Batwing Questions

[cadboy 5]

Hi Guys, I have two questions about batwing Spaceshot 1)What is the accelaration of the ride 2)In the future could the tower be expanded what I mean by this is if they took the top off could they keep adding sections to make it higher. I know that a higher tower means more speed needed could the current system be up to this or would it need to be upgraded? Thanks

[Spotty 172]

I know the ride goes around 64kph on the launch, so if someone could do the maths And I also don't think S+S Power make Higher SpaceShot models, I think Batwing is the highest they build.

[cadboy 5]

They actually do make 90m models check the website

[Gazza 2,254]

Well, if it pulls 4g then the peak acceleration would be 39.2 ms^-2 As for taller versions, they do exist such as Power Tower at Cedar Point (73m high...12m taller) I dont know how viable it would be to extend the MW one...I mean if the foundations and existing tower segments were strong enough, I guess it could be done.

[Guest jake-train]

relly if that could be done it would be sweet because it did't feel big for me like it is but it just was't so yeah lol...

[cadboy 5]

No while 39.2 is the gravity constant multiplyd by 4 it doesnt mean that is the max acceleration. Because that thing is slowing down as soon as it is launched untill it begins to fall again. If it happened to accelerate at 39.2 m/s^2 you would be doing around 141km/h it doesnt go fastr than the giant drop. The max acceleration doesnt have to be the 9.8*the amount of g's in the ride.

[billyb67 0]

it was closed down today wednesday 26th march no reason was given but there was one cable which had come away from the tower and was hanging loose and the actual seat section was about 5 metres in the air.

[Gazza 2,254]

No while 39.2 is the gravity constant multiplyd by 4 it doesnt mean that is the max acceleration. Because that thing is slowing down as soon as it is launched untill it begins to fall again. If it happened to accelerate at 39.2 m/s^2 you would be doing around 141km/h it doesnt go fastr than the giant drop. The max acceleration doesnt have to be the 9.8*the amount of g's in the ride.

Yeah, but you are assuming that it would be accelerating at that rate for a full second, but it doesn't have to at all, like I said, it is the peak acceleration...it could only be doing it for a fraction of a second, but it would still have to do it for some period or else how are people pulling 4 gs? You asked for the acceleration of the ride, so I gave it, if it is "slowing down as soon as it is launched" then it isn't accelerating is it? Edit, should have I subtracted off the vector of gravity? In that case the peak acceleration would be 29.4ms^-2 Edited March 26, 2008 by Gazza

[cadboy 5]

Sorry that was my stupid brother who was arguing with you Gazza He got on before I could stop him.