I-Ridden futhi ibuyekeziwe ngo-Agasti 2015
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ukuthuthukiswa okumangalisayo, okuthuthukisiwe kuye kwazamazama imboni yepaki kanye nabalandeli bepaki abathandekayo. Ama-coasters asemaphandleni asendulo ayenziwe ngamapulangwe ayesebenze kakhulu aye anikezwa ukuqashwa okusha. Esikhundleni sokuthungula abagibeli abadabukisayo, abaqashiwe kabusha abanikezela ngokugibela ngokushelelayo futhi bebeka ama-grins amaningi.
Ngokusebenzisa inqubo yokuguquguquka, umkhiqizi omusha we-coaster useqhelile amathrekhi okugcoba ngamapulangwe okuguga nokuguqula amathrekhi amasha ensimbi entsha, ngaleyo ndlela akhiqiza ama-coasters e-hybrid enokhuni nangensimbi .
I-revolution yaqala kuma-Six Flags Over Texas neyendabuko, kodwa eqinile yaseTexas Giant. Ngemuva kokuthi amaFlegi ayisithupha enze ushintsho ngo-2011, libizwa ngokuthi i-hybrid coaster i-New Texas Giant.
Ngonyaka ka-2015, kwadingeka ngigibele i-coaster eyayiqeda i-hybrid craze. Ngakho-ke i-New Texas Giant yayinjani? Yingakho konke engangikucabanga ukuthi kuyoba: ngokunethezeka ngokunethezeka, kodwa kusendle, futhi kugcwele ama-giant doses of airtime futhi kumnandi.
Izibalo zeCoaster
- Uhlobo lwe-coaster: i- twister ye- wood neyensimbi ye-Hybrid
- Isivinini esiphezulu: 65 mph
- Ukuphakama: izinyawo ezingu-153
- Yehla: 147 amamitha
- I-Angle of desccent: ama-degree angu-79
- Ukuphakama okuncane ukugibela: ama-intshi angu-48
- Umkhiqizi weRide: Construction Rocky Mountain
Yiyona Cadillac of Coasters
Lapho usondela eNew Texas Texas, awukwazi ukuphuthelwa isici sakhe esivelele kakhulu: ithrekhi yayo ekhanyayo ye-orange. Eyaziwa ngokuthi ithrekhi ye-IBox (ebizwa nangokuthi i-Iron Horse), ukumiswa kwayo okuyingqayizivele kusize ukuguqula i-coaster ehlekisiwe ehamba ngendlela ephawulekayo namuhla.
Akuyona ithrekhi ye-wood coaster noma i-steel tubular eyodwa esetshenziselwa ama-coasters ajwayelekile. Esikhundleni salokho kufakwe njengobumba, "Mina," amasondo aqondisa amathrekhi afaneleka emigwaqweni yethrekhi.
Lapho ungena esiteshini, uzokhatheka yilokho okushiwo yi-second ride: izitimela zayo eziwubuqili.
Zakhiwe njenge-Cadillacs ye-vintage, igcwaliswe ngama-grills we-chrome kanye nemincintiswano yamaphondo e-lead. Ngokungaqondakali, izitimela zihlanganisa namafasitela ohlangothini.
Ngaphezu kokuhweba ngaphandle kwethrekhi, ukukhanda umakhi we-rocky Mountain Construction naye wabuye wafaka isakhiwo se-coaster. Eqinisekisiwe yi-IBox ithrekhi yakhe eqinile, abantu baseM RMC bakhulisa ukuphakama kwekhasi eliphakeme lokuhamba ngokuhamba ngamamitha ngamamitha angu-153 kuya ku-153. Lokho kwandisa ukwehlisa kokuqala izinyawo ezingu-10 kuya kwamamitha angu-147. Esikhundleni samadireji angu-53, i-RMC iphinda ibuyele phansi ukudonsa kokuqala kuma-degree angama-79 ayi-freaky. Yonke le-tweaking yanda ijubane le-3 mph kuya enhle 65 mph.
Ukuchofoza nokuphoqa phezulu - indlela eya phezulu - i-hill lift, abagibeli bathola uphawu phezulu. Esikhundleni sento ethile yendabuko enjengokuthi "Awukho," isibonakaliso sibhala, "Lindela! Ake sixoxe ngalokhu!" Kufanele uthande ukudlala.
Ukudonsa kokuqala kwakukhazimulayo. Ukushaya phansi nokuvuka, i-New Texas Giant inikeze ama- pops amaningi okuqala e-airtime . Ngagibela kokubili emuva nangaphambili kwesitimela futhi ngathola ukuthi izihlalo ngasekuqaleni zanikeza isikhathi esithile esithile somoya.
Le Coaster ikunika iShaft
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngangihlala kuphi, ukuhamba kahle kwe-coaster kubonakala.
Esikhundleni se-counky, ngezinye izikhathi, isipiliyoni se-coaster sokhuni, isitimela sibophe ithrekhi futhi sanikeza uhambo oluqinile, oluqinisekisiwe. Noma kunjalo, i-New Texas Giant yakwazi ukugcina ezinye zezinhlamvu zayo zokhuni. Kwakuzwakala sengathi inhlanganisela yesikhwama sezinkuni nesensimbi - okuyilokho kanye.
Ngemuva kweqhwa le-airtime, i-coaster yangena kwenye yezinguquko zayo ngaphezulu. Futhi nge-bank-over, ngisho ama-degree angama-95 noma ngaphezulu. Noma kunjalo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi izici abahlangabezane nazo, isitimela nabagibeli bayo babelokhu belawula futhi bekhululekile ukuthuthumela noma noma yikuphi ukuzwa okunomsoco.
Ukuziphendulela ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwayo, ukugibela kwanikeza isikhathi esiphezulu se-airtime kanye nokuguqulwa kwebhange ngaphambi kokushaya umjikelezo we-middle-course. Ngokwesenzo sayo sokugcina, i-coaster yayinezindlela ezintathu, okuqala okubizwa ngokuthi "ama-Angus Oil and Gas Shaft." Ngemuva kwemigodi edidekayo, uhambo oluthile kodwa olusheshayo lwabuyela esiteshini.
Njengoba kunezinto eziningi ezinhle kakhulu ongakusho, ungase uzibuze ukuthi kungani nginika iNew Texas Texas Giant kuphela izinkanyezi ezine. Uma ngabe ngiyibuyekezile ngenkathi iqala ngo-2011, kungenzeka ukuthi ngibe nomusa kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, nginenhlanhla yokugibela kokubili i- Iron Rattler ku-Six Flags Fiesta Texas ne- Twisted Colossus ku-Six Flags Magic Mountain . Kokubili ama-coasters ama-hybride, avulekile ngemuva kwekhanda le-Six Flags Over Texas, anesibopho sokubonga kuqala. Kodwa ngokulinganisa kwami, bobabili badlula iNew Texas enkulu futhi bayigonsa phansi inkanyezi. Ukugibela okulandelanayo kubonisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi umkhondo we-IBox nomqondo we-hybrid unikeza. Noma kunjalo, i-groundbreaking coaster coaster ihamba kahle. (Bheka ukuthi amanye ama-coasters afaniswa kanjani ne-New Texas Giant e-rundown yami ye- hybrid engcono kakhulu yezingodo nezinsimbi .)
Kulula ukubona ukuthi kungani umkhuba wokuguqula ama-woodies asebekhulile uye wangena emakethe aphezulu kuwo wonke imboni. Thatha uhambo olulodwa ku-New Texas Giant, futhi uzokhamuluka, "Hlala ubukhoma!"