"Cobra" - PAX Loop 520 for Conny-Land

[Gazza]

But does pumping actually detract from the ride experience in real life?

 

[Ben]

^Why yes, it does.

 

[furie]

Awww, but it looks so cute and fun! <3 to shuttle loops!

 

[divvie_dave]

<3 it.... looks so dated... awesome!

 

[A-Kid]

Well Nemesis has a hell of a lot of pumping in its trackwork and thats loved.

This looks proper good fun! I wish it had suspension though as some bits of the track are kinda crazy violent and could be painfull. Guess we will have to wait for someone to ride the thing now.

 

[Snoo]

I actually love the way out.. that airtime must be delicious. Back looks.. meh.

 

[Antinos]

You mean it didn't fall over?!

To be honest, it looks quite painful. I'll take a nice Schwarzkopf over this any day.

 

[Screaming Coasters]

Well Nemesis has a hell of a lot of pumping in its trackwork and thats loved.

Where?

The only double hit I get is on the zero-G, so I have no idea what you're on about Leigh...

 

[A-Kid]

First drop, helix, 0G, last corkscew. Its easyer to see and feel on the back row. I see it as a good thing on Nemmy though. Makes transitions all funky.

 

[Screaming Coasters]

Huh...?

First drop is a quick flick and then stretched out to fit over the hill,
The helix stretches out to reduce the G's,
Zero-G is the way B&M used to make them in their early days and imo, the best,
Last corkscrew has the trademark B&M flick which is slowly fading out in their newer coasters.

It's not pumping, it really isn't.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRsL_Zscj9Y

Go to 3 minutes and check out the pov.

 

[Ben]

No, it pumps.

 

[Screaming Coasters]

Where?

I see nothing in that fixed-cam pov.
It's just the way B&M used to flick their coasters.

 

[Ben]

Well, I just... ride it... I don't need some video telling me about it

 

[A-Kid]

I know about the B&M flick, but Nemmys last corkscrew it is different. It doesn't really do pumps on vertical movement, but when it twists or on lateral movement I suppose. I's say it was common on the early Beemers. Raptor did it a lot too.

When I say first drop, I mean on the curve. Its hard to see on POV's of the sideways pumps.

v LOL. :--D

 

[Screaming Coasters]

LOL

I give a good pump...

(That's all I really wanted to add on this matter)

 

[rollermonkey]

WTF do pumps have to do with a coaster if it isn't an Intamin hydraulic launch?

 

[Martyn B]

I'm sorry, WTF is pumping?

 

[Hixee]

^Its not the easiest thing to describe, but its very noticeable on some coaster.

It's basically that rough, almost jerky, feeling you get when the radii of the curve is not constant. You'll have felt the effect, it makes the curves feel less smooth. I guess you'd argue it feels like you're being 'pumped' in stages around the corner.

Hmm.. this is hard... help?

 

[rollermonkey]

A diminishing or increasing radius is present on essentially every looping coaster ever made.

That just doesn't make sense. Just call it rough if it's rough.

 

[Tony]

Well this coaster finally opened the other day although rumours suggest it has since closed . There is an AWESOME video of this coasters opening which includes allot of fireworks on the track!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gc6IBh9ygY&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Offride video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_bTt9m6NHg&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]