Colossus

Music : Colossus - Original Score by Kevin Johnston. Colossus is a 478 foot tall stratacoaster that includes 4 inversions. The structure is 9491 feet in total circuit length. If constructed, this ride would take records as the tallest coaster along with the longest coaster record. Other records would include tallest and fastest looping coaster, tallest inversion, and most likely most expensive installation. The concept is based around the challenge that ails modern roller coaster designers and impedes the race for the sky. Although there is no speed limit or height limit as anything greater than ordinances, designers are still hesitant to develope rides of this scale due to cost and also the agility aspect of the ride experience. This is simply the concept that says smaller rides have tighter turns and therefore are more agile where as larger rides are more sleek. In actuality the rider accelerations are no different in magnitude but they are different in time exposed to. The relationship between the velcocity of the car and the radius of its turn during a g-force event in inverse squared. Basically as the ride becomes faster say by a factor of 3 (a direct result of a taller ride), the radius must widen by a factor of 9 to maintain the same G accelerations. Colossus answers this problem in merging elements together and overlapping twists from the next turn into the current inversion for example. Adding faster transitions and more extravagent twists can also give a ...



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