Expedition Everest drop, in excess of 100ft!

brkgnews

brkgnews

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Sweet merciful crap! I love this.

And kudos to the guy/gal who got it right a week ago. I'm still doubtful on the whole 500 feet thing, but they can at least rest happily in knowledge that they were indeed right about the drop.
 
bhg469

bhg469

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im convinced that 1/3 of that is in a helix. From the construction photos it only seemed like 80 feet till it entered the turn so thats probably where the extra came from. Im still kind of let down that it is a big train, i was under the impression that they would be smaller to make the encounter with the yeti a little more personal.
 
Thrawn

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bhg469 said:
im convinced that 1/3 of that is in a helix. From the construction photos it only seemed like 80 feet till it entered the turn so thats probably where the extra came from. Im still kind of let down that it is a big train, i was under the impression that they would be smaller to make the encounter with the yeti a little more personal.
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I think you're more than likely correct. It does a turn then drops. I'm looking for a good construction pic to see if thats the case.
 
Thrawn

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Actually, after looking at construction pics, it almost has to do something else other than be a straight drop. The lift hill (if we have an accurate number of it being 120 feet, is right above the drop. If the drop was 112ft, then it would run into the lift hill. If the lift is higher than 120, then this really doesn't matter. But if the lift is indeed 120ft, then the 112ft total for the drop has to do something else besides drop straight down.

WDWmagic pass members can see it here:
http://www.wdwmagic.com/members2/everest/3110/EE 1.jpg
 
Yanks07

Yanks07

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BeachClubVillas said:
:eek: :sohappy:

Fabulous news Steve!

Is anyone else feeling guilty for lambasting that newbie who claimed the same thing last week?? Oh well :lol:
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Count me as corrected. Sorry Newbie :hammer:
 
LSUxStitch

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Thrawn said:
Actually, after looking at construction pics, it almost has to do something else other than be a straight drop. The lift hill (if we have an accurate number of it being 120 feet, is right above the drop. If the drop was 112ft, then it would run into the lift hill. If the lift is higher than 120, then this really doesn't matter. But if the lift is indeed 120ft, then the 112ft total for the drop has to do something else besides drop straight down.

WDWmagic pass members can see it here:
http://www.wdwmagic.com/members2/everest/3110/EE%201.jpg
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This got me thinking that if the original drop height was miscalculated or changed, then the lift hill could possibly be the same. :veryconfu
 
Thrawn

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LSUxStitch said:
This got me thinking that if the original drop height was miscalculated or changed, then the lift hill could possibly be the same. :veryconfu
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The only thing we know is that the mountain is less than 200. So call it 199. We can kind of extrapolate the other heights from there. Let me see what I can do with a good pic and photoshop.
 
wannab@dis

wannab@dis

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LSUxStitch said:
This got me thinking that if the original drop height was miscalculated or changed, then the lift hill could possibly be the same. :veryconfu
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Keep in mind that the "drop height" would be the altitude change from the highest point to the lowest point, but does not necessarily mean a "straight line drop". The 112' change in altitude would be used in the kinetics calculations and include loss of energy due to any friction causing elements (i.e. the helix). Also, I think I noticed in some of the earlier pictures that the helix appeared to go below grade.
 
Madison

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wdwmagic said:
News into me today tells us we have been wrong on major elements of Everest. We have long thought that the drop would be in the region of 80ft. The final footage count is 112 feet!! :-D :sohappy:
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So, yeah...what is the source?

Actually, what's the source for both numbers? 80' is widely quoted and I expected or assumed that it came from promotional material. While it's well known that public relations departments often have no clue what they're talking about when it comes to roller coasters, I can't help but think that this new number is simply crossed wires in the world of marketing.

RCDB lists a height of 112' and a drop of 80', so that again seems to me like the single largest drop is in the 80' neighborhood, while the difference between the ride's highest and lowest points is closer to 112'.
 

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