No ride gets my heart racing more than an old-school Freefall. First went on this at Six Flags Great Adventure. That 'whirr' sound right before the drop still gives me shivers (to say nothing of the loud rush of a car passing as you wait in line). Those versions, I think, were scarier as they didn't 'brake' the way newer versions do; they just veered from a vertical drop to a horizontal. Really gets the heart pumping! Ironic (for me) that such a version now exists at the 'other' park I used to frequent back in the day: Dorney Park.
Oklahoma Coaster Fan doesn’t help that most parks, even those who tout their roller coaster count, don’t tend to call them coasters. When Demon Drop was at CP, even they didn’t call it a coaster. This while they were counting Woodstock express and Jr Gemini in their then-16 coaster lineup. I agree though. If a wild mouse can be a coaster (1-car trains) and top thrill dragster can be a coaster (ridiculously short one-element trackage) and any method of adding the initial energy can be used to send a train through the track (EM launch, hydraulic catapult, chain lift, cable lift, etc), then there is nothing that these rides are missing. They’re even circuit coasters, unlike for example Escape from Krypton, which is essentially the same ride with a different energy input system.
The only ride type that still legitimately terrifies me every time I ride. Easily my favorite type of flat ride and probably my second favorite ride type only behind roller coasters.
Yes as a kid I loved those rides. I used to call it the elevator drop before I knew the correct term. I still enjoy drop tower rides but I feel the 1st gen was the best.
If u want to know for sure, it’s exactly thirty degrees ;) and the got two different ride programs, at the first one the gondolas Tilt forward doing another round and the are tilting back again, to the former zero degree position. The second program: the gondolas are remain tilted for the rest of the ride, u didn’t expected that, did u ;)hahaha (not meant serious)
I’ve always wondered why Demon Drop’s lift speed is so slow compared to the other first gen towers. Something tells me that was Cedar Fairs decision. Also a little known fact - Six Flags Over Georgia had both a First Gen tower (FreeFall) and a 3rd Gen tower (Acrophobia) operating at the park before FreeFall was eventually removed to make way for Dare Devil Dive.
What about Dinsey's Tower of Terror rides? Theming aside, the big innovation with these is the gondolas can move in and out of the drop shaft. One can be loading while the other is doing the ride sequence. The Florida version is even more complex with a separate shaft for going up and a dark ride section. I would consider these drop towers at heart. Another cool thing is their computer systems randomly generate the sequence of drops and rises, making each cycle different!
This video is about free fall drop towers exclusively. Tower of Terror is a launched drop tower. Also the randomly generated sequences is a myth. It has 4 sequences that the ride randomly chooses. Extremely misleading marketing from Disney is to blame for the confusion.
These are one of my favourite kind of rides, but they never cease to make me feel like death. When I was at six flags great escape I took the non launching one as I had previously taken a launching one at Darien Lake and it gave me a headache, but even that made me feel terrible. My friend who was watching me said it looked like I was going to have a heart attack (likely an exaggeration but you get the idea) and I was in such a bad shape the rest of my group was worried I was hurt. I wasn’t, I just threw up.
SBF VISA also makes drop towers, they're just called Tower. They are trailer and permanent, but they utilize chain lifts instead of catch cars. Also S&S made their own in 2006 called Sonic Boom, where the vehicle looked like a pneumatic tube you'd find in the drive thru of a bank or pharmacy. That model actually used compressed air as the brakes.
Always had a soft spot for these things, they're the only ride that i'm somewhat scared to ride but when i do i always love it. Just sucks that my 2 local parks both got the Moser rides Gravity Tower which are identical to each other, and both of them are truly horrible. The shoulder restraints crush your arms against the seats, which happen to be perfectly 90 degrees straight with no padding. That means the breaks will bend your spine between the restraints and the seat if you don't lean backwards which once again is harder than you might think due to the fact that the seat is completely straight and your arms are crushed between the restraints. I've been on 2 of the Gen 2 Intamin models, Hurakan Condor and Fritt fall, and both were awesome.
Isnt there a demon drop at Dorny Park, PA? EDIT: omg I'm stupid I should have waited till the video was over to comment- Sorry for this dumb question I made this comment based on the first few minutes
What kind of restraints are common on these rides? Ratchet type or hydraulic? About 2 years ago I Had one at Knotts open on me when the vehicle dropped the safety belt caught it, but it was the worst feeling in the world! Shortly after it seems like they changed the restraints because they were all brand new. Thank you for the history!
