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CYCLONE RACER SPECS. | ||
PLAN AREA |
604 feet long by 160 feet wide |
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OVERALL HEIGHT (including pier) | 110 | feet |
TOTAL TRACK REQUIRED | 7,400 | feet |
NUMBER OF TRACKS (2 Independent) | 3,700 | approx. feet each |
NUMBER OF HILLS | 17 | |
NUMBER OF TURNS | 10 | |
NUMBER OF BRIDGES | 3 | |
LIFT HEIGHT | 85 | feet |
LIFT SPEED | 10 | ft/sec. |
LIFT TIME | 23 | sec. |
FIRST DROP ANGLE | 50 | degrees |
MAXIMUM SPEED (approximately) | 50 | mph |
NUMBER OF TIMES OVER 40 mph | 3 | times |
NUMBER OF TIMES OVER 3 g's | 3 | times |
MAXIMUM VERTICAL "g" FORCE | 3.1 | g's |
MAXIMUM NEGATIVE "g" FORCE | -0.41 | g's |
NUMBER OF TIMES @ < 0.1 VERTICAL g's | 5 | times |
MAX. BANK ANGLE | 37.5 | degrees |
MAX. LATERAL "g" FORCE | 1.03 | g's |
NUMBER OF LEAD CHANGES IN RACE MODE | 7 | (depends on load balance) |
NUMBER
OF TRAINS (comprised of 5 coupled cars) |
4 | original Harry Traver type |
APPROXIMATE RIDE TIME | 2 | minutes |
RIDE CAPACITY | 2400 | per hour |
NUMBER OF TRANSFER TABLES | 2 | one for each storage track |
ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED | 1930 | |
ORIGINAL
CONSTRUCTION TIME (not including pier) |
5 | months |
OVER 1
MILLION BOARD FEET OF LUMBER (not including pier) |
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OVER 1 MILLION BOLTS | ||
50 KEGS OF NAILS | ||
All Engineering Data Copyright 1998-2013 Classic-Coasters | ||
Reverse Engineering (totally original) by LARRY OSTERHOUDT | ||
ALL BLUE PRINTS ON CAD IN IMPRESSIVE 3-D
PLANS INCLUDE:
ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1930, ON A PIER OVER THE WATER, THE CYCLONE RACER WAS THE UNDISPUTED KING OF WOODED ROLLER COASTERS FOR 38 YEARS. UNTIL NOW THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ATTEMPT TO RECREATE THIS IMPRESSIVE CLASSIC. A METICULOUS EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO ENSURE EVERY DETAIL CLONES THE ORIGINAL. WE WANTED THE SUPERSTRUCTURE TO HAVE THE SAME FLEX AS THE ORIGINAL SO EVERY BENT HAS BEEN DRAWN DETAILING THE ORIGINAL X BRACE SCHEME. THE ORIGINAL DESIGN INCORPORATES A PRECISION MATCH BETWEEN THE TRAINS AND TRACK. SO PRECISE, YOU CAN SAY IT'S TUNED LIKE A STRADIVARIUS. THE COASTER DOES NOT INCORPORATE TRIM BRAKING LIKE MODERN DESIGNS, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T NEED IT. TRAIN SPEED IS REGULATED BY PRECISION TRACK HEIGHT NOT ALLOWING ANY DOWN HILL ACCELERATIONS FASTER THAN GRAVITY. THIS DESIRABLE EFFECT CREATES PLENTY OF AIR TIME WITHOUT PULLING YOU OUT OF THE CAR. OUR TRACK DYNAMICS PROGRAM SHOWS HOW THE TRACK PLAN ACHIEVES THIS USING A PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN WHEEL ROLLER FRICTION, TRACK HEIGHT AND DYNAMIC BANKING . THE BALANCE BETWEEN TRACK 1 AND TRACK 2 OFFERS AN EXCITING RACE AS THE TRAINS ALTERNATELY GAIN THE LEAD IN THE CURVES. COMPUTER RIDE EMULATION SHOWS RUNNING BOTH TRAINS WITH THE SAME WEIGHT, TRACK 1 IS ABOUT 1 SECOND FASTER. YOU MUST KEEP IN MIND ALL THIS PRECISION WAS DESIGNED IN THE LATE TWENTIES WITH NO COMPUTER! |