I went into a rollercoaster last week. It looked quite innocent but the sharp bends and steep slopes are pretty scary. I had to imagine really hard that the people who designed the damn thing knew what they where doing.
If NASA can crash a probe by mixing metric and imperial units just think what a tired engineer might do with a ride! Or that decimal place gets missed...
I remember flying in DC-3's, and getting considerable heartburn watching the engine block glowing during landing :-(
...Jim Thompson
They probably do everything they can to make it "safe" - dead customers are terribly, terribly expensive. ;-)
Cheers! Rich
I am going tomorrow to the local park. I will be riding the same coasters I rode almost 50 years ago. I guess their proven.
I don't like hangies. Ferris wheels, ski lifts, sky coasting, etc. I'm doing this tomorrow designed by a "master mechanic"
greg
rode
Maybe overdue for a touch of maintenance?
First time I ever flew we went through a storm and I watched the wings flap.
Still get a few every year. Like winning the lottery, in reverse. Are you feeling lucky? Well, are you punk?
How else would it get off the ground? ;-)
Nobody ever worries about not getting down again, do they?
Have you ever heard of a plane getting stuck in a cloud? :)
Yep. Lots get lost in clouds that are stuffed with rocks. :(
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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coasters I rode
Expressing your phobias does not become you.
Those are very bad landings.
Believe it or not, they're designed to do that. If they were totally rigid, they'd snap off.
Of course, inspection and repair/replace as necessary is a very important part of periodic maintenance.
Cheers! Rich
Nah. I just use my parachute - it's stastically safer than landing in an airplane. ;-)
Cheers! Rich
I take it you've never flown over Denver. ;-)
Cheers! Rich
As long as you're *over* Denver, you're fine. ;-)
Don't give me this Denver nonsense. I'm from Vancouver, and in British Columbia *all* the clouds are stuffed with rocks. There are almost no flat places in the entire province. Bush pilots die a lot.
Of course here in the East, all the mountains are flat. ;)
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
More than 30 people have been injured in a crash involving two rollercoaster cars at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
Two cars on the famous Big Dipper crashed and came to rest 20ft (6m) off the ground at about 1945 BST.
Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said about 32 "walking wounded" were taken to hospital by ambulance.
A specialist rope team was brought in to help get people off the ride, with stretchers and spinal boards used for the injured.
A number of passengers on the ride suffered whiplash, broken bones and back injuries.
The Big Dipper, a wooden rollercoaster, opened in 1923.
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