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A roller coaster that leaves the rails

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T0M

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How long do you think it will be before this 'world' first' is done? I'm think where it sort of flies off the track and re-lands somehow, but perhaps you can think of other ways?

Correct me if I'm wrong and there is already such a roller coaster in the world!
 
It would go wrong and everyone would die. It's difficult to account for the different loads that a ride would get, so it's a very dangerous idea.
 
No such coaster exists at the moment.

The issue with a concept like this is all the tiny fluctuations that would cause it not to work. There are so many things that change how a coaster runs that you could never guarantee each train would be the same. Even if, somehow, it would be possible to ensure each train was travelling with exactly the same speed etc, and wind or turbulence over the 'flying' section would muck up the trajectory.

I'll be honest, I don't ever see a conventional coaster having a 'jump'.
 
The old fashioned wooden coasters with the brake-man can come of the tracks slightly as it's his job to brake at the right time and the right amount to stop the coaster flying off and crashing. So I guess that counts in a way. :P
 
Coasters that transfer from one track to another sort of leave their rails, but not really... I'm thinking tilt coasters, etc. I think coasters that do this, or simply have sections of track which move to trick the rider, will become more and more common in the future.

This couldn't happen because too many unaccountable forces could come into play in between, like wind. Even in a controlled building. Coaster track moves throughout it's life slightly, and two unjoined pieces would be at risk of moving in separate directions.
 
Almost every coaster leaves it's rails at some point in the ride... That's what upstop wheels are for!
 
As many people have stated: there is too much to account for. It's the same with magnetic levitation rides, they'd be too complex for any park to afford, and for something that is a gimic.
 
Guys, it's been done...

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Yeah, but you and Jake are the only people in the universe who count those as "CREDZ!"
 
Someone, in the very early SW6 theorising days, found a submitted pattern that uses hidden rails to give the illusion of a jumping train. The train would have transferred from visible to hidden track before the visible track disappears and the hidden track takes the weight giving the illusion of jumping... You never know, one day maybe.
 
Well, you all dismiss the idea, but technology will progress! Might take another 50 or 100 years but I'm sure this and much more will be possible in the future.

Who could have imagined a ride such as Thirteen in 1960?
 
Tom Green said:
Who could have imagined a ride such as Thirteen in 1960?
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Lots of people :)

I'll ask you this...

If current technology and computer designed coaster rides can simulate pure airtime "jumps" and drops, why do you need to invest in technology that leaves the rails?

Think about it? What does "leaving the rails" actually add to the coaster experience. The coaster would have to follow a precise pre-planned "arc" from the one bit of track to another. It would have to be precise within very tight limits.

That exact same "arc" could easily be replicated with just track.

In fact, I put it to you that a "natural gravity movement" would be considerably more dull than most current coaster tracks allow for anyway.

When investing money and time into a concept - the first question you have to ask is "what advantage will this achieve". A coaster leaving the tracks actually achieves no advantages, but would be at enormous cost and risk.
 
^Think B&M airtime hills. They're almost perfect parabolas, designed to achieve the same effect. That's why the trims are there, to make sure each train is travelling as close to the ideal speed as possible.
 
Don't think that you could do it in real likfe - just too many variables.

The Simpsons' simulation ride pretends to leaves the track at some point. Perhaps one day similar technology could be applied to a real ride to trick you into thinking it was leaving the track. No idea how it would work though, and I'm not really sure there would be an improvement over the good old feeling of rails.

Or you could use a hydralic upward movement - as in the opposite to 13.

But would a coaster that leaves the rails still be a coaster any more anyway???
 
It has already been done, look at the Mack Watercoasters, or don't you guys count these attractions as coasters? Of course, they end up in a water bassin, they don't fly in the air and reconnect with the track while flying, but the boats float on the water and can be taken out without problems.
 
^Nah, not boat on a string... they're talking about the actual coasters, like the one at Plopsaland with the awesome indoor lifthill. In which case, most people do count them, yeah
 
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