There used to be a first edition drop ride at Rocky Point amusement park in RI. As you didn't mention it, I must presume it was junked when the park closed?
I rode the demon drop when it was at Cedar Point in 2005. I still think the older gen 1's are a very cool experience. I also rode Mach Tower the year it opened since I was working there at the time
The second drop tower is Giant Drop in Six Flags Gurnee Illinois. This video does not do it justice on how tall it is at the very top. The drop is insane
I worked at Free Fall (1st Gen) and Acrophobia (opening team) at Six Flags over Georgia. Free Fall was by far my favorite ride to work at. Miss that ride.
Intamin tilt towers lean forward 15 degrees, while the fun time towers lean forward 30 degrees, so the double of intamins tilting amount. And Highlander got two different tilting programs, which are both operated during the day.
My personal favorite drop tower is Ikaros at Gröna Lund. That thing is probably the only ride that has ever scared me, and I don’t usually get scared by a lot of rides.
Do you think it's possible for you to make a video for some tips for those about to become ride operators at a major park? I know you've talked a bit about CP employment but not to that level. I'm about to interview to be a ride op at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Question: Why are the first generation “drop towers” not classified as Roller Coasters in any meaningful way? The don’t appear to resemble a standard “drop tower” in any way and its usage of track and gravity seem to imply coaster. At least, from my poinr of view. Perhaps there’s another rule being contradicted here that I don’t recall here.
What distinguishes them from roller coaster is the fact that they don't use the momentum they gain during the drop phase to go up on any kind of incline. They drop, they go through the bend so riders are on their backs and they hit the brakes. If there was a little bunny hop or anything like that it could be argued whether it is a roller coaster or not. But like this, at least in my opinion, they miss one important thing to be considered a roller coaster. Even the smallest of family coasters hast at least one incline the train climbs up on using the momentum from the first drop, the 1st gen freefalls don't.
@@staringcorgi6475 Because it goes up the spike only on its momentum, after being accelerated on the horizontal launch track. In comparison, the first generation Intamin freefalls only got winched up and then went down on the track. No upwards movement due to the momentum. ;-)
Watching this in 2023 Spring would love an update if there's still any of those 5 1st Gen. Intimaten freefall towers in operation now? Especially the Dourney park one?
Forgetting to mention that at least 1 first gen intamin tower is still in operation (movie land park in Italy) And there was a version of the first gen tower with a loop. Sadly it was never sold/build
The now defunct yet still standing Coney Island "PARACHUTE JUMP" tower deserves an honorable mention here. As far back as the early fifties, riders were sent free falling back to earth by using REAL guide wired parachutes which would deploy open by gravity right after being released from the lifting mechanism. This was the real deal and NOT the controlled descent of the modern versions of today. Spring loaded mechanisms on the ground would soften the landing yet send the passengers into a brief jerking motion. The riders were literally at the mercy of the chutes after being released from the top of the tower and for a brief couple of seconds, were free falling. Mind you there was no basket seat at first, it was mere swing-like seat strap .....
I personally love the first generation the best. Essentially it is an elevator ride up, and roller coaster ride down. I'm not much of a fan of the "exposed" 2nd generation and later style ones, fear of heights. The first gen didn't have a chicken out issue.
ARM does freefall towers both travelling and permanent install. I think they've been doing them for quite awhile. It may be a regional thing, but I know that Waldameer has one and many Ohio fairs including the IX Amusement Park and Bates Amusements use them. They have a pretty good drop. www.armrides.com/about/
If anyone knows it my first rollercoaster was Raptor Attack at Lightwater Valley UK and it scared my child self shitless with those drops and the inversion, not to mention it's. Pitch black.
I hope you're just making fun. In case someone really thinks that - their brakes use permanent magnets that induce eddy currents in the brake fins mounted along the tower. These currents produce a magnetic field, which interacts with the magnetic field of the permanent magnets. Though these brakes are not able to hold the car stationary or brake it to a standstill (it will slowly creep down until it lands on some kind of support) they are absolutely failsafe. As long as they are in place, they will work. They don't rely on any kind of external energy, they have no moving parts besides the actual freefall gondola/car/bench itself), they don't wear, they don't need maintenance. They are way safer then the already very safe brake systems found on most roller coasters. There have been accidents where the steel cable that pulls the seats upwards snapped and injured riders. There have been incidents where the seats dropped too early or would not release at all. But there has NEVER been any kind of accident relating to one of those magnetic brakes suddenly not working. Sure, if on such a ride the brakes failed it would be catastrophic, but it just can't happen, as they are designed to be failsafe.
