Ndemanga ya Record-Breaking Roller Coaster
Kwa zaka 125 kapena kuposerapo, oyendetsa matabwa ankakhala mofanana. Mu 2008, wokonza maulendo a Rocky Mountain Construction anagwedeza malondawo pamene adayambitsa njira zatsopano zatsopano. Kampaniyi imapanga timatabwa tomwe timapanga timatabwa tomwe timatha kupanga zida zowonongeka ndi zina zomwe poyamba zinkangogwiritsidwa ntchito kwa oyima zitsulo.
Goliath pa Six Flags Dziko la America ndilo lachiwiri limene RMC lakonza kuchokera pansi ndipo limagwiritsa ntchito "Topper Track" yapadera. Ndipo ndizodabwitsa.
- Mitundu yachangu: Mitengo yosinthidwa ndi inversions
- Msinkhu: 165 mapazi
- Choyamba kugwa: mamita 180
- Liwiro lapamwamba: 72 Mph
Goliath ndi imodzi mwa oyimilira 10 omwe ali otsika kwambiri pamatabwa . - Chiwongolero chowongolera: madigiri 85
- Kutalika: mamita 3,100
- Kutsika kwachangu kofunika: masentimita 48
- Pewani wopanga: Construction Construction Mountain
Zovuta Kukwera Izi Zikuyenda
Goliath ndi maonekedwe okongola komanso okongola pakatikati pa nyumbayi. Njirayi ndichinsinsi cha kupambana kwa Goliath.
Oyendetsa mitengo yamatabwa amakhala ndi njanji yachitsulo yokhala ndi zitsulo zomwe zimapanga njira zake. Sitimayi 'yothamanga mawilo, omwe amapangidwa ndi chitsulo, yokulungira pamphepete mwa zitsulo. Goliath, komabe, ikuphatikizapo bokosi lachitsulo lalikulu ndi lalikulu lomwe limakwirira pamwamba pa matabwa ake a matabwa (motero dzina, "Topper Track").
Njira yamakono ya RMC imapangitsa sitima za Goliath zamatabwa kuti zikhale zosasamala, ngakhale pamene zikuyenda njira zopangidwira zomwe zimaphatikizapo zinthu zopotoka (zomwe zimapangitsa sitimayi ndi okwera pamtunda).
Mmalo mwa magudumu a zitsulo, sitima zapamtunda zimagwiritsa ntchito mawilo a polyurethane, zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pa zitsulo zamkuwa.
Mabendera asanu ndi limodzi adalimbikitsa kuti ulendowu ukhale wofulumira kwambiri, womwe ndi wamtali kwambiri, komanso wolimba kwambiri pofika mu 2014. Mphetete yamoto ku Dollywood, yowonjezereka ya RMC , yomwe imagunda 73 mph, kenako inatenga Goliath mutu wofulumira kwambiri.
Kusintha pa Park ya Amukondwera ya ZDT kulamulira pazitsamba zisanu ndi chimodzi pa mapepala asanu ndi awiri. Koma Goliath adakali ndi mbiri yake ngati mtengo wamatabwa kwambiri.
Pambuyo pa kukwera mamita 165 ndikudumpha madigiri 180 pamtunda wa pansi, pamtunda wa 72 mph. Mwana wamoyo wonyansa komanso wosafunika kwambiri pa Chilumba cha Kings poyamba anali ndi maulendo aatali komanso othamanga (mamita 218 ndi 78 mph). Koma kunali ulendo wopweteka komanso wovuta. Goliath, komabe, imatulutsa dontho lake lalitali, lalitali komanso liwiro kwambiri ndi finesse.
Mwana wa Chirombo ankaphatikizidwanso chimodzimodzi, koma icho chinapangitsa chidwi chake mwa kusandutsa gawo losokonezeka la njirayo kupita ku chitsulo cha tubula. Mndandanda wa Topper wotchedwa Greater paulendo wa Great America ukhalabe wofananamo m'zigawo zake ziwiri.
Grace Under (G-Force) Kupsyinjika
Ngakhale Goliath ali ndi nthawi yowonongeka, sizikuphatikizapo zolepheretsa. Mmalo mwake, dongosolo lake lodzitetezera limapulumutsa okwera pamtunda ndi pansi pa bondo. Kufunika kwa kutalika kwake kwa masentimita 48-omwe ndi mamita 4 okha kapena pafupifupi kukula kwa mwana wazaka 9-amakhalanso pause. Iyi ndi imodzi yomwe imakhala yosangalatsa kwambiri pakati pa anthu.
Ngakhale kuti pali zovuta zowonjezereka, okwera ndege ayenera kumangokhala otetezedwa mosavuta. Komabe, kutembenuka kwachiwiri, kotchedwa stall zero-G, kungakhale kosavuta. Kupachikidwa pambali pa zomwe zimawoneka ngati kwamuyaya (koma kwenikweni ndi chachiwiri kapena ziwiri) zonse zimakhala zokondweretsa komanso zochititsa mantha, makamaka osagwiranso ntchito. Kuponderezedwa kwapang'onopang'ono ndikofunika kuyang'ana kuchokera pakatikati.
Goliath akukambirana mobwerezabwereza maulendo ake awiri. Ulendowu wonse ukuyenda mosangalatsa komanso mopanda phokoso lopweteka kwambiri moti amisiri ambiri amapanga (monga Great Viper ya America ndi makamaka Eagle American Eagle). Komabe zimamveka ngati mtengo wamatabwa. Kodi zaka zowonjezereka za RMC zidzakhala bwino, kapena zidzagonjetsedwa ndi mavuto omwewo omwe amachititsa owononga kwambiri mitengo?
Zimakhala zovuta kunena chifukwa njirayo imakhala yatsopano, koma zikutheka kuti idzagwira bwino.
Pokhala ndi masikiti ochepa apa ndi apo, Goliath sali ngati batala ngati wina wa RMC, Iron Rattler ku Six Flags Fiesta Texas . (Popeza kuti ulendo umenewo umagwiritsa ntchito pulogalamu yonse ya "IBox" ndipo umatengedwa ngati wosakanizidwa ndi matabwa ndi zitsulo , kuyerekezera sikungakhale kokongola.) Pa mtunda wa mamita 3,100 ndi ulendo wapansi pansi pa mphindi ziwiri, . Pamene imapereka mapepala apamwamba a nthawi ya mpweya , ulendowo ukhoza kugwiritsa ntchito nthawi yambiri ya mpando wanu.
Koma mwachidule, mudzadabwa kwambiri ndi Goliati. Ndizomveka kuti ndibwino kwambiri pa Six Flags Great America . Ndizovuta kwambiri Goliati kupitilira kumeneko. (Mabendera asanu ndi limodzi ali ndi maina ambiri omwe amatchulidwa ponseponse pakhomo lake la park, kuphatikizapo Goliath makamaka ku Mountain Mountain Magic Magic .) Ndizobwino, zimapangitsa mndandanda wa malo kukhala umodzi wa Mabwinja Opambana Oposa 10, ngakhale angakhalepo khalani kutsutsana ngati mtundu wa RMC wa RMC umatsutsa ngati mtengo wokhunika. Zirizonse zomwe zimamveka, ndi ulendo wapamwamba.