The Official WTF Thread
No one lost their feet, right?
^ Yes, no one hurts.
Pattaya Park gave me a permission to film their Built in-house coaster and rides and I would like to share an info about it.
It were designed by Mr. Daeng Terdkiet - Pattaya Park hotel owner. Using the know how from various manufacturers to built. He also designed the ride for Wonder world extreme park in Bangkok.
Slalom Coaster - this one feels like a giant wild mouse coaster. Tight drop bottom, speeding up in every drop and strong lateral G when entered into the series of inclined hairpin turn. It's a rough ride but it's very fun.
The ride required minimum 2 riders to operates and must sit in the same row to balance the train and ensure that it has enough momentum to clear the final bunny hops.
Tower Shot - A 35 meters compressed air shots tower that he used a know how from S&S to built. Unlike the S&S, this one gave you an opportunity to get a strong ejector airtime at the top that you actually floats off your seat but the waist seatbelt is strong enough to hold you.
Tower Jump - a 45 degrees zip line from the top of tower. It has a 170 meters high and 243 meters length. You will fixed into a couple of running cable and dropped down by your weight. There's a speed governors on the upper pulleys controls the cable speed at 40 km./h.. The most terrifying part is when you leap the tower edge only.
The Tower Shot : the seatbelt is the only thing that keeps u from leaving the seat ? So there is NO locking device in the OTSH restraint ?
I would have thought the equally most terrifying part about the zipline is the fact that it's at that same park as the tower shot with the restraints that have to be tied down and the rougher than hell wild mouse.
And I'm still somehow intrigued by that sketchy Superman-like Formula One coaster that is merely just decoration and not a ride.
^^ it has a hydraulic cylinder lock type but it can open a bit until it hit the lock position to give an ejector airtime. So I considered it as a secondary restraint and the waist belt is a primary.
^ The formula one had done the test run for once (empty seat with sandbags) and it failed. It has a problem with pneumatic launch and magnetic brake. They give up this project and considered it as "too dangerous" to operate.
Some year later, they success the launch coaster with the hydraulic launch system at Wonder World Extreme Park.
Yes i noticed the ejector airtime, i was just wondering if there was some kind of locking mechanism, but the waistband is the limiter in this . WOW
Is that U in the video of the Shot Tower ?
I would like to have a transscript of what that person is telling. Or can u provide us with subtitles ?
Yes, that is me. I will provide a subtitle when I have a free time. It's mainly about the introduces each restraint on the ride and how the launch system work.
OK cool, i'm allways on the look for technical details of every possible ride / construction. Take your time and let me know when its available.
Recently the launch track was gone to make room for a new exhibition hall nearby. Only the tower is still stand.
There's a 60 meters drop tower attached behind the formula one tower but it unfinished after a Formula one project was abandoned.
OK, just not so clever enginered , before they build it. Is this park close to your hometown ?
Nope. It's about 3 hours from Bangkok (my hometown) but it's easy to go.
OK thanks for your information.
Kinda reminds me of this
Hello,
i think also, that the video is edited and not real. Never heart about a gyro tower with telescope mechanic. Drop of seats only connected by wires or chains so tight to the tower. No mechanic to garantee that seats does not interfere with each other when falling or stopping rotation. And the falling down at the end is much faster than earth gravitational acceleration...
I know the linked Youtube video also, i have downloaded it some years before, it is very funny and excellent editing work.
Best regards
That's a heavily edited video of Gyro Drop at Lotte World.
I knew perfectly well that it's modified. Still looks fab anyway. Wonder if anyone feels like making a NL2 version.
I would love to see that.
That looks so cool! It even has actually functioning cog decoration in the center. Shout out to the person who came up with that idea
That's a really cool idea and great execution.
Thrillride to the max
I also like to do that when I rode the Sky fly. It's absolutely intense. An upper body pulled up while legs was pulled down and nearly greyout but it's very fun. Here's mine.
Double sided Ferris wheel lift for the log flume ride. Located at somewhere in Japan.
This is one of the strangest coasters I've ever seen. There's no restraints and no operator. You simply lie down in the tube, insert a smart card into the slot on the left, and when the light turns green you push the start button.
https://rcdb.com/3050.htm
Riding stuff in China is always a gamble lol , its the enthusiasts equivalent of dangerous drugs.