Lift Hill Anatomy: Some of you are wondering why some coasters have a taller first drop than lift hill height. Simple: Lift height is measured up from the loading platform - NOT from grade. Hence you may have a 200' lift from platform to top of hill, but 205 or 210' drop from top of hill all the way down to grade or below grade(trench or full tunnel).
Best bet: Try to ride Magnum XL-200, then Steel Force after it as soon as possible. SF is largely a refined Magnum built by (then)Morgan Mfg now Chance-Morgan. Morgan improved the rideability of the hyper with wider radius bends in the pipework(Picture one of those "Mad Mouse" single car rides at Wildwood - Magnum was that on Steroids!) Morgan took the hyper from giant mad-mouse(Magnum & Desperado) to crowd-pleasing thrill ride.
Cont: The Swiss took this a step further with absolutely NO straight track except the lift hill going up, complex parabolic camelbacks and heart-line overbanked turns. Most Arrow rides up until 2000 were “simple radius” curves joined with large sections of straight track - translation: Jarring transitions over the tops of hills and into curves. Morgan and the Swiss mfgs(INTAMIN, Gio, B&M) transitioned into “variable radius” curves and hills.
The reason Steel Force Mamba Wild thing and Steel Dragon 2000 look alike cause their made by the same designer and company Steve Okamoto is the designer and the company is D. H. Morgan Manufacturing
Dear Dorney Park: PLEASE Update this bolt-on camera POV of your tallest roller-coaster! 240 lines of resolution is SOOOO 1950s! Have Robb Alvey from ThemeParkReview come and do a HD version for next year - Steel Force's 20th Birthday!
If u go to Dorney and miss out on this ride, you are INSANE. This ride is 295 feet high and goes 80 mph. ONE OF (don't wanna hear "mehh this coaster is faster") the highest and fastest coasters in the USA
Lift Hill Anatomy:
Some of you are wondering why some coasters have a taller first drop than lift hill height.
Simple: Lift height is measured up from the loading platform - NOT from grade.
Hence you may have a 200' lift from platform to top of hill, but 205 or 210' drop from top of hill all the way down to grade or below grade(trench or full tunnel).
Best bet: Try to ride Magnum XL-200, then Steel Force after it as soon as possible. SF is largely a refined Magnum built by (then)Morgan Mfg now Chance-Morgan. Morgan improved the rideability of the hyper with wider radius bends in the pipework(Picture one of those "Mad Mouse" single car rides at Wildwood - Magnum was that on Steroids!) Morgan took the hyper from giant mad-mouse(Magnum & Desperado) to crowd-pleasing thrill ride.
Cont: The Swiss took this a step further with absolutely NO straight track except the lift hill going up, complex parabolic camelbacks and heart-line overbanked turns. Most Arrow rides up until 2000 were “simple radius” curves joined with large sections of straight track - translation: Jarring transitions over the tops of hills and into curves. Morgan and the Swiss mfgs(INTAMIN, Gio, B&M) transitioned into “variable radius” curves and hills.
the climb always makes me think it's so much scarier than it is
@WeHateThePatriots Actually, it is 201 ft. tall with a 205 ft drop.
The reason Steel Force Mamba Wild thing and Steel Dragon 2000 look alike cause their made by the same designer and company Steve Okamoto is the designer and the company is D. H. Morgan Manufacturing
Actually...it's 200 feet high with a 205 foot drop. It goes 75. If it was 295 feet high, it would go around 90.
@SuperKaitie333
Sorry to burst your bubble. But this coaster is 205-feet tall and goes 75 MPH.
Dear Dorney Park:
PLEASE Update this bolt-on camera POV of your tallest roller-coaster! 240 lines of resolution is SOOOO 1950s! Have Robb Alvey from ThemeParkReview come and do a HD version for next year - Steel Force's 20th Birthday!
If u go to Dorney and miss out on this ride, you are INSANE.
This ride is 295 feet high and goes 80 mph. ONE OF (don't wanna hear "mehh this coaster is faster") the highest and fastest coasters in the USA
Wrong. 200 feet and 75 miles per hour. Also no where near the fastest ride in the United States. Do research next time.
YAY, NEW VIDEOS!
I hate sitting on the left side on the lift hill I feel like I will fall off
@22hooks No it was built by Chance-Morgan
it looks the same as the magnum at cedar point
that looks like steel dragon 2000
Dorney park Allentown pennsylvania
how do you keep the camera steady like that?!?!
was this built by arrow dynamics?
you know this video is from dorney's website?
@WeHateThePatriots
Yes, someone has already mentioned that... >:(
There a laser one like this