03-21-2018, 04:32 PM
(03-21-2018, 01:13 PM)Canard Wrote: Yes, 600 mm vs. 750 mm! KevinT pointed this out to me at the first unloading (501). I thought they had looked a little different during construction, but always attributed it to an optical illusion of being further away.
"Back in the Day", some roller coaster manufacturers, like Arrow, Vekoma and Meisho, used to do this with the track ties (ledgers) on their coasters at areas of track subject to higher G-forces. Most famously perhaps was on the giant Pretzel Knot inversion on Moonsault Scramble at Fuji-Q Highland (RIP)
Re: Imagery; this is awesome! Full installation at the OMSF now, too! What's the deal with this site vs. Google Maps? I had always just assumed there was only one "Satelite Camera" gathering all this data for public, is that not the case?
Hey Square! Has your friend got that radio thing hooked up online yet? If not, I’m dropping $500 this weekend on one, I can’t wait any longer.
I just sent them another E-Mail. Just be aware that the Region will go to a new radio system in the fall this year, and what I'm hearing that all talkgroups will be encrypted and will be silent! I'm hoping myself that only the police will go silent!