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Do Vekoma Boomerangs Really Pull 5gs?

metalhead7

metalhead7

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I was on rcdb the other day and I was looking up rides that I had just been on and I found the Sidewinder at Hershey Park. It said in the description that the ride pulled 5.2Gs. I was surprised, because while the ride was bumpy and violent, I felt like I've been on way more forceful rides. So I want to know is this a typo? and if not where on the ride does it pull 5Gs?
 
^Not sure if the actual numbers are right, but I'd guess that the most forceful moment would be going into the backwards loop since it's right after the drop with no straight track to burn off speed.
 
^ I guess that it' might be right as you said by going into the loop. But there is also a big difference where you sit in the train. You experience a bit less force in the middle, compared to the ends.
I can't find a good log of the Boomerangs I have ridden but I have told my brother to look at those that he have to see if he have any good accelerometer data...
 
OK location might have been a huge factor, because when I went on it I was told it would be rough so I sat in the exact middle car
 
probably in the back seat foward into the loop, or back into the cobra it pulls plenty in any seat except the middle

but the front seat is a killer goin backwards in the loop and rolling into the saddle of the cobra
 
OK i was on nolimits messing with they're re-creation of the ride, the highest G-force I saw on there was the front seat going into the cobra roll. To me this made sense, because flat track in the station allows the ride to gain more speed, because the front is moving foward while the back of the train is still falling.
 
^True, but it also means that the front of the train is not being forced through the start of the next inversion.

I'm fairly sure the highest G-Forces on a real ride are going to be going into the Loop, backwards, in the back row. It would seem to be the combination of factors that would cause the greatest force.
 
You can tell it is going into the loop in reverse mode. Pay attention next time you ride, it's a very forceful moment.
 
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