This is Terrible

[Coasterkidmwm]

Ouch, to say the least.

It's a n00b coaster brought to reality

Looks more like a shaky camera hand than a super-rough ride to me. Actually looks pretty decent for an Arrow/Vekoma type sitdown.

[Turbo]

OMFG That would hurt really bad

[hyyyper]

Scene from job interview:

"Have you been to Engineering School?"
"I drove by a building once that looked like an elementary school to me"
"Good enough, you're hired"

[Coasterkidmwm]

Originally posted by TylerE

Looks more like a shaky camera hand than a super-rough ride to me. Actually looks pretty decent for an Arrow/Vekoma type sitdown.

You're not too "down" with that ride type are you?

wtf @ 0:39?

[Coasterkidmwm]

Originally posted by Real

wtf @ 0:39?

That's what makes it so bad lol.

^ Yea at 0:39 and 0:58... It looks like one of those track tennis rides where 2 peoples elements are HORRIBLY connected with a bad transition.

I cant even begin to imagine what possessed the designer to do that.

And yes SFMMHomie...thats what came to mind. Its like someones 4ft segment AHG'd section coming together with someones 40ft section hand built. total WTF. Ive seen bad but yes CKD....that takes the biscuit.

AND it looks like they KNEW that part would be painful (both on persons AND the track) and added a bunch of ties to help support that.

A lot of it was probably fabrication error rather than design. The extra ties could have been added later to help withstand the extra stress of the misshapped track (and could have helped misshape it themselves).

And the ride itself doesn't look too bad....Layout looks pretty fun actually.

Hm? I don't think this is bad. It looks interesting...

[gouldy]

Interesting?

Although, I suppose it is quite interesting, I would be quite interested in riding it to see what it actually felt like, but really the banking al around this ride is just ridiculous.

appart from a possible headace, it looks like fun actually, it's a nice example of how not to build transions between elements...

here's your answer:

This roller coaster was initially started by Arrow. After the project started, Arrow fell into bankruptcy. The project was then picked up and completed by Vekoma.

So That's probably the main couse of those bad transitions

Yeah, that happened with quite a few of em.

See, this is where I think Dwaynes info on the history is wrong.

The ride has operated since 1986. Arrow didnt file or fall into bankruptcy till December of 2001. Something like...15 years? Thats quite a gap. If the track sat for 15 years then Id believe it but thats not the case. I dont think thats what happened and if it did, then the reason why isnt for bankruptcy.



Plus, have you seen what Arrow did right before they went bankrupt? Tennessee Tornado, if youve ever been on it, was built in 1999 and is a GREAT example of what they could do. Its GLASS smooth and runs really nice. The drop has a ton of airtime and the loops feature great hangtime. All with VERY good shaping (Heartlining the whole way through, no headbanging ANYWHERE) and great pacing. Rides alittle too short but hey, its still miles and miles better design than what they had done.

Your're forgetting the first bankruptcy, right before they were bought by Huss. That was 85 or 86.

Actually, now that I did some really deep searching, it WAS Arrow Huss before their first bankruptcy. It was then that it allowed the core people from Arrow to jump ship and form Arrow Dynamics, headed up by Ron Toomer.

However, this information is just passed on through verbal means as I got them from Shanes Attic over at TPR. There probably wont be any actual records since bankruptcy falls off your record after 10 years. I found (obviously) their last in the Utah records but alas, its been quite a bit longer since the 1985 incident.

So not sure if its fair to blame Arrow considering they went on to design a few gems after that time ;)

It looks like a pre-schooler built it

ouch an arrow, i do like viper even though it can be rough

all i can say is, ouch XD

I Would ride it.. just it looks SO rough!!

Often a trade between thrills and chills, but punishing the rider is never damaging the folks paying the bills.