 Pipeline Coasters
ChrisCoaster <ckozicki@snet.net> wrote:
: You know, this pipeline concept should be revived and developed
: further, as 200 feet fades in favor of 300 feet as the new benchmark
: for "normal" sized roller-coasters.
:
: First, placing riders closer/between the rails ensures better
: "heartline" rolls than standard configurations where riders sit
: anywhere from 3-5ft above the rails. It's much more difficult to
: "wrap the rails around the train" to accomplish heartline banking in
: turns than it is to simply place riders between the rails. There's
: also less stress on the track and on the rolling stock of the trains
: themselves.
:
: Just a thought for coaster engineers born after 2000....
Uh, Chris...
Wrong Pipeline. 8-)
The Bailey Pipeline Express is a 'roller coaster on the cheap". The one
in Fostoria, OH actually has rails made of PVC pipe, but all the others
were either built with or converted to steel. It's about as close as
you're gonna get to riding down a roller coaster hill on a Flexible
Flyer.
The Weigand Mountain Coasters have a lot in common with the Pipeline
Express, but the Weigand system is much more robust and fully developed.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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