12-28-2018, 03:23 PM
(12-28-2018, 02:15 PM)Canard Wrote: Steel roller coaster engineering took a good 2 decades to figure this out. All original Arrow Dynamics steel coasters had horrible, fixed-radius curves which result in slamming and banging and a very jerky ride. While the trains themselves would ride smoothly on the rails, any time the track went from straight to curved, you'd slam your head against the restraints. Probably the most violent example of this still around today is the Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point - the return run back to the station is just brutal. I laugh every time I see it.
I thought that was part of the fun!
