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Nei Mabhigi Matanhatu 'Akasvibiswa Colossus Ndiyo Colossal Coaster
© Arthur Levine May 19, 2015
About.com rating: FIVE STARS (kunze kwevashanu)
Apo Walt Disney akabatana nezvakanaka zvake paDisneyland kuti avandudze uye kupa vaenzi chimwe chinhu chitsva kuti vawane, akazvitumidza kuti "kuwedzera." Muna 2015, Six Flags Magic Mountain yakatowedzera yakawanda yeColossus roller coaster - yakawanda nguva.
Ngarava yakanga iri yakareba uye yakareba kupfuura imwe yenyika paakazaruka muna 1978 uye yakanga yakagadziriswa mupaki. Mumakore achangobva kupfuura, zvisinei, zvakanga zvanyanyisa uye zvakange zviri, ahem, kugadzirisa mukurumbira wayo. Matafura matanhatu akauita kuti uve huni-yehuni yakasvibiswa, akaita shanduko yakakura pakugadzirisa kwayo, ndokuupa zita idzva: Twisted Colossus. Mugumisiro? Pane zvishoma zviduku zvinokwana zvingafanirwa nemusoro wangu wezvishanu nyeredzi. Twisted Colossus iye zvino anowana navo.
Coaster Stats
- Rudzi rwekodha: Hybrid wooden-steel
- Twin inodonha: 128 mamita
- Nyeredzi yemadzinza: 80 °
- Nhamba yakakura: Inenge 5000 ft.
- Pedza nguva: Inenge maminitsi makumi mana
- Ride producer: Rocky Mountain Construction
Nei Nyeredzi Nishanu?
Chii chinoita kuti fambisi yakakodzera kudaro? Mubhokisi rangu rekutamba, kunyanya kukuru kunofanirwa kunge kune mamwe mapepa akakodzera emhepo, iyo inofadza kunze-ye-yako chigaro chekunzwa . Twisted Colossus inodonha kunze kwekunonoka kwemazuva emhepo, kufambisa vatasvi vedenga kudenga nekusiya.
Zvinotarisirwa nhamba mbiri dzechikwata kuti zviite kuti dzive mubhubhu shanu-nyeredzi: Inofanira kupa ruzha rwakanyanya. Icho chirevo chakareba chekufambiswa kwakagadzirirwa kufamba munzira yakakanganiswa pakumhanya kwemhepo, uye vazhinji vanokundikana zvakashata. TC, zvisinei, iri pakati pevashandisi vakanyanyisa vandakaona. Inoita nzira yayo kuburikidza nemakiromita 5 000 emugwagwa uye inopedza anenge maminitsi mana emusango wekunakidza (kutasva kwayo kusinganzwisisiki ndeyeimwe pfungwa huru) neyary a hiccup. Zvichigovera sarudzo yaro wacky uye zvinhu zvoupenzi zvayo zvinosanganisira, TC's rock-solid smoothness inenge isinganzwisisiki.
Musoro wepamusoro-soro unofanirwawo kuva nehope yekutanga yekutanga (iyo isati yavhurwa uye inosanganisira mapoka emasikirwo akasimudzira chero zvakadaro). Fembera chii? TC ine madonhwe makuru maviri. Zvose izvi zvinogutsa pamamita makumi mana (80 degrees) zvishoma nezvishoma (gumi nezvidimbu zviduku zvisinganzwisisiki kuti mathematically inopikiswa). Iyo nzira ye hec kuva kukanganisa rwendo. Asi TC inokanda imwe donho mukati mekambani yayo. Dhidzai zvinofadza, kaviri kechipiri cheuuuuuuuuuuu.
Kuve nemafambisi makuru kunofanira kunge kune chimiro chinosungirirana pamwechete chekugadzirisa chinangwa chezvinhu. Izvo zvose pamusoro pekufamba. Kungofanana nechikamu chikuru chemimhanzi, vashandi vekodha vanofanira kutora kukwira kwavo kuitira kuti matunhu akakwirira, anokonzera, kupindirana, uye dzimwe nguva dzimwe nguva vaite pamwe chete kuti vaite harmonic convergence. TC ine zvakanaka pacing.
