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Re: Changing the subject... :-)
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Wed, 26 Jun 2002 02:53:21 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Iain Hendry writes:
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
news:Gy8nM9.EI9@lugnet.com...

really smooth. And big. Did I say big yet? The mags seem to stretch on
forever out of the station before you get to the curveup, and the first
inversion is just intensely high up there.

Actually, believe it or not, Xcelerator doesn't use linear motors or
magnetics to launch the train.

That's just wild... that will mean that KBF will have two cable launched
coasters, but of course the other one is a lot more standard/off the shelf
at this point.



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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GyALCx.IyI@lugnet.com... (...) Well, to a point! There are only (to the best of my knowledge) 3 flywheel-launched Schwarzkopf shuttle loop coasters left in the world - the rest are (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Gy8nM9.EI9@lugnet.com... (...) Actually, believe it or not, Xcelerator doesn't use linear motors or magnetics to launch the train. The fins you saw on the launch track are retractable (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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