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by fhrow4484 4y ago
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> When it comes to the G-Forces being pushed on you, many roller coasters have peak G’s at or above these limits. Most people are probably familiar with the different rides at Walt Disney World so let’s use those for examples. At EPCOT, Mission Space is a centrifuge-based ride where you go through a simulated launch and landing on Mars. The sustained G’s on that ride is 2.5 G’s, close to how many G’s New Shepard will experience during launch.
> For the descent, Blue Origin says you must be able to withstand 5.5 G’s, if you ever rode Rock ‘n Roller Coaster at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, you would have experienced up to 5 G’s during the initial launch of the ride.
Epcot Mission Space (the "Orange" version) is pretty intense as it's really sustained G-forces, but manageable. During the ride, you have to reach in front of you to press some buttons, and that's when you feel the G-forces most. But for SpaceX/BlueOrigin, passengers do nothing.
Rock n Roller Coaster itself for the peak G is done by kids, not a big deal.
- SmooL 4y agoThis is slightly misleading - what matters isn't the peak G force experienced, but moreso the integral of force over time. In a roller coaster you might experience 5Gs, but only for a moment. Astronauts experience 3G, but for up to 5 minutes continuously
- nrb 4y agoOn the Gravitron, a centrifuge carnival ride in the shape of a flying saucer, riders experience 3Gs for minutes. Best carnival ride as a kid, we rode it continuously for ages.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoReminds me of this classic scene (retching sound suppressed for the faint of heart): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdWWqV0jUVc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdWWqV0jUVc
- adriand 4y agoOh god, I will never forget that ride. I was at a carnival when I was around 13 or 14 and rode that ride, and midway through it had a malfunction. They stopped it to address the issue, and then decided to give us an extra long ride to compensate for the problem. When it was finally over and I was about ready to stagger off of it, the operator got on the mic and said, “who wants more?!?” Seemingly everyone but me screamed for more. At that point I was too sick to make any sounds at all. That night, hours later, as I lay on the floor of my friend’s bedroom (it was a sleepover), trying to fall asleep, I still remember feeling like the room was spinning. I never went back on that ride.
- noduerme 4y agoFunny, something really similar happened to me! 14 years old, at a friend's birthday party at Magic Mountain. The Superman ride was new. That's where you get into a bullet shaped gondola and get shot up a vertical tower, with a giant statue of Superman at its apex, go briefly weightless and then freefall backwards until you curve flat and brake to a stop. Never big on roller coasters, I got peer pressured into this one. I didn't like it all that much. But what scared the hell out of me was when, on descent, the brakes malfunctioned. This caused the gondola to go screaming backwards past the platform where the next riders were lined up, fly through some butcher curtains and go crashing into a padded wall in a hidden cinder block cell at the end of the track. We all sat there for a minute pretty stunned, and then some goofy employee came running out and jumped up on the front of the car. "Whoops! That wasn't supposed to happen!" He said. "But I have some great news for you! Who wants to go again??" And of course, all the kids cheered.
- meling 4y agoI thought they shut it down for a while after an incident like you describe.
- idontwantthis 4y agoI remember it had a little window in the door and if I accidentally looked at it, I would realize I was spinning and Instant Nausea.
- raverbashing 4y ago> we rode it continuously for ages. Until it stops People who apparently don't have motion sickness are funny, I know proactively not to go on things like that
- orwin 4y agoMy brother and me tried this ~4 years ago (we are adults, but still, carnival is fun). I handled it well, but my brother was traumatized. I think you ought to check each future passenger if the sensation of being compressed and having troubles breathing won't trigger a phobia.
- twodave 4y agoOh man. I hit my head while riding one of those as a teenager. Ruined my whole night at the fair. Never again.
- dsfyu404ed 4y agoThe area under the curve doesn't matter if the peak isn't big enough. A physically fit person can probably live normally at 2g all day with no problems other than feeling tired af until you get used to it and all farts being dangerous. At 9Gs seconds matter no matter how fit you are.
- sho_hn 4y agoHang on. Explain the farts bit!
- mgiampapa 4y agoOn a large enough time scale the survival rate for everyone is zero.
- taneq 4y agoMight as well join the military and get your citizenship.
- Teever 4y agoI know it's not exactly the same as living in a 2g environment, but many people seem to live surprisingly long lives with a body weight that is several times what it should be.
- baq 4y agoBlood in veins still only experiences 1g in this case. At 9 it really wants to be… elsewhere.
- canadianfella 4y ago[dead]
- lttlrck 4y agoand you experience a huge number of Gs if you fall and bang your head; Concussion occurs at 90-100G!
- post-it 4y agoI rode Epcot Mission Space Orange, and I didn't realize it was a centrifuge. I thought it just cleverly tipped you on your back to simulate G-forces. It certainly felt real, so it's neat to know that it was.
- zwily 4y agoThat ride is a puke machine. I was talking to one of the workers and they said their main job is cleaning up puke all day. I loved it.