Most Lame 1st Drop on a substantial rollercoaster

I agree that SF may not have the best drop...it's not in my top ten now that I've gotten to other parks in the past few summers...but it's deff. one of the most fun ones for me because i ride it about 100 times a summer...yea some other hypers and gigas like MF may hav better drops...but I deff. wouldn't say tht it sucks at all.

I loved Steel Forces' drop (not sure why, just felt cool falling..), am NOT a fan of S:ROS's at SFNE. The straight sections completely ruined the ride for me, but I seriously liked Steel Force, haha. Go figure, I think S:ROS was even a little painful in the back seat...Ejector air on the first drop, slammed into a straight section. Not my thing really..

Hmm ...
I have only ridden 44 coasters, and I haven't noticed a bad drop, but I think the weakest might be Wildcat at Frontier City in Oklahoma.

Originally posted by GerstlCrazy

Originally posted by Robmillzy

yawn...its definitely Cyclops at Mt. Olympus or High Speed Thrill Coaster at Knoebels

Cyclops' first drop has amazing airtime! Were you in the back, or just front?

the front i only rode it once...why is the back much better?

Originally posted by coasterguy77

I loved Steel Forces' drop (not sure why, just felt cool falling..), am NOT a fan of S:ROS's at SFNE. The straight sections completely ruined the ride for me, but I seriously liked Steel Force, haha. Go figure, I think S:ROS was even a little painful in the back seat...Ejector air on the first drop, slammed into a straight section. Not my thing really..

Really? I hated Steel Force's drop, but loved SROS's...it just kept on getting steeper before the straight and had a ton of airtime.

Too bad Steel Forces isn't better because the rest of the ride was really good IMO.

Originally posted by Robmillzy

Originally posted by GerstlCrazy

Originally posted by Robmillzy

yawn...its definitely Cyclops at Mt. Olympus or High Speed Thrill Coaster at Knoebels

Cyclops' first drop has amazing airtime! Were you in the back, or just front?

the front i only rode it once...why is the back much better?

You went on Cyclops once and decided to ride front? Hun, the front rows are only there to make the back faster.

And yes. Back is much better [;)]

^Don't you have to be 18 to ride in the back car of Cyclops because of the INSANE airtime on (I think) one of the last drops?

I don't think so... but that would be awesome.

Actually yes, a sign states you must be 18...not too sure if they enforce it or not.

They don't enforce it. And it's not 'one of the drops' - it's ALL of the drops. That ride has a LOT of airtime in the back car.

Some of the employees do, a few of the people just didn't care. They were happy to just see someone come to Cyclops (No one seemed to want to). All I do know is that I rode in back row, 1 from back row, and two from back row and it wasn't all that much of a difference.

It has the one setting two-across restraints so any way you're flyin' during all of its insane drops...

Originally posted by raptorTC

Mean Streak...
The trims=ultimate lameness.

agreed

Originally posted by dcs221

I don't like Steel Force's drop too much because it starts curving when already going down at like -20*, then hits that flat real soon after so there isn't a long period of airtime. The retracting seatbelts don't help either. Then, in the front, you can't hardly see over the hood (and I'm tall) so the drop there is even worse than it would be otherwise.

Mean Streak's drop is lame, as is Texas Giant's, which is almost the same with the trims, just a lil shorter with a curve at the top.

Kyle, you don't actually float on SROS' flat section. There's about .3 g's there, meaning you'll be touching the seat soon after the track straightens out. It's an alright drop, better than some its size but no, not up to potential. Dive machines, on the other hand, are different...their drops are around 90*, so a straight section would mean you'd be floating, as opposed to the normal force you experience at 71* on SROS. Also, I don't think Dive Machines ever actually straighten out completely, which makes sense since it's falling on close to a parabolic trajectory.

I know it isnt quite floating but it sure feels cool anyways. You have to go on it a couple times before recognizing how good it is. at first a didnt give a crap about its first drop.

Also-


Thats preety strait as far as smoothly transitioning in and out of it.

It's not straight...it just has a REALLY long lead-out. That drop was amazing in the back <3.

^ agree about the back. Oh well who cares how strait it is its an awsome drop. And so is milleniums and sros's and isso steel force's. As long as a drop isnt painful i dont get how it is hated. Were coaster ENTHUSIASTS arent we?

Ok first of all Montu' drop is awesome,2ndly to the NI Quote, the 80ft drop really is the 2nd drop lol, cuz ya got the 1 out the station.

Now for a drop i can stand, and thank god the damn whole coaster has been removed, does any1 remember the "Storm" at Bottens Pleasure Beach, jsut cuz they stuck the coaster on the roof of a arcade,ITS STILL A CRAPPY PINFARI PEICE OF Bollocks lolhttp://www.rcdb.com/ig831.htm?picture=1

For me i'd have to say the Demon at Californias Great AMerica, it's just so boring and it hurts so bad. + It's a Vekoma, so what do you expect.

^ agreed.

Silver bullet. I once rode it when I was about 8 and liked it. But now I just see how jacked up it is.

The drop of Sphinx at Mitsui Greenland http://www.rcdb.com/ig1924.htm?picture=5 If you can call that a drop.

Originally posted by B and M

Ninja at sfstl.

I agree. I mean, if you're in the back its pretty fun. But that ride is just a painful waste of space. It should just be scrapped and replaced.

The Demon coasters are Arrows aren't they? I know it's not too much of a difference but I'm just clarifying.

Originally posted by stunner12

Silver bullet. I once rode it when I was about 8 and liked it. But now I just see how jacked up it is.

Yeah man, that drop isn't even steep at all. For some reason I liked it a lot, but it's definitely one of the tamest I've been on.

Xcelerator.









Yeah, right. I would kill myself if I meant that. Silver Bullet most definately. Actually, for a FIRST drop, I would have to say it is the B&M predrops. Those are the most lame form of drops ever, yet they are still fun to go through..

the drop of Magic Mountain at gardaland (a vekoma double loop coaster)... it's very, very boring (as the rest of the ride.. )