Don't worry about it. I am sure someone who really thinks gp will come across this comment, read it and learn something new. I was already quite sure that you were joking, and just thought someone else could benefit from that explanation. ;-)
@@Colaholiker The first generation rides used conventional friction brakes with an emergency brake in the overshoot section of the run out... they were around before magnetic brakes started being used for amusement rides
@@sharkheadism Right, but those brakes also work that without air pressure applied they are in the closed position, slowing down the ride vehicle when it passes through. You'd really have to neglect maintenance for so long that the brake pads and brake fins are worn down so that the brakes have no grip at all for the car not to be stopped.
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Literally the only ride type that manages to make my heart drop and give me that "butterflies" feeling
Same!
Same but somehow I'm never satisfied at the end. I'm only excited about the build up lol
Same, use to be every ride, then after a few years only raging bull and Goliath did it and now only giant drops do lol.
The only ride that makes me go “haha NOPE”
Floorless drop tower: exists
Gp channels: OMG DANGEROUS COASTER!!1!
Lol
No ride gets my heart racing more than an old-school Freefall. First went on this at Six Flags Great Adventure. That 'whirr' sound right before the drop still gives me shivers (to say nothing of the loud rush of a car passing as you wait in line). Those versions, I think, were scarier as they didn't 'brake' the way newer versions do; they just veered from a vertical drop to a horizontal. Really gets the heart pumping!
Ironic (for me) that such a version now exists at the 'other' park I used to frequent back in the day: Dorney Park.
5:45 Finally, a ride is mentioned that I've personally ridden. You've cleared up whether that was a manufactured memory. Thanks guys!
I consider the demon drop type rides to be creds, they use gravity, have trains and track
They are coasters. They meet every qualification. They just have similarities to drop towers, so most people will think of them as flat rides.
I agree, but what about RCDB?
@@revimfadli4666 rcdb doesn't agree with us, but in this case, they're wrong. But that's okay, nobody's perfect. They're still a great resource.
Oklahoma Coaster Fan doesn’t help that most parks, even those who tout their roller coaster count, don’t tend to call them coasters. When Demon Drop was at CP, even they didn’t call it a coaster. This while they were counting Woodstock express and Jr Gemini in their then-16 coaster lineup. I agree though. If a wild mouse can be a coaster (1-car trains) and top thrill dragster can be a coaster (ridiculously short one-element trackage) and any method of adding the initial energy can be used to send a train through the track (EM launch, hydraulic catapult, chain lift, cable lift, etc), then there is nothing that these rides are missing. They’re even circuit coasters, unlike for example Escape from Krypton, which is essentially the same ride with a different energy input system.
If these are coasters, that ups my count to 5. Thanks! 😂🍍
The only ride type that still legitimately terrifies me every time I ride. Easily my favorite type of flat ride and probably my second favorite ride type only behind roller coasters.
We have a first gen freefall tower in Italy at Movieland. Tbch, I prefer those over the modern ones.
Yes as a kid I loved those rides. I used to call it the elevator drop before I knew the correct term. I still enjoy drop tower rides but I feel the 1st gen was the best.
me too!
My favorite drop tower (if it counts) is Tower of Terror
I don’t know if it does count tho as you are being pulled down, not falling
My favorite drop tower (if it counts) is Tower of Terror
I don’t know if it does count tho as you are being pulled down, not falling
I really hope they don't tear it down like they did for the Tomb Raider top spin ride
I find the smaller towers more intense and enjoyable because they don’t stop at the top
3000 subscribers in one week good job to you keep it up
i honestly love the 1st gen drop towers! i used to love freefall at magic mountain
That ride was terrifying.
Interesting video, more models than I thought.
Zumanjaro Drop of Doom is 415ft tall, not 452ft.
Outdoors With Shawn glad someone caught it.
Is 'The Giant Drop' at Dreamworld, Australia, a 2nd generation drop tower or a Giant Drop 8?
Giant Drop 8!