The Colossal Ride
Iko kunononoka kukwira makomo ekusimudza kunoteverwa nekudanidzira-kukonzera kudonha kwekutanga uye kushanduka mune zvimwe zvinoshamisa zvemhepo ye airtime. Zvadaro kune zero-G inotumira vatasvi vanokanganisa 360 degrees. Hongu, shanduro yezera-itsva yeColssus yemapuranga ikozvino inosanganisira inversions. Nechitsiko chayo chesimbi (asi kwete chero imwe yeruzivo rwesimbi-yakawanda pamusoro peiyo gare gare) uye yakashandurwa yakadzika motokari, TC inokwanisa kutenderera vatasvirira pasi-ne nyasha uye unhu hwakanaka pane izvozvo.
Mushure mokutambudzika kwehafu yekutanga yekambani, TC inotora bhabhatidza musati makwira chikamu chechipiri chekusimudza. Zvadaro gehena yose inosununguka zvakare nemhepo yakawanda airtime. Panenge chikamu chechikamu chechipiri chekutasva, chitima chinopinda mu "Top Gun Stall" uye inotanga kumativi ose kwemaviri mashoma anoita sekusingaperi (nenzira yakanaka, kunyange zvakadaro). Maminitsi mana mushure mekunge rwendo rwavo rwatanga, vanofadzwa nevatasvi vadzokera kuchipatara.
Icho Chaizvoizvo Ichaita Race?
Pane chimwe chiitiko pamusoro peTC chinondipa pause uye zvakananga kugogodza rwendo kusvika ku 4.5 stars. Colossus yepakutanga yaiva mapatya emakumbo maviri. Zvitima zviviri zvakasara pachiteshi panguva imwechete uye zvakarwisana kune dzimwe nhanho pamakwikwi emakwikwi. Iyo itsva TC imwe chete, yakareba-yakareba, inoramba ichitenderera. Asi ichiri kufanirwa kusanganisira racing-like interactive experience. Mukufungidzira, sezvo imwe chitima ichiita nzira yayo kumakomo echipiri ekusimudza, chitima chechipiri chinofanirwa kutumirwa kubva kuchipatara kuitira kuti teresi mbiri dzikwanise kukwira kumativi-ne-kurutivi makasimudzira makomo panguva imwe chete. TC's computer controls yakagadzirirwa kuti iyananise zvitima zviviri.
Apo matarenda maviri ari mu sync, imwe yevatengesi yechitima kupfuura imwe. The Top Gun Stall inofanirwa kuisa imwe chitima chakaturikidzana nechepamusoro penguva shomanana uye kumhanya pamusoro pechimwe chepamusoro-chema-side-up racing raire. Izvozvo zvaizova ziso-kubuda kweziso kune vanofamba mumatreni ose maviri. Panewo nguva yeChishanu yepamusoro iyo inofanirwa kuvhara mativi maviri ezvidzidzo kune mumwe nemumwe kuitira kuti vatasvi vezvikepe zvinopesana vangave vachida kupa zvikwereti kune mumwe.
Pandakaona kutasva mabhiza, handina kuona chero terevhizheni. Vakanga vasina kumbobvumirana. Mukutendeseka, kutasva kwatainge kusati kwasununguka. Asi zvinoita sokuti zvingava zvakaoma kuenzanisa teresi. Kuti igone kushanda, vatasvi vemabhiza vaizofanira kutunura uye kutakura chitima chakakwana mumaminitsi mashoma maviri zvinotora kuti chitima chekutanga chipedze hafu yekutanga yevadzidzi. Izvozvo zvinoita sezviri nyore.
Nzira dzekutakura ops dzinogona kuisa pakati pechitima chechikoro mune imwe nzvimbo yekutakura isati yasvika chikamu chechipiri chekusimudza kusvikira imwe chitima ichiwana. Zvichida sarudzo yakanakisisa (kana ichibvira) ingadai iri kubata zvitima kunze kwechengeti chekutakura. Nenzira iyo, chitima chingave chichidzikinura uye chichitakura apo chitima chiri kunze kwechiremba chingave chiri panzvimbo yekutumirwa uye chinonoka kusangana nekatikati yechitima chechitima. Kana ichishanda zvizere, TC ichava nezvitima zvina zvayo. Hezvino tarisa kuti paki ichakwanisa kuongorora nzira yekuita kuti mamiriro ekukwikwidza aite basa.
Kana iyo isingakwanisi kuwana teresi dzinomhanya, ndeyako yakakwana ye-five-star deal breaker? Zvichida, asi kunyange pasina kunze kwechikwata, TC ichiri chiitiko chinoshamisa.
