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Skybird 02-28-12 08:04 AM

Ride of your life
 
"sense of humour"...?

"thrill and kill"...?

http://au.news.yahoo.com/odd/a/-/odd...d-kill-riders/

When I stumble over things like this I usually first think that I have a bad dream.

Herr-Berbunch 02-28-12 08:48 AM

There's no scale to it (excluding the picture hung on the wall in the background) so it is very difficult to believe that speeds of 100km/s (really? :o) could be attained at all.

Here are some speed conversions of that 100km/s

Mach 302

224,000 mph

360,000 km/h

194,000 kts

So, basically, the article is a load of balls! :yep:

Dowly 02-28-12 09:01 AM

According to Wiki, the fastest (steel) roller coaster goes up to 240km/h. :hmmm:

Skybird 02-28-12 09:04 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster

Doing further search via Google showed that it probably was all not meant that serious as I took it initially. Emotional reflex, maybe - in Germany the word "euthanasia" is extemely heavily preloaded with negative sentiment, for obvious historical reasons.

mapuc 02-28-12 10:06 AM

First I looked at the picture-WOW that's a-must-try-before-I-die-coaster

Then I read the article below

Damn it would be my last try.

Markus

Herr-Berbunch 02-28-12 10:40 AM

And it was designed by an engineer! :nope: I've seen better (more realistic) by a seven-year-old and a copy of Theme Park World.

I'll be back soon, I'm off to Lithuania to get my Engineering degree! :shifty:

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I'm back, Betonov* got the last one off the photocopier. :stare:



*:O:

Sailor Steve 02-28-12 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly (Post 1846792)
According to Wiki, the fastest (steel) roller coaster goes up to 240km/h. :hmmm:

Which is only 0.06666667 km/s. :sunny:


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