those graphs on that website were taken from the study done on SROS after the accident. Im very sure that the forces on Storm Runner probably max out over -1.5. Front seat when you crest into the Snake Dive almost hurts, almost. Its still CRAZY fun but my first two rides up front I was greeted with leg smashing G's into that element.

Not to mention the back seat over the TH has some crazy sustained air too.

Kanonen...because it's short and sweet, but packs a huge punch.