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Post July 16th, 2003, 2:28 am

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For the spring wheels, u may be right, but for the other thing, S&S does make SLC's, and they do make corkscrews from Arrow, but they're rough(Like old Arrow CS rides).

Post July 16th, 2003, 2:31 am

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S&S Power (though to make my life easier I'll just be calling it S&S) is a Utah based company that was founded by Stan Checketts. Over the past several years the company has become most recognized when it comes to their launch rides. With rides ranging from their extremely popular Turbo Drop and Space Shot towers, to their simply magnificent Thrust Air series, S&S has made themselves very well known for their extreme rides. The single that however that holds S&S out is their innovative Compressed Air Launched system, that allows for the to send trains at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour in just a little over one second.
This is from a site about S&S.Thrust coasters=XLC's, SLC's

Post July 16th, 2003, 3:11 pm

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No, a thrust air coaster isn't an SLC. An SLC is an vekoma inverted.

Post July 16th, 2003, 4:35 pm

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SLC- suspended looping coaster, and going from 0 to 100 in a second, isnt that hazardus to your health????lol[:D]

Post July 16th, 2003, 9:35 pm

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I was wrong, thinking of XLC's[:(]<img src=images/icon_speech_oops.gif border=0 width=29 height=15 alt=Insert Speech Icon: Oops!>
And yes, rct, they do go 0-102+ in 1.4 or so. One of their rides-Dodonpa, 2nd fastest ride in the world at 106 mph.

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Post July 17th, 2003, 7:22 pm

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i knew about dodonpa, cept i thought it was 2 seconds

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Post July 17th, 2003, 8:29 pm

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Oh well, i dont plan on going to Japan, nor do i plan on riding thrust air 200, hypersonic xlc, nor TTD (suprise suprise)

Post July 17th, 2003, 8:30 pm

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well, i might get on ttd for money, or if i was drunk (considering i dont drink, that gets rid of one of those options)

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Post July 17th, 2003, 8:37 pm

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HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! Just not launch coasters.......

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Post July 17th, 2003, 8:39 pm

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hmmmmmmmm, well, lets see....... 0 to 80 in 1 second, extreme negative g's then a vertical drop............ (negative g's are cool in all, but there is a difference between fun g's and too much g's)

Post July 17th, 2003, 8:50 pm

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they're FUN though. Launched coasters are SSOOOO FUUNN!! Your missing a ton of fun rctycoon112.

Post July 17th, 2003, 8:52 pm

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i might try hpyerson xlc, if i like then i prob will ride ttd, but until then, aint going any where near it! (for the majority of stuff i havent gotten on, when i try it, i end up liking it, like acrophobia, i didnt want to ride it rode it and like it)

Post July 18th, 2003, 5:40 pm

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i dunno about everybody else but on most launch rides i feel like i black out for about 1 or 2 seconds.

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Post July 18th, 2003, 9:54 pm

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Yea, the helix on Goliath is pretty intense, but it's fun. Sry bout dodonpa, read that from some site I had never heard of before, guess it was wrong.[:O]

Post July 24th, 2003, 7:10 am

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Originally posted by punkrock69

arrow has been gone since the early 90's, and vekoma went bankrupt after six flags woulnd't pay for Deja Vu.


ahem, arrow has been bought about a yaer ago by S&S when they were almost going bankrupt due to the problems with X. Vekoma also had some troubles with SF, some people say SF only payed half price for a few boomerangs they bought. Vekoma went bankrupt but The Netherlands state gave them money to make a restart.

Post July 24th, 2003, 2:09 pm

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NO! THEY CAN'T RESTART!! THEY SHOULD BE GONE FOR GOOD!!

Post July 24th, 2003, 3:41 pm

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Yeah, after the whole Deja Vu ordeal, vekoma filed for bankruptcy

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