Incredibly scary amusement park ride

[TE999]

Take a look at this park ride in Russia. The engineering is awesome, but the ride's enough to make you puke and crap in your pants at the same time. Anyone who rides this jewel more than once has to be certifiably insane.

http://www.wimp.com/russiaride/

(It takes a few seconds to start, so be patient)

 

[glynndah]

Yikes!

 

[Saucyminx]

That looks awesome but I like that sort of thing.

My fav was called the Zipper, it was down in DE on the boardwalk. It always looked like it was going to fall apart any second and you knew they were paying off the safety guy when he inspected it. The risk of death made it that much more exciting.

I wonder how much puke they have to clean up around that Russian ride. . .

 

[Hubs_in_hose]

It didn't seem all that bad to me. It was just a lot of spinning. If you knew what was likely to happen (the one side spinning) it wouldn't be that bad. At least in my opinion

 

[jomar]

Like a fractured Ferris wheel.

Interesting it seems to move slow...

 

[mynameisben]

They'd have to kill me first.

 

[tutingay]

That looks awesome but I like that sort of thing. http://www.keyforex.info/g.gif

 

[Typo Fu Master]

Holy fuck.

Props to whomever designed it.

No way in hell they'd get me on it though.

 

[johneb87]

I will see your crazy Russian wheel, and raise you a messed up coaster in China.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hjHQ9aZT80

 

[desertslave]

I will see your crazy Russian wheel, and raise you a messed up coaster in China.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hjHQ9aZT80

No to that one and OH FUCK NO to the OP!!!

OTOH, this looks like fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYG31Ujz0VU

The 'set design' is a big plus, very nice.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

It's a good thing that Russians are known for their engineering prowess and meticulous attention to detail, not to mention their fanatical devotion to sobriety while on the job.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Oh, that one! The original design was found in Stalin's Chief Interrogator's notebooks. He figured after a round or two on that beast, you'd confess to anything.

 

[johneb87]

No to that one and OH FUCK NO to the OP!!!

OTOH, this looks like fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYG31Ujz0VU

The 'set design' is a big plus, very nice.

That one looks like fun, but the diving loop at the beginning would scare the crap out of me. To be honest, the only inverted coaster I've been on was Rock n Rollercoaster at WDW Hollywood Studios.

Here is a wing rider coaster in Italy that looks like a lot of fun.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu27Ph52_08

 

[R. Richard]

Is that what they mean by Russian roulette?

 

[glynndah]

All examples of how handy my "the doctor has told me to avoid all situations with a possibility of whiplash" excuse can be.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

Yeah, don't ride that after eating lunch.

 

[mynameisben]

Yeah, don't ride that after eating lunch.

I think if you wait 200 years after eating lunch you'll be fine.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

I think if you wait 200 years after eating lunch you'll be fine.

lol - yep. If I live that long that's where I'm going to die then because after 200 years I should be ready to kick the bucket and that would do it for me.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

I've reached an age where I don't find any amusement in near-death experiences. Luckily that coincides with the age where I no longer feel I have to prove anything, so I avoid barfogenic rides altogether. I've already had someone in the car above puke into my lap on the Ferris wheel, so I've paid my dues.

The engineer in me does wonder about those arm-to-car joints on the Russian ride, though, which just look destined to fail and fail spectacularly. Are they universal joints? Or some horrible kind of ball-and-socket space-age things? If they're Russian, you know they're going to go.

How well do these three terms go together? "Russian," "safety," and "precision engineering"?

And the people who assembled this thing: do you think Russian Carnies are like American Carnies? Meth-addled chain-smoking grammar school drop-outs living on cherry coke and funnel cake?

 

[Stella_Omega]

Don't watch any of those videos with a headache.

 

[johneb87]

Don't watch any of those videos with a headache.

...or drunk, oh no.

 

[PoppingTom]

How well do these three terms go together? "Russian," "safety," and "precision engineering"?

You forgot: the first man in space was a Russian.

And Intel's famous "Pentium" got its name from its main designer, Wladimir Pentkowski. A Russian. Just 2 examples.

And the people who assembled this thing: do you think Russian Carnies are like American Carnies? Meth-addled chain-smoking grammar school drop-outs living on cherry coke and funnel cake?

I think they're really old-fashioned wannabe-circus-artists loving their machines from the 60's.

 

[Handley_Page]

You'd need a very good anaesthetics guy to get me on one of them.
Sometimes there is humour as well:-

See this advert ?

 

[johneb87]

You'd need a very good anaesthetics guy to get me on one of them.
Sometimes there is humour as well:-

See this advert ?

That ride actually looks like fun.

This is a very popular coaster here, but no way I would go on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTNcnJS-a2M
Stats
Launch speed: 128mph in 3.5 seconds
Height: 456ft with a 418ft drop

 

[jehoram]

The best this about these rides is that they practically pay for themselves with all the loose change they shake out of pockets (plus the occasional wallet).