My Impressions of the Back-Nine on Magnum at Cedar Point!

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Merrily scroll along to about a buck-sixteen for my
impressions of the aforementioned bunny-hills on CP's
Magnum XL-200..

[Dave Althoff, Jr.]

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: Merrily scroll along to about a buck-sixteen for my
: impressions of the aforementioned bunny-hills on CP's
: Magnum XL-200..
:
: http://youtu.be/31JgMAHVeg0

There is a critical difference.

When a car goes flying, the driver and passenger stay in their seats.

When Magnum hits one of those little hills, the train *can't* go flying,
because it is locked to the track in the conventional manner. So the
*passengers* go flying instead. It's controlled; you only go a few inches,
but that's more than enough to get your attention.

Steel Vengeance has a similar ending with a series of Magnum-esque buny
hops, but on Steel Vengeance, riders are clamped firmly into the seat, and
the seat has a wedge between your legs and a bump on the bottom of the lap
bar. Vengeance pulls harder than Magnum does, but there is not nearly as
much room to move. You slide up as far as that lap bar will allow,
tangling with the crotch bump in the process, then get slammed down hard
on that wedge.

Vengeance would be much better if it had Magnum's seats and restraints.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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Dave Althoff Jr:

The point was to illustrate not the ballistics of the car(or
coaster train), but the primitiveness of Magnum's bunny
hills in that time. Straight sections joined by small radius
bends. Not as comfortable as modern comtinuously
variable hills.

[Dave Althoff, Jr.]

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: Dave Althoff Jr:
:
: The point was to illustrate not the ballistics of the car(or
: coaster train), but the primitiveness of Magnum's bunny
: hills in that time. Straight sections joined by small radius
: bends. Not as comfortable as modern comtinuously
: variable hills.

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner...realities of modern computing make
it a bit of a chore for me to get back here, so I don't nearly as often as
I would like...

My point is that the hills on Magnum are not quite as primitive as they
seem, although they are simply designed (I think the second hill on
Corkscrew is even simpler). But as primitive as they are, I find them far
more comfortable to ride than a much 'smoother' alternative just because
the hardware that goes along with that more primitive profile ends up being
a lot more people-friendly than some people will give it credit for.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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Dave Althoff, Jr wrote: "But as primitive as they are, I find them far
more comfortable to ride than a much 'smoother' alternative just because
the hardware that goes along with that more primitive profile ends up being
a lot more people-friendly than some people will give it credit for."

I'm sure you might find your self awfully lonely
in that assessment.. !