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ThatReallyHurt
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Registered: October 2004
Location: Canada
Posts: 5925

Wed September 21, 2005 6:36pm

Rating: 9.00

Whoo - that's quite the drop. How fast did the cars go?

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Zilverzmurfen
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Registered: July 2002
Location: Sweden
Posts: 12754

Thu September 22, 2005 12:56am

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Whoo - that's quite the drop. How fast did the cars go?

They didn't go too fast.

There were two cars attached to each other in a 'loop', kind of like a lift, so that the weights would counteract with each other. On the way up there were 5-6 stations, so when either car stopped at a station the other one would stop too.

It felt very safe. Smile

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