Ingested Banjo
Mega Poster
Ok this is a bit of a weird question but, I like imagining rollercoasters that I'm gonna build when I grow rich and famous. Trouble is, I like fast launches, and I like mega coasters (eg Expedition GeForce), especially the freedon of the small car with only a lapbar and a shoulder height backrest, but in my imagination these two things don't work at the same time. I figure the linear G force of the launch would give inexperienced riders whiplash as their head is pulled backwards because there is no head rest to support it.
The only ideas I could come up with were to have seats with slanted back backrests, so that in the launch you can lean back but then you sit up without it touching for the rest of the ride, however this means that the rider behind will not be able to see and they will lose the sense of freedom, only the front row will have it.
The other idea I came up with was to have headrests that slid down if exposed to more than 2g, so on the launch you would have a headrest but as soon as the pull up happened, it would slide down and you would be free, but the problem with this is that it is another mechanical part that could break, and also people's hair would get caught in the sliding mechanism.
So merely for the interests of my imagination, but also so that intamin will hopefully come along to this site and pinch the idea and use it on some new awesome coaster.... can anyone thing of a better idea? :wink:
The only ideas I could come up with were to have seats with slanted back backrests, so that in the launch you can lean back but then you sit up without it touching for the rest of the ride, however this means that the rider behind will not be able to see and they will lose the sense of freedom, only the front row will have it.
The other idea I came up with was to have headrests that slid down if exposed to more than 2g, so on the launch you would have a headrest but as soon as the pull up happened, it would slide down and you would be free, but the problem with this is that it is another mechanical part that could break, and also people's hair would get caught in the sliding mechanism.
So merely for the interests of my imagination, but also so that intamin will hopefully come along to this site and pinch the idea and use it on some new awesome coaster.... can anyone thing of a better idea? :wink:
