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Europe's second largest roller coaster for Co Meath!

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  • #52
    bajer101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,178 ✭✭✭bajer101


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Is there any actual inverted wooden roller coaster in the world? I would have thought it would be very hard to achieve from a structural and safety point of view.

    Also the obvious question with this is it is a permanent structure so given our rainy climate this may need more maintenance then might be the case in sunnier climes? In fact i'd suggest it will need a lot of maintenance.

    Inverted roller coaster is actually the term for a coaster with he cars suspended underneath the tracks and there are no wooden coasters of this type. When a coaster has loops, or corkscrews, this is called inversions. There was a bit of confusion about this when Tayto initially announced the coaster as they said it would be inverted! There are wooden coasters with inversions and the Gravity Group actually built one - Hades 360.



  • #53
    Pyridine
    Registered Users Posts: 275 ✭✭Pyridine


    Linnanmäki in Helsinki has a wooden one called Vuoristorata. Not so unusual says you, but then you find out there's a guy that STANDS at the back of the cars and he's the one that controls the brake!!! :eek:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuoristorata

    It's the most sought after summer job in town apparently.


  • #54
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,918 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    haha lol dafuq?

    A job bridge idea for this one perhaps?


  • #55
    Pyridine
    Registered Users Posts: 275 ✭✭Pyridine


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    haha lol dafuq?

    A job bridge idea for this one perhaps?


    Yep, you can just imagine the benefits for any prospective intern:

    You'll learn:

    How to cope in a high stress environment;
    Responsibility (you'll have the lives of others literally in your hands);
    Excellent verbal communication...when shouting for help!;
    How not to sh1t yourself when travelling at 100Km/h and sideways!


  • #56
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,918 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    And it was going so well...


    https://twitter.com/CoasterForce/status/568406677927661569


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