are the "magic" bumps still on the airstrip?

[tenchu]

Originally posted by mktiggerman


handbrake turns in an SUV?? somehow I think i'd flip... I know how to do them though, I've done them in my friends Prelude. That's the only way to do a U-Turn in some Orlando back roads

I dunno, you'd be surprised what you can make spin (althought that can turn into roll! :lol: )

 

[mkt]

Originally posted by tenchu
I dunno, you'd be surprised what you can make spin (althought that can turn into roll! :lol: )

I car accident is enough for the Montero (or Shogun/Pajero as you call them)

 

[Invero]

Originally posted by wahooskipper
It is a long, wide stretch of pavement. I could take a picture of I-95 and post it here and you would get the picture. I think the bus drivers use that area for training purposes now.

Yup, indeed, that's where I first learned how to parallel park a 40ft bus. We used to use the Managers Parking Lot... but, someone backed into Pressler's BMW and totalled it... LOL j/k

 

[mkt]

Originally posted by Fantasia Boi
Yup, indeed, that's where I first learned how to paralell park a 40ft bus. We used to use the Managers Parking Lot... but, someone backed into Pressler's BMW and totalled it... LOL j/k

Hey.. that's what happened to my old jeep back in '99... sigh, I miss the old clunker. Oh the memories... no A/C, no radio, barely a clutch there, no working rear hatch lock, and you could see the street beneath you in some spots of the floor. A Disney bus put it out of its misery in the MGM parking lot.

 

[wahooskipper]

Tyler, I am coming up to work with you....in about 35 years. I told my wife we are going to retire to Orlando (from Ft. Lauderdale...how weird) and I will drive a WDW bus so she can have some spending money for Belz. By that time, Disney will probably have a couple thousand drivers!

 

[Nut4Disney]

There are pictures of the airstrip, as this topic was discussed at length about a year ago on here. Just do a search...:animwink:

 

[Timon]

The official name for the project was called "Musical Roadway" and invented by Tim Sprunger of the defunct MultiMedia Group department. He brought his idea to WDI in the early 90's and made a prototype consisting of a series of raised ridges applied in this case to a strong black material which for test purposes could be rolled up and modified. (very low tech) The "strip" was 1 foot wide and maybe 100' long and was applied to the west edge of the runway. Varing the space between the ridges changed the pitch of the "buzz" made by a tire rolled over the ridges abetween 30 and 45 mph. The song was indeed Zip a do dah but any song could be done. Many Disney executives tried it and enjoyed it but ultimately declined to buy it from Tim. He made a video of this which I'm sure Tim still has along with the test strips (he keeps everything) He did not get a million dollars.

 

[cloudboy]

What is a handbrake turn? Slidding the rear of the car?

 

[ogryn]

Turning 180 by driving fast, pulling up the handbrake and turning.

See: http://www.modernracer.com/tips/handbraketurn.html

 

[mkt]

also known as an e-brake turn...


they're fun, and tend to freak people out

 

[cloudboy]

Oh, a bootlegger. Or reverse bootlegger. I get the two mixed up. Not that I have ever been able to pull one off.

I have to ask this - in England - which side is the turn signal on on the column - left or right?

 

[mkt]

I believe its on the right...

 

[ogryn]

Originally posted by cloudboy
Oh, a bootlegger. Or reverse bootlegger. I get the two mixed up. Not that I have ever been able to pull one off.

I have to ask this - in England - which side is the turn signal on on the column - left or right?

Either. I have had it on both. My Vauxhall Nova had it on the right, now my Ford Fiesta has it on the left. It was interesting when I had just changed cars, putting the wipers on instead of indicating.

(God this is off-topic now)

 

[Hank Scorpio]

My 206 has it on the left... But then its a french car so maybe that's why...

And with regards to the original post, I can see why this didn't sell. The only way you'd get your desired effect is to have a sign on the road that requested you drive at 35-40mph. The average guest isn't going to do this. Plus, what about when there is heavy traffic? You'd never hit the bumps at the correct speed and therefore not hear the desired tune.

 

[cloudboy]

That, and I would imagine that a number of people would assume that the bumps were some kind of traffic control thing and try and go around them.

 

[Timon]

The "musical roadway" was optonized for 35 to 45 mph. Faster or slower than that just changes the speed and pitch of the music. While the "test" on the STOLPORT was a strip on an actual roadway they would cross an entire lane. FYI these "bumbs" or ridges are are small only a 1/2" wide and a little over an 1/8 inch tall with spacing of 2 to 4" apart accross the entire lane. Anything bigger would be dangerous. The testing we did on the STOLPORT was a small strip for one set of tires. It took good aim not to miss it.