https://edition.cnn.com/six-flags-rollercoaster-brain-injuries-invs
It isn’t the most extreme rollercoaster in existence, like people seem to be implying. At a peak of 4 G’s, that’s in the median for a rollercoaster. Meaning, there’s nothing unusual about the G-forces of the X2 and nothing out of the ordinary was found about it. There are rollercoasters that go up to 6 G’s which aren’t causing people’s brains to explode.
Isn’t it more likely the deaths are coincidences? If 4 G’s was enough to cause fatal brain bleeds, then I’d assume stunt pilots, astronauts, and fighter pilots wouldn’t exist. And you can’t train your brain *not *to bleed.
The ride was announced to be retired earlier today, as well, due to the pressure of the lawsuits: https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/six-flag-magic-mountain-x2-roller-coaster-closure/
IDK anything about this, but I would assume its more complex than max G force
No, the lawsuits are indeed saying the G forces are exploding their brains.
And you are a scientist / surgeon / whatever qualified enough to judge the whole story from a simple web page? Please explain.
HEY. They are a COASTER. RIDER. They have a ton of experience RIDING. COASTERS. Show some respect. They’ve done coasters all over the world I bet. Ones that go up, others that go down. Loop the loops. Corkscrews. They are an expert.
Similarly, I have been on several flights. Which is why I expect my pilots certification any day.
1G can kill you if the stop is sudden enough…
Like, you found one metric and think it’s everything, which is just wildly uninformed.
And instead of actually a question to actually find out if you’re missing someone, you’re trying to start a slap fight about it.
I don’t think you understand how G-force works…
32ft/sec squared …
Falling out of an airplane is 1G…
And if you hit the ground, that’s pretty much all of it.
So if you hit the ground the G-force spikes. Significantly…
Edit: Thats why F1 drivers for example experience 50+ G during a high speed impact
That’s not how physics works.
Because? When you suddenly stop you experience deceleration, the opposite of acceleration. Which is measured in m/s^2 otherwise known as G where one G is 9.81 m/s^2? So if you stop from 29.43 m/s to 0 in 1 second you experience 3 G?..
Both articles lay the likely culprit on the 4D chairs, not on any turn. The chairs spin riders end-over-end while the coaster runs the track. If the chair had a rider’s head facing out during a reverse loop (this ride has one) then the negative Gs could cause the injuries being discussed. It doesn’t take many negative Gs to be dangerous or fatal.
I think the bigger smoking gun is the number of identical injuries, rather than anything from the numbers. This coaster was passing safety inspections, so the injury causing parameters are probably pretty uncommon.
No mention of 4G in either article, so no idea why you brought that up.
