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Rumors of the Road - Issue 1 |
Welcome to the first edition of
"Rumors of the Road" on your source for Cedar Point information, The
Point Online presented by me, Sgt. RoadKill. Most of you know me from
The Point Online forums. Some of you may remember when I wrote for
Portal to the Point. Then I wrote a few articles for Point Mania. Now
I am writing for a site I have been involved with for quite some time.
Most of you know me as a moderator on the forums here. Some of you
might not get to the boards much and wonder who in the world I am.
Well I’m not here to tell you about my personal life so you can check
out my profile on the forums for that or message me on AOL Instant
Messenger. This is how things are going to go; about every other week
I will be making an article that discusses some of the hottest rumors
on the web and breaking them down to help you understand them better.
So come on, hitch a ride and prepare for the most exciting rumors
article on the web.
As some of you know I have been following the progress of Top Thrill
Dragster for some time now. I wrote a couple articles about it when we
referred to it as "Area 51" back last summer. Even though opening day
was on May 4 we still have some rumors circulating around the net
about the ride. I’ll be discussing the most interesting one I have
come upon which has sparked some interest on the boards. Whatever
happened to the missing car off of each of the Dragster trains? Will
they ever put the extra car back on the trains? What caused them to
modify the train setup? Hopefully with the information in the
following paragraphs you can come to a conclusion. I am not here to
tell you why, I am here to give you the rumors and let you, the
reader, decide.
After Xcelerator, Dragster’s younger sister, the trains that would be
put on Top Thrill Dragster were designed so the G-Forces that are
experienced on the far back seat and on the front seat wouldn’t be a
problem. If you look at the train on Top Thrill Dragster notice that
there are no seats at the very front of the train or at the very rear
of the train. Could this be part of the engineering experience they
got out of Xcelerator to keep the G-Forces down?
Recently as noted on the boards by several members the number of cars
on each train has been reduced from five to four. The reason so far
has been unclear but people have come up with different explanations.
The rumors have been that the train would be too heavy with people for
it to make it over the top hat at a smooth enough pace to keep a
consistent launch structure with few rollbacks. There has been a rumor
saying that the launch is too powerful but didn’t go into saying for
what reasons. Whatever the reason it is for the shortening of the
trains it goes back to the G-Force problem most likely. The G-Forces
could be too intense whether they are the positive G’s to get the
train up to 120mph or the lateral G’s that would be experienced on the
top hat. There are also many other problems that could have occurred
to cause the reduction of cars per train. Whatever the problem is
we’ll eventually find out. If you want please leave me your feelings
about what is going on with this whole matter. Just send me a private
message or the forums or feel free to e-mail me.
No matter what caused the change it might not be permanent. As with
any new roller coaster that opens there are setbacks that cause
problems. All of the coasters at Cedar Point have new features that
have never been seen before. These coasters aren’t full prototypes but
they do contain prototypical parts. Could this be part of the reason
for the change of the train? Yes, and could it be solved within this
season? I’m sure Cedar Point is working as hard as they can to get
this problem solved. Wicked Twister had its problems last year as well
so I believe there is nothing to be worried about on this coaster.
It’s time to end this edition of Rumors of the Road. Please if you
have any information you want discussed in an article let me know. I
try to write about the rumors that bring the most interest to us all.
I thank you all for spending your time reading this article. Let me
know what you think, I’m open to ideas. Just don’t tell me to break my
wrist because I’ve already done that yesterday. Until next time, if
you hear any interesting rumors being discussed on the net you’ll
probably see it discussed on the next edition of Rumors of the Road.
Thanks again for coming and may God bless everyone of you.
You can e-mail Sgt. RoadKill at
marshall_dude@thepointol.com or if you want leave him a
private message on the
TPOL Forums.
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