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Vertical vs Greater than 90 degree drops

Vertical or >90 Degree

  • Vertical

    Votes: 18 81.8%

  • >90 Degree

    Votes: 4 18.2%
  • Total voters
    22
I'd say beyond vertical, the lift out your seat as you go past 90° is incredible. But at the same time Oblivion and Stealth have fantastic drops, it's a tie for me as the both types of drops are great fun.
 
Vertical for sure. You get much more airtime on vertical drops than on beyond vertical ones. Not to mention they look much more intimidating.
 
The real question is Floater vs Ejector.

As my top 10 suggests, I'm a man of ejector, hence I prefer beyond 90.
 
Greater, for sure. 90 degree drops are obviously awesome, but nothing likes to try throwing you out of a train like the beyond vertical ones. Even though it's small, Maverick has one of my favourite first drops on any coaster that I've been on.
 
The more negative g-force, the better. And since beyond-vertical drops creates even greater negative g, it is my absolute choice.
 
Falling into your restraint because of the angle isn't airtime.

Vertical drop please.
 
I think I'm gonna go with vertical for now. Two out of the three beyond vertical drop rides I've been on are jerky Gerstlauers, and their drops are very brief. The 90 degree drops I've been on are much more enjoyable, comfortable, and generally larger (Dive machines, Intamin top hats).
 
The only beyond vertical drop I've actually done is Saw, but I find it a bit weird; it feels more like a 90 degree drop, then a 10 degree drop, as opposed to a 100 degree drop that naturally flows (if that makes sense? :p ).

Vertical drops feel nicer and come across as more intimidating I find, so would have to go with that.
 
I would like to point out that everyone who said beyond vertical seemed to have voted for vertical due to an issue in interpreting their greater than and less than symbols. :razz:
 
gavin said:
Falling into your restraint because of the angle isn't airtime.

Vertical drop please.
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Quoted to emphasise this.
 
Hard one, I love Maverick's drop but hate Eurofighter drops. Went with Vertical because they are all awesome, but some >90's are fab.
 
It seems like when this comes up everyone is comparing dive machines to eurofighters, which is a little unfair considering most dive machines are larger. I would be interested to see how someone who has ridden Takabisha would compare the two.

From my inexperienced standpoint I can only compare Kennywood's Skyrocket to Hershey Park's Fahrenheit. In this case Fahrenheit wins by a mile. I would argue that size is more important than angle of decent.
 
metalhead7 said:
It seems like when this comes up everyone is comparing dive machines to eurofighters, which is a little unfair considering most dive machines are larger. I would be interested to see how someone who has ridden Takabisha would compare the two.

From my inexperienced standpoint I can only compare Kennywood's Skyrocket to Hershey Park's Fahrenheit. In this case Fahrenheit wins by a mile. I would argue that size is more important than angle of decent.
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That's what she said?
 
^No she didn't say that, now stop posting pointless posts to try and get your post count up at little. :)

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owentaylor121 said:
^No she didn't say that, now stop posting pointless posts to try and get your post count up at little. :)

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Ok. :(
That being said I prefer vertical drops. I wonder how the drops of the B&M Dive Machines would be if they didn't have a holding break, had a cable lift, and had 7 cars.
 
^The curve from the top of the lift to the vertical drop will be broad.

It's difficult to say as I'll be comparing the drops of euro fighters to dive machines, but I think vertical feels better throughout the whole drop.
 
Vertical.
I always see 90 degree drops as more intimidating and a lot better to ride. Plus, to me, the transition into a 90 degree drop always feels like its going beyond 90 anyway and knowing it actually isn;t messes with my brain. Knowing that the drop is beyond 90 spoils the sensation for me.
 
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