08/15/2009 14:08:47

Mathematics, puh.  There's way too many variables for a pool that small.  I believe it was Discover magazine where I read the "science" of constructing water slides and there's a fair amount of art in this age.  One engineer commented on one slide where at a turn, the water just went straight over the side.  They have to do some fiddling with the final product in times like that.

A good fake though.

Oddly enough this came up last night with my friend:


This is NOT a photoshop.  It's the infamous Cannonball Loop from Traction, erm, Action Park in New Jersey.  And yes, there were substantial fatalities, broken bones, and injuries when this park was in operation.  Oddly enough, not on this ride so much, mostly because it was hardly ever open (too many people to run, not enough people dumb enough to try it to pay the costs of the staffers).

There was padding on the inside of the loop in case someone didn't make it through, and a hatch to retrieve them if so.

Action Park is featured in the Weird NJ.

Some more, very interesting reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park
http://www.domainofdeath3.com/actionpark
http://www.weirdnj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=28

If your appetite for looping water slides is whetted now, a German park did create one, though much more sound.  It is more like a large turn with a greater than horizontal bank than an actual loop.

08/15/2009 10:11:01

Thats awesome! if its real the emphasis on the IF he put a lot of faith in his mathematics!

08/15/2009 00:17:09

doubt it.  great preparation of the video, though.  very entertaining.

08/14/2009 17:04:22

Seems a little too percise to be done with a water slide... doubt it could be possible.

08/14/2009 15:38:07

Epic! 

08/14/2009 13:49:30

I doubt it's real

08/14/2009 07:43:37

Wow, that looks fun, but scary  still, some mothers do 'ave 'em