Nyeredzi-Nyeredzi Ongororo
Ngationgororei. Smooth ride? Tarisa. Kurongeka kukuru uye kufamba? Tarisa. Wonderful first drop? Tarisa (uye chengororazve). Airtime? Chengetedza huru. Izvozvo zvingava zvakakwana kuisa TC muchechi yepamusoro yemakona.
Asi chokwadi ichocho chinotevera-gen version cheklasi yakashambadza inogadzirisa nzvimbo yayo. Nenzira iyo, Colossus yepakutanga akawana bhajiji yayo yekutanga kuburikidza nekuonekwa mufirimu yekutanga yeNational Lampoon's Vacation . Iwe unogona kuverenga pamusoro penyaya iyo inotarisa basa pane zvandinotaura, " Chii chinonzi Deal naWalley World? "
Mabheji matanhatu akachengetwa Colossus kubva pabhota raiputika, uye akakudza chikafu chekare kuburikidza nokuchipa maitiro akanaka kwazvo. Vashandi venguva refu vachabatsirwa kuona kuti DNA yokutanga yekutasva ichiripo, uye mwoyo nemweya wayo zvinoramba zvisingaiti. Asi zvakapiwa chibharo chitsva paupenyu nemamwe mashoma, nhengo dzomuviri mutsva uye pfungwa itsva yehutano.
Paki dzekunakidzwa dzave dzichimbove dzichida kufananidzwa kwekare uye itsva. Ikoko kune antique carousels nedzimwe mhemberero dzakareba izvo zvizvarwa zvevafudzi zvinoda kudzokera zvakare. Paki dzinoita kuti munhu ashamiswe, zvisinei, nokupa zvinhu zvitsva, teknolojia huru uye mazano ekufambisa. Twisted Colossus inosanganisira dichotomy inoshamisa mune imwe kukokwe. Ishamwari yekare inokurudzira chimiro, asi izere nezvishamiso, zvitsva zvinokurudzira kufara. Icho chinhu chikuru chekugadzirisa.
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© Arthur Levine Hezvino kutarisa kunoitwa huni yehuni yesimbi yesimbi yakasimba. Kusiyana nekwakagadzirwa kwekwenyasi yakawanda, TC ine ganda rakagadzikana re-bhuru-rakafanana. Makumbo ekufambisa anofambidzana anofananidzwa mumugwagwa we "I." Nzira iyi inogona kuva nechokuita neTC yekufamba zvakanaka.
Muumbi wekasa, Rocky Mountain Construction, zvechokwadi ane chimwe chinhu - zvakanaka, zvinenge zvose-kuita nekutarisa kunoshamisa. Ive itsva inotasva mugadziri inoshevedza maitiro ayo ane kodzero yepamusoro "IBox" kana "Iron Horse."
Iyi ndiyo yechishanu yekare yemapuranga iyo yave yaita voodoo yayo, uye kusvika ikozvino iri kurwadza chiuru. Vatasvi vaviri vanoenda kuTexas, iyo New Texas Giant paTe Flags Over Texas uye Iron Rattler paTix Flags Fiesta Texas vakawana zvidzidzo zvinonakidza (kusanganisira mami). Gomo reMeddy rakaputika muMexico, uye Muna 2015, iro rakaitwawo pamusoro peDutu rekuSix Flags New England. Iko zvino inozivikanwa seWicked Cyclone . Ona kuti ivo vose vanoenzanisa sei mumvura yangu yakasvibirira yakanakisisa yehuni nemasimbi emakona .
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Steampunk Influence
© Arthur Levine Mukova mukuru we Twisted Colossus unoratidzira shanduro yekusimudzira iyo Six Flags yakapa munzvimbo.
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© Arthur Levine Mitsara mitanhatu yakatumidza nzvimbo iyo Twisted Colossus uye pasi yayo isina mari, Scream , vanogara seScreampunk District.
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Kutasva Kakafukidzwa Colossus naCarter Evans veCSC
© Arthur Levine Ndakanga ndiri mumwe wekutanga kutasva Twisted Colossus naCarter Evans, mutori wenhau neC CBS This Morning. Ndakazviratidza mune imwe chikamu pamusoro pekutasva pari kuratidzwa. Ona vhidhiyo.