Ngaba i-Kingda Ka i-Roller Coaster?

Yonke Into Ofuna Ukuyiqonda NgamaFlegi Ayisithupha Ukurekhoda-Ukuqhaqha

Kuphelile kwi-blink yeso. Ewe, kulungile, imizuzwana engama-50.6 ibe yinto eyiyo. Kodwa yintoni eyoyiyo-mnandi-ngomzuzu. Ngu-Kingda Ka, i-record break-break-rocket coaster apho i- New Jersey I-Six Jersey Flags Great Great yenziwa ngo-2005.

Xa liqala, lithatha iindumiso eziphezulu njengento yokukhawuleza neyona ende kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Ukususela ngaloo ndlela, kuye kwafaka izikrozo, ezininzi i-adrenaline spikes, iindawo ezininzi zokuqhaqhaqhayisa, kwaye ubuncinane ubuncinane beengubo zangaphansi.

(Akumangalisi ukuba yenza uludwe lwee-coasters eziyingozi .)

Makhe sihlolisise le nkqantosi yendalo kunye nobunjineli obumangalisayo, ngokuqala ngezibalo zayo ezimangalisayo:

Ngaba isona sisona sikhewuleza kwaye side kakhulu?

Xa iqalisa kuqala, u-Kingda Ka wathatha ama-trophies aphakamileyo kunawo onke kwaye ahamba ngokukhawuleza kwi-rival Cedar Point kunye nokukhwela kwawo okufanayo, i-Top Thrill Dragster. Yibamba iirekhodi iminyaka emininzi, kodwa enye i-coaster, i- Formula Rossa kwi-World Ferrari e-Abu Dhabi, isusela ku-Kingda Ka kwisebe elikhawulezayo . Seyona nto ihamba phambili ngokukhawuleza eUnited States kunye neyesibini zehlabathi ezikhawulezayo.

U-Kingda Ka usalubambelele kwingxelo yakhe yokuphakama. Kodwa azinokuba nelungelo lokuziqhayisa ixesha elide. I-coaster ehluke kakhulu, i- SkyScraper, kufuneka ivule e-Orlando ngo-2019 kwaye ithathe iingubo njengeyona ndawo iphakamileyo . (Kwaye kwakhona, le projekthi iye yaxakeka kakhulu kwaye ayinakuze yakhiwe.) Bona abanye abaphikisayo kwiluhlu lwezithuba ezili -10 ezikude kakhulu zokuqhaqhafaza kwihlabathi .

I-Kingda Ka ibhuqa ngaphandle kwaye ifikelela kuma-128 mph-yeah, ufunda loo nto, i-128 freakin 'mph-in 3.5 seconds. Yeka njani kwihlabathi elifezekisa le nto emangalisayo? Esikhundleni sokuphakamisa i-poky chain kunye ne-gravity, yindlela ehamba ngayo i-coasters ehamba phambili ngokukhawuleza, uhambo lwe-Six Flags lusebenzisa inkqubo yokuqalisa i-hydraulic .

Ukuhlangabezana neemfuno ezinkulu, i-rocket coaster ifaka izitimela ezine kwaye iinepaliti ezimbini zokulayisha kwindawo yesitishi sayo. Ekhutshwe ngu-Swiss umenzi we-ride u-Intamin, umatshini othabathayo usebenzisa isistim sokumisela ukukhusela.

Njengo-Ohio's Dragster, u-Kingda Ka ukhuphuka inqaba ye-top-hat kwi-degrees ezingama-90. Kule meko, isigxina senqaba ifikelela kwiimitha ezingama-456, okanye zii-36 ezide ubude kune-Cedar Point yangaphambili. Sithetha ngamabali angama-45 emoyeni. Abagibeli abanalo ixesha elide lokuba baxabise imbono okanye bafumaneke, kodwa ke. Izitimela ze-crest i-tower kunye ne-plummet 418 inyawo ngqo ngqo ngaphesheya ngaphambi kokungena kwi-270-degree degree. (I-Top Thrill Dragster ayibandakanyi ukujikeleza kokubuyela kwayo.)

Ngokuxhomekeke kumthwalo wokunyuka kwabagibeli, izimo zomoya kunye nezinye izinto ezingafaniyo, u-Kingda Ka angatyelela ngokukhawuleza okanye ahambe ngokukhawuleza phezulu kwinqaba ephezulu.

Kwezinye iimeko ezinqabileyo, isitimela sinokuphuma ngaphambi kokuba sifinyelele phezulu kunye nohlanga emva kwehla kwinqanawa ukuya kwisikhululo sokulayisha. Kuloo meko, abagibeli bafumana ukuqaliswa kwesibini.

U-Kingda Ka u-All-Out Assault

Ukuba ufuna ixesha elingakumbi lokuthatha umbono olawulayo ukusuka kwintonga yaseKingda Ka, unokukhwela iZumanjaro: Ukuhlaselwa kweDoom. Ukukhwela kwinqanaba lokukhwabanisa lisebenzisa inqanawa yecala lokuqhaqhazela ukunyuka ngamanqina angama-415. Kuthatha imizuzwana engama-30 ukuya kwi-top. Xa ulapho, iZumanjaro ixhomekeke emasekhondini ambalwa ngaphambi kokunciphisa phantsi kwe-90 mph.

U-Kingda Ka usebenzisa enye yokuphakama okumangalisayo kunye nejubane ukuhambisa i-timetime yomoya . Emva kwento yekhanda eliphezulu, likhuphuka intaba ende eyi-129 inyawo eyenzelwe ukunyusa ubunzima. Emva koko, emva kwesicatshulwa sehlo, libuyela kwisikhululo.

(Yiza ucinge ngako, mhlawumbi akukho nto iphoxisa amehlo phakathi kwabagibeli ngelixa ehlaselwa yi-Kingda Ka.)

Ngoko, ukukhwela njani? Siyavuya xa ucele. Ukuhlaziywa okupheleleyo kwe-site ka-Kingda Ka ukubona indlela esiyixabisa ngayo imali . (Isicatshulwa: Xa kuziwa kuma-coasters, isivinini, kunye nokuphakama, ngelixa kubalulekile, akuzona kuphela izinto eziqinisekisa ukukhwela okukhulu.)