Harvey said:
Ejector to the bitter end, for the same reasons as Ross - I dont want any namby pamby halfway house ride, I was a full on klonk fest!
Coaster Force on the National's first double drop at the Thrills and Chills Live 05:
Wheeeeeeeee! OW GOD, Wheeeeeeee! And the screams of pain from sean (i20) on the ride we did after everyone else left, it was great!
The pain may slightly increase, as the new cars appear to be very free running - one was sent round today and made it all the way to the final drop first time, which the old cars wouldn't achieve, so they may prove to run just a little faster (he says without wanting to get into the speed verses acceleration discussion again). Ofcourse, it could just be the case that the bearings are nice and clean at this stage and were well run in by PTC with their proven rubber-wheel-in-handheld-drill-pressed-against-wheels method. I assume the PB simply put the old cars back together after maintenance, greased the bearings and put them straight on the track rather than running the wheels in first.
Anyway - ejector for me, ohhhhhhh yes. It's nice to combine the two though with floater accentuated by pops of ejector.
EDIT: I just watched some late 80s footage of the Comet being "broken in" at Crystal Beach pre season. They did it exactly how I've been told the PB woodies are done, or were done - lapbars open, one or two cars at a time, staff sitting on the edge and standing in the cars etc, getting out on hills when the cars stall on the antirollback racks, pushing them along, then getting back in once they get moving. Fabulous. Fantastic. I want to be doing that.
Imagine Nash airtime standing up, or sitting on the side of the car holding on. It'd be slightly milder due to the reduced velocity of a single car, but god it'd be fun. Ok so that was somewhat off topic but what the hell. It's Valentines Day and I'm alone, so I have a right to go off topic.