@@CoasterCollege
Thank you
"40 degrees or something like that" ..... has to my all time favorite comment . : )
If u want to know for sure, it’s exactly thirty degrees ;) and the got two different ride programs, at the first one the gondolas Tilt forward doing another round and the are tilting back again, to the former zero degree position. The second program: the gondolas are remain tilted for the rest of the ride, u didn’t expected that, did u ;)hahaha (not meant serious)
I’ve always wondered why Demon Drop’s lift speed is so slow compared to the other first gen towers. Something tells me that was Cedar Fairs decision.
Also a little known fact - Six Flags Over Georgia had both a First Gen tower (FreeFall) and a 3rd Gen tower (Acrophobia) operating at the park before FreeFall was eventually removed to make way for Dare Devil Dive.
They probably it to save money or scare people
Its better if next time you just do the commentary instead of having other people talk
I agree
I felt like I was on the phone with tech support the whole time.
Ikr
These towers always scared me
Same here buddy.
I can ride any roller coaster like the Silver Star or the T Express.
But I'm scared as hell of these rides
lmao ur username
Can you do scramblers?
What about Dinsey's Tower of Terror rides? Theming aside, the big innovation with these is the gondolas can move in and out of the drop shaft. One can be loading while the other is doing the ride sequence. The Florida version is even more complex with a separate shaft for going up and a dark ride section. I would consider these drop towers at heart. Another cool thing is their computer systems randomly generate the sequence of drops and rises, making each cycle different!
That's pretty much how first generation drop towers work. Cars are continuously loaded and unloaded in the station as the ride is running.
This video is about free fall drop towers exclusively. Tower of Terror is a launched drop tower. Also the randomly generated sequences is a myth. It has 4 sequences that the ride randomly chooses. Extremely misleading marketing from Disney is to blame for the confusion.
Great video. Zoomanjaro Drop Of Doom is incredible and a ride I always ride when visiting Great Adventure. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day.
These are one of my favourite kind of rides, but they never cease to make me feel like death. When I was at six flags great escape I took the non launching one as I had previously taken a launching one at Darien Lake and it gave me a headache, but even that made me feel terrible. My friend who was watching me said it looked like I was going to have a heart attack (likely an exaggeration but you get the idea) and I was in such a bad shape the rest of my group was worried I was hurt. I wasn’t, I just threw up.
SBF VISA also makes drop towers, they're just called Tower. They are trailer and permanent, but they utilize chain lifts instead of catch cars. Also S&S made their own in 2006 called Sonic Boom, where the vehicle looked like a pneumatic tube you'd find in the drive thru of a bank or pharmacy. That model actually used compressed air as the brakes.
Always had a soft spot for these things, they're the only ride that i'm somewhat scared to ride but when i do i always love it.
Just sucks that my 2 local parks both got the Moser rides Gravity Tower which are identical to each other, and both of them are truly horrible.
The shoulder restraints crush your arms against the seats, which happen to be perfectly 90 degrees straight with no padding. That means the breaks will bend your spine between the restraints and the seat if you don't lean backwards which once again is harder than you might think due to the fact that the seat is completely straight and your arms are crushed between the restraints.
I've been on 2 of the Gen 2 Intamin models, Hurakan Condor and Fritt fall, and both were awesome.
Congratulations for the 20k subscribers!
Standup drop tower... Why does that sound really cool to me?
because it is : )
talk about getting weak in the knees ...lol
Is Apocalypse at Drayton Manor a Intamin second gen free fall tower with standup gondolas
Yes
@@kaizxii thx
Isnt there a demon drop at Dorny Park, PA?
EDIT: omg I'm stupid I should have waited till the video was over to comment-
Sorry for this dumb question I made this comment based on the first few minutes
I was 7 when I first got on a free fall tower and that was the last it hurt sooo bad at sixflags over Georgia
What kind of restraints are common on these rides? Ratchet type or hydraulic? About 2 years ago I Had one at Knotts open on me when the vehicle dropped the safety belt caught it, but it was the worst feeling in the world! Shortly after it seems like they changed the restraints because they were all brand new. Thank you for the history!
Both types are used on drop towers.
I would love to see a flat ride of the week on flight simulators
I used to love riding the gen. 1 Freefall at Six Flags Over Georgia. It broke my heart when they took it out.
It was fun, I miss it too
There used to be a first edition drop ride at Rocky Point amusement park in RI. As you didn't mention it, I must presume it was junked when the park closed?
