Mission: SPACE Video

bassman

bassman

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that vid would be so cool. the only thing i know,that i got off of a random site ages ago is that you are actually laid on your back at the begining,the pods roll over so that your laid flat on your back with your feet facing the wall.
 
bassman

bassman

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biggbird5182 said:
Are you sure? Because I couldn't feel that at all.
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yeah pretty sure, i cant remember what site it is, it try and find it again if you want. the movement happens at the very begining when the vidoe shows you being tilted upwards, its very smooth thats maybe why you cant feel it,when ime in the pod i tell what the pod is doing, it feels soo much like i am being blasted into space
 
unkadug

unkadug

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Connor002 said:
Really? How so?
5 RPM?
Lower?
Higher?
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Well, judging from the manufacturers animation, I would say around 20-30 rpms. (simply by comparing the animation to a turntable :lookaroun )

Their webite also says that it can sustain G-forces of 2.6, so maybe Epcot's IS already slowed down?
 
TheMagicMouse

TheMagicMouse

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unkadug said:
Well, judging from the manufacturers animation, I would say around 20-30 rpms. (simply by comparing the animation to a turntable :lookaroun )

Their webite also says that it can sustain G-forces of 2.6, so maybe Epcot's IS already slowed down?
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it hasn't been dumbed down...
 
Unplugged

Unplugged

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bassman said:
...the only thing i know,that i got off of a random site ages ago is that you are actually laid on your back at the begining,the pods roll over so that your laid flat on your back with your feet facing the wall.
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You sit in the pod facing the center, then rotate onto your back for "blast-off" with your head is toward the wall and feet toward the center (you can feel this when the video shows the bay doors open exposing the gantry and sky). As the unit spins up to speed, your pod rotates back into the upright position so your back is again toward the wall. The force applied is outward (toward the exterior walls), so as you're pod rotates upright with the force, you always feel as if you're lying flat for "lifting off".

Simple physics, but awesome in presentation! One of my favorite works by the folks in Imagineering! :D
 
bassman

bassman

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Unplugged said:
You sit in the pod facing the center, then rotate onto your back for "blast-off" with your head is toward the wall and feet toward the center (you can feel this when the video shows the bay doors open exposing the gantry and sky). As the unit spins up to speed, your pod rotates back into the upright position so your back is again toward the wall. The force applied is outward (toward the exterior walls), so as you're pod rotates upright with the force, you always feel as if you're lying flat for "lifting off".

Simple physics, but awesome in presentation! One of my favorite works by the folks in Imagineering! :D
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oh right, that makes more sense when i think about it, the amount of times i looked at the system as i get on the ride and tried to figure out how the hell is rolls over.the amount of electrical cables connected to the pod would make it pretty impossible to rotate to make your feet against the wall. thanks do you work on M:S, i live in britain but i would love to work on M:S
 
Rob562

Rob562

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Here's a few pics I took on the very first day that Mission: Space was open for guest previews. For those that haven't ridden yet, as you exit the pod, you exit towards the center of the room. It gives you a good (though brief) view of some of the mechanism:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/steerr/Mission%20Space/100_0646.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/steerr/Mission%20Space/100_0645.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/steerr/Mission%20Space/100_0644.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/steerr/Mission%20Space/100_0643.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/steerr/Mission%20Space/100_0640.jpg

Those manual release latches and cords have since had covers installed over them.

As for those hoping for a video of the mechanism in motion, unfortunately there are systems in place that don't allow ANYTHING to be within the ride chamber after the doors close. If it detects anything, it won't allow the ride to proceed. (Similar to the simulators at Body Wars and Star Tours. There's sensors to detect if there's anything or anyone on the entrance/exit ramps before they're retracted.)

-Rob
 
ONUpolarbears

ONUpolarbears

Member
Ok, I'm gunna turn into my mechanical engineering self here. Sorry for the geek speak, but this may help

If you assume on liftoff, your sitting vertically in your chair at all times, the force that pushes you back into your seat due to the rotation of the wheel is given by

Fn = mrw^2

Where Fn is the force you want to feel, m is your mass, r is the radius of the wheel and w is the rotation of the wheel in radians/s

If anyone knows the radius of the gravity wheel, I can probably figure out the speed at which it rotates.


God I'm such a nerd,
Jim lol
 
marni1971

marni1971

Park History nut
Premium Member
Nice pics, Rob

Looking at them it`s no wonder the plot changed from Journeys in Space to Mission:Space - there is no way short of a LOT of scenery moving WDI could disguise the fact it`s any mroe than a simulation / trainer.
 
Pabgo

Pabgo

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Original Poster
Thanks for all the neat pics!!! Sense it's impossible to get a video, pics will do!!! I guess they're just being safe with those sensors and stuff.
 

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