Whats the roughest steel coaster you've been on?

mine is Jubilee Odyssey at Fantasy Island, Ingoldmells, England. it's only 1 year old and it is hurrendously rough. the cars on the trains wobble separate to the train its self, making you bang your ears constantly. ouch!!! and the noise of the chain on the lift hill is so loud it hurts your ears. But what can you expect, it's a suspended looping coaster made by vekoma.

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Ouch! Scorpion is the roughest to me so far.That loop really sucks also.

mines so rackety, its kinda like a woody, lol. Well mine is the legendary Lockness Monster.

Dirk, I've riden Super Wirbel and its nothing compared to Lockness[:D]

Originally posted by Xtream15

http://www.rcdb.com/installationdetail95.htm

Ouch! Scorpion is the roughest to me so far.That loop really sucks also.

Nah, Scorpions not that bad but Python sure is.

>---rcf2000, RCT Guy[pshades]

most vekoma's are bumpy and rough.

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It really is rough as hell, it's totally horrible. It seems the have that much room on the track it has alot less fritction and became a bit faster overtime. I think it's pulling more G's than before. Next to that it shakes more than Robin Hood (woodie) does.

[Kev]

Thunderbolt at Celebration City is the roughest steel coaster I've been on, but it's also one of my favorites. This ride is so out of control that I can overlook the roughness. Thank God it doesn't have OTSR! [:D]

it seems vekoma and arrow just cant get their coasters as smooth as b&m's, tsk tsk tsk, what a shame
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[Kev]

Originally posted by rctycoon112

it seems vekoma and arrow just cant get their coasters as smooth as b&m's, tsk tsk tsk, what a shame

Actually, I've heard that Dollywood's Tennessee Tornado is very smooth. It seems to be only Arrow's older coasters that are rough. I can't say the same for Vekoma though.

Can anyone see the pic i have, cause i cant

ok, dont you do this {img} then the url {/img}? (but with the [] brackets)

[Kev]

The reason why it's not showing up is because you used the URL for the page where the pic is at instead of the URL of the pic itself.

Originally posted by Kev

The reason why it's not showing up is because you used the URL for the page where the pic is at instead of the URL of the pic itself.

fixed that, didn't place the image because it is damn big.

Anyway in general B&M and Intamin tracks seem to be alot smoother than Vekoma and Arrow tracks. Goliath at Six Flags Holland is smooth as can be imo. While most vekoma rides in SFH are pretty rough because the trains can move more from side to side on the track. Maybe because they are a bit older there is free space between the wheels and track. Next to that the track itself also isn't all that smooth which results in a pretty bumpy ride.

mine is demon at SFGAm, i'll show a pic later.

thanks g force addict, and would bigger wheels reduce the side to side movement?

probably cuz if they were bigger then they would fill up the gap that makes the ride bumpier.

Has anyone else been on "Drachen Fire" at BGW? That ride gave me a headache for a week! And BGW shut it down due to the roughness... I didn't scream in terror, I screamed in pain!

yeah, it was suppose to be a b&m coaster but they abandoned it, so arrow took it up and didnt do the modifications for the arrow track and trains, so yeah

jubilee Odyssey isnt the smoothest ride in the world, but i think that first drop makes up for, it totaly took my breath away the first time, imo the millenium coaster was pretty rough also, so was corkscrew at alton towers and so was traumatizer (SLC) at pleasureland and so was the shockwave at drayton manor. Im just glad the big one at blackpool doesnt have OTSR's, id dread to think how painful that would be.

millenium coaster is very smooth compared to jubilee odyssey. im never going to fantasy island again, what a dump. corkscrew at alton towers isn't that rough, i didn't bang my ears or anything on the OTSR's. now shockwave at drayton manor is rough, a few ear bashing moments on that. i dont believe steel rollercoasters should be rough, only wooden rollercoasters.

The roughest I've been on is Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point.

Originally posted by INS4N3_thefirst

probably cuz if they were bigger then they would fill up the gap that makes the ride bumpier.

I think the wheels were bigger when the rides were new. But they've just worn of over time. Which creates a gap between the wheels and the track. I'm not sure about that though. The park should just replace those wheels each season is that is what causes it.

just about every vekoma was rough, the viper at sfmm is pretty darn rough. I really don't mind the rough ride though (part of the rush on older rides b/f technology is where it is at now)

im never going to fantasy island again, what a dump

I cannot agree with you more there. WTF is up with all the market stalls everywhere. If you havnt been before ots basicly adn theme park built on top of a market, the market just overflowed onto the streets, you literaly had to search for the entrance to a ride. Plus most the people there where in there tracksuits spitting all over the place and generaly just assholes... but still both the coasters there are pretty rough.

Also the headbanging effect also has something to do with where your head is positioned, if you place your head firmly against the head rest then you shouldnt get as much ..head banging

Mine has to be Klondike Oldmine at Drayton Manor Park, Birmingham, England, I think i almost broke my arm on it