I rode the demon drop when it was at Cedar Point in 2005. I still think the older gen 1's are a very cool experience. I also rode Mach Tower the year it opened since I was working there at the time
I like the one in texas that tilts you foward before u drop its great
The second drop tower is Giant Drop in Six Flags Gurnee Illinois. This video does not do it justice on how tall it is at the very top. The drop is insane
I worked at Free Fall (1st Gen) and Acrophobia (opening team) at Six Flags over Georgia. Free Fall was by far my favorite ride to work at. Miss that ride.
Yes it was
Intamin tilt towers lean forward 15 degrees, while the fun time towers lean forward 30 degrees, so the double of intamins tilting amount.
And Highlander got two different tilting programs, which are both operated during the day.
My personal favorite drop tower is Ikaros at Gröna Lund. That thing is probably the only ride that has ever scared me, and I don’t usually get scared by a lot of rides.
Do you think it's possible for you to make a video for some tips for those about to become ride operators at a major park? I know you've talked a bit about CP employment but not to that level. I'm about to interview to be a ride op at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
If you have a pulse they will hire you
Question:
Why are the first generation “drop towers” not classified as Roller Coasters in any meaningful way? The don’t appear to resemble a standard “drop tower” in any way and its usage of track and gravity seem to imply coaster. At least, from my poinr of view. Perhaps there’s another rule being contradicted here that I don’t recall here.
Some people consider them coasters for that reason, but they were marketed and perceived as drop rides by most people
@@sharkheadism Okay. Helps clear it up a little.
What distinguishes them from roller coaster is the fact that they don't use the momentum they gain during the drop phase to go up on any kind of incline. They drop, they go through the bend so riders are on their backs and they hit the brakes. If there was a little bunny hop or anything like that it could be argued whether it is a roller coaster or not. But like this, at least in my opinion, they miss one important thing to be considered a roller coaster. Even the smallest of family coasters hast at least one incline the train climbs up on using the momentum from the first drop, the 1st gen freefalls don't.
@@Colaholiker but why is superman escape from crypton a roller coaster
@@staringcorgi6475 Because it goes up the spike only on its momentum, after being accelerated on the horizontal launch track. In comparison, the first generation Intamin freefalls only got winched up and then went down on the track. No upwards movement due to the momentum. ;-)
Watching this in 2023 Spring would love an update if there's still any of those 5 1st Gen. Intimaten freefall towers in operation now? Especially the Dourney park one?
Hold on did u not mention s&s??
In the intro we said that we won't mention Shot n Drop/Space Shot kinds of towers.
We got a 192' tower up at great escape and damn is it fun. The Sasquatch will always be a great ride
Whatever happened to Kennywood's drop tower? And Falcon's Fury is the scariest drop ride I've ever been on!
Got replaced with the now SBNO Black Widow.
I’ve ridden the 1st gen freefall tower at Movieland, and so far it’s my favourite drop tower.
Forgetting to mention that at least 1 first gen intamin tower is still in operation (movie land park in Italy)
And there was a version of the first gen tower with a loop. Sadly it was never sold/build
What about funtime rides drop line the only one in America it isin dollywood
I operate floor at a launched drop tower and it’s probably the funnest job I’ve ever had
The now defunct yet still standing Coney Island "PARACHUTE JUMP" tower deserves an honorable mention here. As far back as the early fifties, riders were sent free falling back to earth by using REAL guide wired parachutes which would deploy open by gravity right after being released from the lifting mechanism. This was the real deal and NOT the controlled descent of the modern versions of today. Spring loaded mechanisms on the ground would soften the landing yet send the passengers into a brief jerking motion. The riders were literally at the mercy of the chutes after being released from the top of the tower and for a brief couple of seconds, were free falling. Mind you there was no basket seat at first, it was mere swing-like seat strap .....
Beto Carrero, Brasil, had an 1st gen free fall. Hopi hari, brasil have an 2nd gen free fall, that is being renovated
I don’t know what drop tower you showed at HIGHLANDER HANSA PARK but it’s not HIGHLANDER 😂
I personally love the first generation the best. Essentially it is an elevator ride up, and roller coaster ride down. I'm not much of a fan of the "exposed" 2nd generation and later style ones, fear of heights. The first gen didn't have a chicken out issue.
I’ve been on many of these drop towers
Is there a difference between these and Disney World's Hollywood Hotel drop?
He sounded like he was having a heart attack when he said 'very tall' about zumanjaro
Drop towers are basically the only rides I'm too scared to go on lol.
