World's highest drop ride coming soon

[mashman]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn... (http://nz.totaltravel.yahoo.com/news-opinions/news/a/-/18753011/worlds-highest-drop-ride-coming-soon/#) I miss rollercoasters.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn... (http://nz.totaltravel.yahoo.com/news-opinions/news/a/-/18753011/worlds-highest-drop-ride-coming-soon/#) I miss rollercoasters.

Don't see the point in those. Roller coasters yeah. But a drop ride? Jump out of a fucking plane at 14000ft if you want to drop.

[Gremlin]

But a drop ride? Jump out of a fucking plane at 14000ft if you want to drop.
But some think it's dangerous, plus it ain't part of a bigger park full of rides. Probably cheaper at a guess?

Nevis High wire bungy jump is 134m. Freefall of 5 or 8 seconds I think. Fastest seconds of my life :D

[kevfromcoro]

Don't see the point in those. Roller coasters yeah. But a drop ride? Jump out of a fucking plane at 14000ft if you want to drop.
haha.. yes I think it will be gravity assisted

[mashman]

Don't see the point in those. Roller coasters yeah. But a drop ride? Jump out of a fucking plane at 14000ft if you want to drop.

Both if my eyes don't deceive. Check out the carts on the green track next to the drop :yes:

[unstuck]

Don't see the point in those. Roller coasters yeah. But a drop ride? Jump out of a fucking plane at 14000ft if you want to drop.

The guys up in Franz Josef were jumping from 18000ft last week, I dont know how high it was when they pulled the cord, but there was a couple of times when I thought they had fucked something up and were gonna splat. Fuckin Insane, I like a good adrenalin rush but that shit looks bad ass.:headbang::headbang:

It,s like sex though, over way too quickly.:Oops:

[SMOKEU]

You would have to be baked for that shit.

[Ender EnZed]

Don't see the point in those.

The price per ride makes it accessible to a lot more people than sky diving ever will be.



Nevis High wire bungy jump is 134m. Freefall of 5 or 8 seconds I think. Fastest seconds of my life :D

It feels like longer than it is. 5 seconds of free falling will take you 122m so it was probably a lot less.

I did an 80m bungy and they used 16m of bungy cord. 16m of free fall is 1.8 seconds and 64km/h. Peak speed would be a bit higher as the bungy cord won't instantaneously reduce the acceleration.

This drop ride reaches 145km/h which is equivalent to 83m (or 4.1s) of free fall acceleration, actual values will be lower as it will start braking before peak speed is reached. But it probably gives a longer sensation of free fall than most bungy jumps.

[Crasherfromwayback]

The price per ride makes it accessible to a lot more people than sky diving ever will be.



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That's a fair point!

[F5 Dave]

Some lass talked me into doing the drop ride at surfers. Bravado had me queue up nonchalantly. Had to take me flip-flops off & leave them on the ground, but the guy said, 'don't worry, you'll be back soon enough mate'

The ride up was ok until you realised you're sitting on a park bench in your shorts & the people start to look like ants. All cool retained, but they leave you up there for a min while you're in high anticipation mode for too long. Yeah man, Yeah man, Yeah man, Yeah man. . . um, soon yeah? Um? Now:confused:? How bout now?
OK I don't wanna go now:no:. PLUMMET!

She went up for a 2nd go. I had something else to do.

[jasonu]

Some lass talked me into doing the drop ride at surfers. Bravado had me queue up nonchalantly. Had to take me flip-flops off & leave them on the ground, but the guy said, 'don't worry, you'll be back soon enough mate'

The ride up was ok until you realised you're sitting on a park bench in your shorts & the people start to look like ants. All cool retained, but they leave you up there for a min while you're in high anticipation mode for too long. Yeah man, Yeah man, Yeah man, Yeah man. . . um, soon yeah? Um? Now:confused:? How bout now?
OK I don't wanna go now:no:. PLUMMET!

She went up for a 2nd go. I had something else to do.

Were you trying to get into her nickers???