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http://rcdb.com/id4162.htm
Everyone's friend RCDB says 97 degrees. It's not always right, but I suspect that site's just rounding up. Though the first Eurofighters were 95 degrees, then the later ones were 97 degrees... So you never know, it could be 100 degrees.
PS. Does anyone else think 97 degrees sounds somehow cooler than 100 degrees?
Edit: I swear RCDB used to list the first two Eurofighters as 95 degrees, but now after checking it says 97... I've read it somewhere!
Everyone's friend RCDB says 97 degrees. It's not always right, but I suspect that site's just rounding up. Though the first Eurofighters were 95 degrees, then the later ones were 97 degrees... So you never know, it could be 100 degrees.
PS. Does anyone else think 97 degrees sounds somehow cooler than 100 degrees?
Edit: I swear RCDB used to list the first two Eurofighters as 95 degrees, but now after checking it says 97... I've read it somewhere!
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Anonymous
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The drop is indeed 100 degrees, it was changed in the re-design so Thorpe can take advantage in advertising.
Trust Thorpe to make it more than all the others. Can they not build a ride that doesn't try to break some sort of record? Nemesis Inferno is a great ride and it doesn't break any records. If it's a good ride, surely they don't need a gimmick to advertise with (admittedly, a more than vertical drop is already a bit of a gimmick).
A-Kid
Giga Poster
jokerman said:
^ Inferno did break a few records. But they are ones which knowbody really cares about. Longest pre-lift on an Invert... Only Interlocking corkscrews on one track, on an Invert. Most naked people on a coaster, which then got taken by Nemesis.
Just a' little info :wink:
Pixelnicks
Mega Poster
I honestly don't see whats wrong with breaking a record for advertising etc.
Why build a new coaster? To get more people in the park.
Why get more people in the park? To make more money.
They're just doing the logical thing: getting more customers. The average person would logically be drawn to a record breaker over something which seems 'ordinary'.
Why build a new coaster? To get more people in the park.
Why get more people in the park? To make more money.
They're just doing the logical thing: getting more customers. The average person would logically be drawn to a record breaker over something which seems 'ordinary'.
Uncle Arly
Strata Poster
100 degrees.
I haven't heard about this before?
Can anyone confirm this?
I haven't heard about this before?
Can anyone confirm this?
Screaming Coasters
Strata Poster
^ Dunno yet, we shall wait n see.
But if it's true, awesome to not only us but Thorpe Park. A coaster brings in more guests, right? Right, so a record breaker would bring in a whole swamp of guests, right? Right!
But if it's true, awesome to not only us but Thorpe Park. A coaster brings in more guests, right? Right, so a record breaker would bring in a whole swamp of guests, right? Right!
Uncle Arly
Strata Poster
Screaming Coasters said:
But it would still only be the worlds steepest eurofighter.
Still..the public would no doubt react to it.
A-Kid
Giga Poster
UncleArly said:
http://www.thorpepark.com/press_08archive.php
Click on "2009 Coaster approved". Somewhere in that it will say.
Im quite confident its not just for marketing.
Screaming Coasters
Strata Poster
UncleArly said:
Doesn't matter.
Them S&S Squirrel things are hardly drops, they are more like a bunch of inversions with straight bits. Like the public in the UK have ever seen one of those before so this probably will be known as the coaster with the steepest drop.
Bring on the publicity if its gonna fund the next big coaster.
Thorpe Park press release said:
Link: http://www.thorpepark.com/docs/2008rele ... .01.08.doc
I checked the Theme Park Review press release once more and it still insisted on it only being 97. They were both released on the same date of the 31st of January.
Did they send the enthusiasts the true facts?
Either way, from the perspective on Thorpe Park Manias mini website, it certainly looks to be steeper than other Eurofighter’s:
http://www.projectdylan.co.uk/page/construction
Another lot of high quality photos on foto whizz ( 21/09/08 ):
http://www.fotowhizz.com/tp008b.htm
^Not sure you can see any difference myself, it's too marginal.
Thorpe will surely say:
The steepest drop in Europe!
That's a pretty marketable stat. And that's all it is really, a marketing play (nothing wrong with that by the way), you won't be able to tell the difference from the other Eurofighter drops.
UncleArly said:
Thorpe will surely say:
The steepest drop in Europe!
That's a pretty marketable stat. And that's all it is really, a marketing play (nothing wrong with that by the way), you won't be able to tell the difference from the other Eurofighter drops.
Swat
Hyper Poster
http://projectdylan.co.uk/viewphoto/1632
Lifthill and first drop almost done. (Click on the photo to progress to the next one)
Lifthill and first drop almost done. (Click on the photo to progress to the next one)
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Anonymous
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Just to put in my two cents about the first drop stats:
Parks don't always tell the truth, especially in the early stages of a new coaster. For example, I clearly remember Canada's Wonderlan claiming Behemoth's first drop was going to be something like 85 degrees when they announced it. It clearly isn't.
Parks don't always tell the truth, especially in the early stages of a new coaster. For example, I clearly remember Canada's Wonderlan claiming Behemoth's first drop was going to be something like 85 degrees when they announced it. It clearly isn't.
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