Even though the 1st gens look scarier then normal towers I should try the one like a hour away from me some time soon
I’ve only ridden Demon Drop at Dorney Park it was interesting
I would love to see a video on S&S tower rides or on skycoasters and sling shots.
Could you talk about the s & s shot and drop towers and how they ultimately work
What about the one at Six Flags Over Texas? At a different Six Flags, in the 80's, the car flipped off the track and crushed guests.
Lol
How come when I came off of the drop of doom at six flags great adventure there was Greece on my hand
Not to brag or anything, but rides don't scare me, EXCEPT DROP TOWERS. Even just the 50m one at Luna Park Sydney LOL
Please make a video on s&s drop towers
The Icon Park in Orlando is going to Open in 2021 the highest freestanding drop Tower of the world with 131m
ARM does freefall towers both travelling and permanent install. I think they've been doing them for quite awhile. It may be a regional thing, but I know that Waldameer has one and many Ohio fairs including the IX Amusement Park and Bates Amusements use them. They have a pretty good drop. www.armrides.com/about/
Falcon’s fury is great
Demon drop is a rollercoaster, change my mind
I never liked those - it's like you are at the top, then suddenly at the bottom and you don't even see it happening. It's just not fun to me
I wish they never removed Demon Drop from Cedar Point
It's doing fine in Allentown,PA where cedar Fair sends rides to retire. Dorney Park has a 100 year old Whip they can keep up.
Don't forget Freefall at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
Love these but the dialog between you too could be better. Alex just seems so rough with no inflections
i thought zuminjaro was 416ft? lmao
It’s 415 feet...
@@-brianflix-6292 legit a 1 foot difference
Oh it's demon drop, at my home park, I have friends that operate it
I miss free fall at magic mountain
Giant frisbee please?
Zumanjaro is 415ft not 452ft
I thought 452 ft. didn't sound right .... thanks : )
Intamin drop towers are the most forceful and the best kind of drop towers imo ~~
Tony Kim
Some of the scariest imo are the ones that don’t stop at the top. So you never really know when you are gonna drop.
The first Gen 2 cut off a foot.
Do Music Express/Flying Bobs & Graviton
these terrify me as someone who feels that heart sinking feeling on small rollercoasters I would d i e
If anyone knows it my first rollercoaster was Raptor Attack at Lightwater Valley UK and it scared my child self shitless with those drops and the inversion, not to mention it's. Pitch black.
Talk about the zipper
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1st GEN is the best!
Unsafe what if brakes failed UNSAFE
I hope you're just making fun.
In case someone really thinks that - their brakes use permanent magnets that induce eddy currents in the brake fins mounted along the tower. These currents produce a magnetic field, which interacts with the magnetic field of the permanent magnets. Though these brakes are not able to hold the car stationary or brake it to a standstill (it will slowly creep down until it lands on some kind of support) they are absolutely failsafe. As long as they are in place, they will work. They don't rely on any kind of external energy, they have no moving parts besides the actual freefall gondola/car/bench itself), they don't wear, they don't need maintenance. They are way safer then the already very safe brake systems found on most roller coasters.
There have been accidents where the steel cable that pulls the seats upwards snapped and injured riders. There have been incidents where the seats dropped too early or would not release at all. But there has NEVER been any kind of accident relating to one of those magnetic brakes suddenly not working. Sure, if on such a ride the brakes failed it would be catastrophic, but it just can't happen, as they are designed to be failsafe.
Im joking about lol im acting like the gp i feel really bad now you wrote a paragraph about something I allready new :(
Don't worry about it. I am sure someone who really thinks gp will come across this comment, read it and learn something new.
I was already quite sure that you were joking, and just thought someone else could benefit from that explanation. ;-)
@@Colaholiker The first generation rides used conventional friction brakes with an emergency brake in the overshoot section of the run out... they were around before magnetic brakes started being used for amusement rides
@@sharkheadism Right, but those brakes also work that without air pressure applied they are in the closed position, slowing down the ride vehicle when it passes through. You'd really have to neglect maintenance for so long that the brake pads and brake fins are worn down so that the brakes have no grip at all for the car not to be stopped.
Please don’t co op with schwartzkoph fanboy again. I enjoy you, but I can’t stand his voice.
Sorry, but he is an expert. Easily one of the most knowledgeable flat ride enthusiasts out there, he is not going anywhere.
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