Demon seats

by **w00dland** on November 11th, 2007, 12:42 pm

Mean Streak has nothing, thats its problem. Roughness would be an improvement.

Demon is a smooth old looper compared to others. Shockwave was just poorly designed putting too many forces that some people couldn't handle.

by **rct2wizard360** on November 11th, 2007, 1:50 pm

w00dland wrote:Mean Streak has nothing, thats its problem. Roughness would be an improvement.

This is one of the most intelligent things I've ever read.

by **Demon_07** on November 11th, 2007, 6:15 pm

Demon has a very simple layout so even if it's your first experience, you can still easilly escape the headbanging. Iron Wolf's a different story...

by **cycamps** on November 11th, 2007, 6:18 pm

I guess it depends on what you call headbanging. My head was always bobbing off of the headrest...

by **Demon_07** on November 11th, 2007, 6:20 pm

I think it might depend on height.

by **viperchick85** on November 21st, 2007, 10:40 pm

You have to pretend like you're on a motorcycle and lean whichever way the track is going. That worked pretty well for me when we still had shockwave. I won't ride Iron Wolf anymore though because of how rough it has gotten...or maybe I'm just getting older and don't like being jolted around anymore.

by **Jackluver18** on November 21st, 2007, 11:35 pm

viperchick85 wrote:You have to pretend like you're on a motorcycle and lean whichever way the track is going. That worked pretty well for me when we still had shockwave. I won't ride Iron Wolf anymore though because of how rough it has gotten...or maybe I'm just getting older and don't like being jolted around anymore.

amen to IW.....I hate that ride with a passion.

Website · by **sixflagsgurneeboy** on November 22nd, 2007, 11:48 am

cycamps wrote:I've never been on a looping coaster without OTSR's.

If i remember right, Tidal Wave had a loop and only had lap bars.....boy, do I miss it!

by **Demon_07** on November 25th, 2007, 1:17 am

sixflagsgurneeboy wrote:
cycamps wrote:I've never been on a looping coaster without OTSR's.

If i remember right, Tidal Wave had a loop and only had lap bars.....boy, do I miss it!

OFF TO KENTUCKY!!!!!!!!YEEHAW

by **coasterkid94** on November 25th, 2007, 8:21 am

Everybody on these forums doesn't understand that a lot of people do indeed experience head banging while on Demon - particularly those who have not ridden it too many times and forget to lean in the same direction that the track is going.
One more thing, if you are short (like myself) it is much easier to experience head banging, particularly when your head does rise completely from the OTSR and part of the harness is aligned with your head.

by **viperchick85** on November 25th, 2007, 3:42 pm

What, are they changing the harnesses or something?

by **cycamps** on November 25th, 2007, 10:49 pm

^Not that I know of.

by **Demon_07** on November 26th, 2007, 5:56 pm

They should put up a sign to put your head forward or to the right.

by **Trailblazer Tony** on November 30th, 2007, 7:58 pm

^Sounds like a good idea, while they are at it, they can put a sign in IW's station saying "Turn back now before it's too late!" :lol:

by **Demon_07** on November 30th, 2007, 9:49 pm

Trailblazer Tony wrote:^Sounds like a good idea, while they are at it, they can put a sign in IW's station saying "Turn back now before it's too late!"

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!

by **cycamps** on December 2nd, 2007, 11:20 am

How long ago was the Demon incident?

by **batcave** on December 2nd, 2007, 2:01 pm

The loop was April 1998

by **FRD714** on December 2nd, 2007, 4:53 pm

Trailblazer Tony wrote:^Sounds like a good idea, while they are at it, they can put a sign in IW's station saying "Turn back now before it's too late!"

Wish they would of put that sign up years ago.

by **Demon_07** on December 2nd, 2007, 9:10 pm

FRD714 wrote:
Trailblazer Tony wrote:^Sounds like a good idea, while they are at it, they can put a sign in IW's station saying "Turn back now before it's too late!"

Wish they would of put that sign up years ago.

Were the old restraints less headbanging?

by **FParker185** on December 2nd, 2007, 9:15 pm

The original restraints on IW were wider gave your head more room to move before hitting anything (which it rarely did)

by **Demon_07** on December 2nd, 2007, 9:28 pm

hmm. Why couldn't they all just be soft? lol

by **FParker185** on December 3rd, 2007, 1:44 am

if restraints get to soft then if you hit your head on it it can make a seal between your ear and the padding and that wouldn't result in anything good.

Also it seems the more padding you add the narrower the restraint gets and the more head banging you get, good examples of that are the Vekoma SLC and the old Premier OTSR's.

Also softer padding is less durable and soft stuff tends to absorb everything that touches it especially if it isnt kept in good shape, example of that is at the former Six Flags Belgium the OTSR padding was in bad shape, damp and it smelled like rotting cheese sitting in the sun. not all that pleasant.

by **Demon_07** on December 3rd, 2007, 7:34 pm

I don't mean REALLY soft, I just mean and little less rock hard.

by **Trailblazer Tony** on December 3rd, 2007, 7:52 pm

I thought Deja Vu had some soft OTSRs, and Demon's are perfect for headbanging, cause it takes a lot of movement to make contact, so those i think work farely well too.

by **rcoaster** on January 11th, 2008, 9:26 pm

just to throw something out there with demon i read at a very very reliable source (screamscape)...... apparently demon is on a 3-5 year plan on getting renovated and stuff, just like shockwave is at SFoT. I wonder how they can change the ride.... that is, if they do it! Just something to throw out here :wink:

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