01 of 06
Ungaponesa Dive Here?
Valravn iko zvino yakazaruka. Verenga kuongororwa kweCedar Point's flowing coaster .
Cedar Point, iyo iyo inotaura nezvayo se "The Roller Coaster Capital of the World," zvechokwadi ine zvakawanda zvevashandi. Nhamba yemafuta nhamba 17 - 17! - ichave yakasiyana nedzimwe dzose. Valravn, iyo inorongerwa kuzarura muna 2016, inotora vatasviki vanopfuura makumbo mazana maviri uye vanovanyengedza pamusoro pemucheto wehomwe. Zvadaro zvichavarega vachirembera ipapo ... uye vaturika ipapo.
Uye nokuda kwechiyero chakanaka: chirembera ipapo.
Valravn Up-Front Info
- Nzvimbo yemotokari: Pasina kuputika kwemhepo
- Nhanho yepamusoro: 75 mph
- Kureba: 223 mamita
- Drop: 214 feet
- Nyeredzi yemadzinza: 90 degrees
- Ride muumbi: Bolliger & Mabillard (B & M)
Iyi Ride Inotora Kufema Kwako
Kune zvikwata zviviri zvakafanana muU.S., Griffon paBusch Gardens Williamsburg uye SheiKra kuBusch Gardens Tampa . Anozivikanwa se "dive coasters," Valravn achave akafanana neavo vari pavanokura mumasango eBusch, kunyange zvazvo zvicharumbidza zvinyorwa zvishoma zvishoma. Ichava mamita mashoma mamita, inodonha pamusoro pezvimwe mamita gumi, uye ichitsvaira makiromita mashoma paawa.
Kubva pane zvimwe zvandinosangana nazvo, ndinove ndakatarisira zvinhu zvikuru kubva kuValravn. Ndinoyemura Griffon uye Sheikra pakati pezvinhu zvakanakisa zvekugadzira mashizha muNorth America .
Heino izvo zvaunogona kutarisira. Vatasvi vemabhiza vachabata zvigaro zvakakura zvakadzika makumi maviri nevane-vatyairi vanozogara vasere kumativi matatu. Zvitima zvisingasviki zvichabviswa pachena: hapana mazamu, hapana mativi, uye kwete-iwe wakazvifungidzira - pasi. Mutsara wepamberi uchasiya vatasvi vachinzwa kunyanya kuvharwa.
Zvitima zvinokwira makiromita makumi maviri nemaviri ekusimudza makumbo, kutora zvishoma, 180-degree "carousel" kutendeuka kumapapiro emvura, kutarira kune 90-degree (sezvakananga pasi), 214-foot foot, nudge pamusoro pemvura, uye vauya kunomira pamwoyo. Ichi ndicho chigamba chechigamba chekudzidzira kwemhepo. Vatasvi vachatarisa zvakananga kudonha kukuru kwaValravn kwemaawa mana akazara kuti vafunge nezvezvichauya zviri mberi. Kana izvozvo zvisingaoneki kwenguva yakareba zvakadaro, edza kuverenga kune zvishoma zvishoma, uye fungidzira kuti uri kutsemuka 223 mamita mumhepo. Chii chichava chinotevera? A kutora-yako-breath-away desccent iyo icharova 75 mph.
Izvozvo zvichiteverwa ne 165-foot-kure-kure "Immelman" inochera iyo inogona kudzivisa terendi ndokuitumira iyo kumhanya mune imwe nzira. Ichakwira, ichinge ichinonoka nekuputika kwekatikati yekambani yakakanganiswa, uye yobva yatikwikwidzana pasi pedo-yakasvika nheyo yechipiri chechipiri chechipiri (ino nguva isina nguva yakatarisa kumusoro).
Asati adzokera kuchipatara, Cedar Point newbie coaster ichatumira zvinhu zvitatu zvinokosha: dive loop, iyo inotumira vatasvi vadzo kupfuura zvitsitsinho kwechipiri, chirongwa che 270-degree, icho chinozovhara chitima uye vatakuri varo chechitatu nguva, uye gomo duku remhepo. Kunze kwechikamu chekupedzisira, coaster haizoiti zvakawanda munzira yekusimudza airtime. Dive coasters yakawanda pamusoro pemadonhwe maviri ekudonha uye acrobatics.
Paki yacho, yakagadzikana-inofadza kubudisa PR, inofunga kuti kutasva kwayo itsva kuchaputsa zvinyorwa zvenyika gumi. Ndinoputsa zvinyorwa muhurukuro yangu, " Ko Cedar Point's Valravn Coaster Ichokwadi Kuputsa Marekori 10? "
Kunotevera: Ndiyo nzira yeLooooooong Pasi
02 of 06
Ndiyo Roooooooong Way Down
Ichava dive chaizvo. Uyu ndiwo maonero ekudonha kwekutanga kubva pasi. Pachava nekuseka kukuru kwekutya uye kuputika-kufungidzira kutarisira pakati pevatakuri sezvo chitima chinosungirirwa pamusoro pemucheto. Uye pachava nokuchema kukuru sezvo chitima chinozopedzisira chichidzika pasi.
Kuteverazve: Kutya Kutyisa
03 of 06
Kutyisa Kunotyisa
Kubva kubva padonhokutanga, vatasvi vanofamba nenzira huru. Nzira dzakasununguka, dzisina pasi dzichaita kuti chitunha chiwedzere chinotyisa.
Kunotevera: Two Dives. Hapana Kumirira.
04 of 06
Dives maviri. Hapana Kumirira.
Dhechi rechipiri, pane "mere" 131 mamita, richava rakananga. Pachave pasina kutyisidzika sezvo teresi dzichikwira pamusoro pemucheto uye dzinotsika pasi.
Enda mberi: Dive Loop
05 of 06
Dive Loop
Kuvhara kwechipiri kwekuvhara kwechipiri kuchave, zvakakodzera zvakakwana, "dive" loop.
Kunotevera: Nzvimbo Itsva yeCedar Point
06 of 06
Nzvimbo Itsva yeCedar Point
Kufambisa kutsva kunotora nzvimbo yaro pakati pepaki yakazara-nzvimbo yakazara. Tora rwendo rwese kuValravn. Cedar Point yakagadzira mbiri mavhidhiyo ekutanga:
- Point-of-view video
- Birdseye kuona video