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Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015
It would make it accelerate faster, but the speed will be the same.Wow, you could already see that it was struggling by the third inversion.
But then again I've been on it plenty of times & never felt as if it was struggling to make it through any of the inversions, so I wonder what's different. (apart from the weather)
Can the lift hills chain be speeded up or slowed down? Wouldn't that have a considerable factor in how much speed it's carrying through the first few sections?
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UserDeleted
The speed of the does have an affect, lets say for a moment the lift speed was 100 MPH it would stall then would it but it will kill the people on it.
But that would be a launch not a chainlift.
Martin
TS Member
Other way around.It would make it accelerate faster, but the speed will be the same.
Really? I thought it would accelerate faster if the lift chain speed was increased, but the speed would remain the same throughout the ride?Other way around.![]()
I might be wrong though
Martin
TS Member
Gravity is gravity, it can't accelerate any faster, but giving it a bigger push gives gravity a helping hand.
Imagine dropping two identical objects, but you drop one from higher and drop the other at the exact moment the first one reaches the same height. Assuming resistance is negligible, the first one will still hit the ground first because although they're travelling the same distance, the first one already has more speed.
Imagine dropping two identical objects, but you drop one from higher and drop the other at the exact moment the first one reaches the same height. Assuming resistance is negligible, the first one will still hit the ground first because although they're travelling the same distance, the first one already has more speed.
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Terminal Velocity anyone
Alec
TS Member
I don't know if I've been given correct information as I don't have Facebook but my girlfriend has told me that there's talk on the TS Facebook page of a new gate being fitted? I don't know how true this is because she's a little slow, so can anyone confirm?
sianmann88
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AndrewH
TS Member
Anyone know why?confirmed![]()
Burbs
TS Team
Seems as though they've just doubled the height of the gate. Before it was only about half the size, thus they had to have a staff member there at all times to stop people trying to walk down into the pit. Though why they've only just implemented this, I have know idea.confirmed![]()