Greezed Lightening same as Montezoomas Revenge?

Greezed Lightening · Post by **Greezed Lightening** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:02 pm

Is Montezoomas Revenge an exact clone of Greezed Lighening? (I sure hope so because I may get to ride it this summer and will bring back so many memories of Greezed Lightening!)

that_guy · Post by **that_guy** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:42 pm

No, thats a flywheel model, (while the Tidal Wave(/Greased Lightnin') at both parks were Weight-drop models) but it won't make too much of a difference, maybe a few different sound, a faster acceleration rate, etc. Hope you get on down there!

jonrev · Post by **jonrev** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:47 am

The flywheel ones tend to have a faster acceleration. Many people have noticed it at Astroworld's Greezy.

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:31 pm

The flywheel might have a faster acceleration, but I just LOVED the pull of the weight drop... There's just something about the force involved in the pull that a spining treadmill just can't produce....

Greezed Lightening · Post by **Greezed Lightening** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:31 am

Are they the exact same size - loop and towers?

that_guy · Post by **that_guy** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:32 am

I would compare them on the rcdb:
http://www.rcdb.com/id292.htm
http://www.rcdb.com/id75.htm

Although their statistics don't meet my expectations... (its even says the flywheel launch was slower than the weight drop, but could just be different programming...)

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:36 pm

Personally I don't think that they really ever truly timed those speeds, I remember Tidal Wave being clocked at about 66 miles per hour.

Seriously to me I think it would make sense that a flywheel could not get up to speed faster than a weight drop. (Makes me wonder why the flywheel model is apparently more popular?)

BTW are there any linear induction shuttle loops in existence today? (In other words, is Speed the ride still operating in Vegas?)

redfishpaw · Post by **redfishpaw** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:34 pm

Glorfindel7 wrote:Personally I don't think that they really ever truly timed those speeds, I remember Tidal Wave being clocked at about 66 miles per hour.

Seriously to me I think it would make sense that a flywheel could not get up to speed faster than a weight drop. (Makes me wonder why the flywheel model is apparently more popular?)

BTW are there any linear induction shuttle loops in existence today? (In other words, is Speed the ride still operating in Vegas?)

Speed is still running according to RCDC

http://www.rcdb.com/id593.htm
(29 pics)

Also, I was in vegas last year and I do recall seeing it in operation.