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Post August 28th, 2005, 8:14 am

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which type af airtime is best for you, floater or ejector

i love the ejector airtime better for example back seat on the nash down the 1st drop [:D][:D][:D]

Post August 28th, 2005, 8:41 am
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ejector, No doubt! On all of the backseats on Goliath @ walibi world, Ejector air of the first drop, and those bunny hills is the ejector air the most in the single last car. Gh?????????h????????? [pshades]

Post August 28th, 2005, 8:47 am

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Well after riding G-Force at Drayton Manor i was biterly confused. Although i was clearly ejected out of my seat on the airtime hill, there simply was no airtime to be had, so i'm not sure what that is about.

I prefer floater airtime, its more sustained and isn't painful on the thighs....mmmm Drop Towers!

Post August 28th, 2005, 8:54 am

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I agree with Edge here. I perfer floater airtime, unless the coaster has static restraints like those on the Jack Rabbit at Kennywood. The bars are so far away from your legs, so that you can feel every ounce of airtime on the double dip. It's amazing. Good job Kennywood for keeping those restraints, and mearly replacing the old leather seat belt with a crappy airplane style one that the ride ops mearly check if it is fastended.

I like the floater airtime on MF coming over the first drop in the backseat, and I doesn't hurt like Magnum's does.

Post August 28th, 2005, 9:57 am
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Originally posted by Dirk_Ermen

ejector, No doubt! On all of the backseats on Goliath @ walibi world, Ejector air of the first drop, and those bunny hills is the ejector air the most in the single last car. Gh?????????h????????? [pshades]


have to agree with that, i'm now only making front AND backseat rides, while i used to do only frontseats

Post August 28th, 2005, 10:22 pm

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If the floater is sustained, then I prefer that. But if the ejector is powerful enough yet not painful, I prefer that.

In general, I prefer airtime. Some of the best Ive had was on Cornball Express - back seat - at like 10pm. It was RIDICULOUS. Especially for buzzbars.

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Post August 29th, 2005, 12:49 am

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I like floater air alot more but that could be because I've grown up with Wild Thing which has a good 4-5 seconds of floater air over the second hill. I do like ejector air though, as long as it's not too painful.

Post August 29th, 2005, 1:10 am

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They are both good but I prefer floater because of how it feels and because it is not as painful.

Post August 29th, 2005, 1:33 am

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I like both equally, I could only compare them on how the airtime is done and how long its sustained.

Post August 29th, 2005, 8:18 am

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Although I am not having any more children, ejector air is still sometimes a wee bit too painful for me. There is nothing like a good camel back like on Titan at SFOT to raise the blood pressure and make you miss gravity, if only for a few seconds.

Post August 29th, 2005, 8:27 am
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I prefer both. I think that a good wood coaster should have the variety of having both kinds of air. Floater near the start, and the switching to ejector as the end as the ride kicks up a notch for the intense finale.

Post August 29th, 2005, 1:25 pm

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Hmm im not sure about this one. My favourite airtime used to be when i was exactly 1.4 metres tall and used to ride Oblivion alot. I had so much space to move in the restraints, and really got ejected out of my seat, but comfortably. So i guess that was ejector, but now i dont get ejected out of my seat as much. [V] I miss being the size of a bin. [lol]

Now i would say floater air, as i havent experienced much ejector air in a while. Only at the top of Hyper Blaster at PI in cleethorpes. NICE! For those of you who dont know its a 90 foot S&S double shot tower, you get shot up at 50 mph and hardly seem to lose speed at all. You reach the top with so much speed left and suddenly the car stops and plummets but your still being fired upwards at 30mph. LOL.

Post August 30th, 2005, 7:51 am

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Well that is a tough one.

Ejector: Well that is a good type because you come off the seat at high speed, but like on the Grand National when you go back down it gives you a right bump.

Floater: Well look at Ice Blast that lets you float but not for the same amount of time and it is a bit soft which makes you relax. On the other hand it does not give you the same thud!!!

I guess I will go with ejector!

Post August 30th, 2005, 8:47 am

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Now i would say floater air, as i havent experienced much ejector air in a while. Only at the top of Hyper Blaster at PI in cleethorpes. NICE! For those of you who dont know its a 90 foot S&S double shot tower, you get shot up at 50 mph and hardly seem to lose speed at all. You reach the top with so much speed left and suddenly the car stops and plummets but your still being fired upwards at 30mph. LOL.


lol, amen. That ride is the most intense shot tower i've been on. I was expecting a mild ride to the top and down, but as it hits the top the only thing that stops is the train, your body is still going up whilst the train is then pulling you back down.

Also sustained ejector airtime is not fun! The lift hill on G-Force, a sustained -1g it damn painful on the thighs and is not a fun expierence

Post August 30th, 2005, 2:44 pm

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I like the ejector air, the sronger, the better.

But sometimes the floater air tickles your balls a little bit. [lol]


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