diamondhawk Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Launch coaster questions: BLSC Did the fishtailing effect ever work? Did the subway effect ever work? Did the fog effect ever work? Is it true the track was supposed to be wellow? FOF Are there more lights during the ride than in the past? Is the front or the back faster? Was FoF the first launched coaster? Thanks for answers I've just always wondered. P.S. Thanks to standbyme for helping me with an avatar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Kinda Guy Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 BLSC 1. More less 2. Half assed 3. Yes 4. No FoF 1. No 2. Neither. They reach the same speeds. 3. No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 IJSC: yes, the track was supposed to be yellow. There was once fog and mist, but the track didn't like either. If the fish tailing ever worked, I never felt it. FOF: If the back or front went faster than the other end, wouldn't the train come apart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Did the fishtailing effect ever work? I don't believe so. Did the subway effect ever work? I don't think so (and who'd have wanted it to? Ouch!) Did the fog effect ever work? The fog on the helicopter scene? . I think it was supposed to replicate a pipe being shot and some sort of gas being expelled. Take a look at the [edit: former] splashdown to see how Premier track interacts with water. (Wasn't SFNO's Batman the only ride that was still in ship-shape post-Katrina? Thanks B&M!)Is it true the track was supposed to be yellow? It was shown that way in the presented to announce the ride, but things often change between point A and point B (see Maverick)... Sometimes stuff is added and sometimes it's removed...Is the front or the back faster? They leave the station at the same time and return at the same time, and thus go the exact same speed. If the back went faster, wouldn't it ram into the front? Was FoF the first launched coaster? No, our Flight of Fear and its identical twin at Kings Dominion were the first roller coasters to used Linear Induction Motors (LIMs) to launch the train using electricity. Backlot Stunt Coaster uses the same technology (the metallic fins hanging off the cars and the white fixtures with fin-shaped slits running down the launch track). Launched coasters have been around for a long time. Kings Island even had Screamin' Demon, a launched coaster, until 1987. Flight of Fear is just the first to use that specific LIM technology (which is now quite wide-spread). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Kinda Guy Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 The track was not intended to be yellow. The only reason it was yellow in the animation was to make the track "stick out" during the animation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rcfreak339 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I guess I might not be up to par with my BLSC knowledge but what exactly were the fishtailing and subway effects supposed to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 the fishtailing was supposed to make the train feel like it was 'drifting' through turns, the subway effect was supposed to be sub-woofers that hit pitches that gave the slight affect of hitting bumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Aw... and once the question get's asked... the replies stop. haha I would like to know what the fishtailing thing was. And also, how was the subway effect proposed to be done? I heard it just destroyed the chasis or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdwebber Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Premier rides apparently has a drifting coaster that works, was BLSC made by premier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rcfreak339 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 It was. Thats very interesting, and something I never have heard of before, I wonder how that would have worked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I'm assuming like the Vekoma one in RCT3? But with like shock absorbers and such haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdwebber Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 http://www.themeparkreview.com/parks/photo.php?pageid=189&linkid=9775&pageno=5 Very bottom of page. Lol and I dont think it drifts as much as RCT lol. Although that would be way fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I thought it did drift just alittle. This might have been opening week that it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarPointer Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I always thought it still drifted, just a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Kid Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Ive heard they've been working on the helicopter so that it will do what it originally was supposed to do to lift up and down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondhawk Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 That would be cool if the helicopter went up and down. Make the scene a little more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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