Even after all these years, it rubs me the wrong way that Formula Rossa is the fastest roller coaster on Earth when it literally immediately hits the brakes and scrubs the speed.

@gemmachaos

Жыл бұрын

It's a prestige record, bought by the highest bidder. There's a cynicism to that, for sure.

@WhatAG23

Жыл бұрын

YES

I love when this series brings attention to rides easily overlooked or forgotten. Superman in Australia actually looks like a crazy intense ride!

@lucky_railfans_trains_2009

Жыл бұрын

Six Flags Australia

@adamparker6540

Жыл бұрын

can confirm it’s an awesome ride. there’s some serious ejector on all the hills and the launch is super forceful. one of Australia’s best rides

I love how on most of these lists you see "65 feet per second" and it's the top-ranked pacing. Here you see "75 feet per second" and it's just middle of the pack, and an absurd "96 feet per second" being *third*. Just a whole other breed of coaster.

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Ha yeah it just felt so weird saying "120 mph ranks 3rd"

I absolutely didn´t expect for Desert Race to rank that much higher than Rita considering they are so similar.

@DaanBruins

Жыл бұрын

Me neither.

My first accelerator was Stealth last june and I was blown away by the force of the launch. Going on Kingda Ka next week (let's hope it's not broken). Cant wait!

@chazgames3690

10 ай бұрын

Yeah the force of stealths acceleration blurs my vision everytime

nice vid! you did forget furius baco though, but this was still quite interesting to watch

I absolutely love storm runner and I think it needs more love as one of the best launch coasters I’ve ever been on

@technicolortabby4239

Жыл бұрын

Storm Runner is definitely underrated!

@toyoracer33

9 ай бұрын

Plus one. It's much more than just the launch.

The main difference between Stealth and Zaturn is that Stealth had it’s launch changed to have a faster acceleration than Zaturn. In fact, out of all these coasters, Stealth has the fastest acceleration stat.

@WhatAG23

2 ай бұрын

Did it really though? The park hasn’t changed its stats

@AjarAvicii

Ай бұрын

@@WhatAG23 they recently changed the sign in front to match its proper stats (that being 0-80mph within 1.8 seconds). and since dododonpa is gone (rest in peace), stealth is now the fastest accelerating coaster

Stealth's launch has been made faster to 82 in 1.8 seconds now!

Never knew I needed this video, great stuff as usual

I’ve been waiting so long for a vid like this. Thanks for sharing 👊

Great video! I enjoyed watching!

Riding Kingda Ka was awesome! I’m definitely putting more of these parks with these coasters on the map

Rita is pretty underrated in my opinion, it is a bit bland but I have a soft spot for alton towers

@thepanman2024

Жыл бұрын

Same, it has pretty good airtime in back row too

@Ink_For_Life

Жыл бұрын

Yes finnaly someone who likes rita

@zachhardy6469

Жыл бұрын

It's one of the non US parks I most want to visit next to Fuji Q and Phantasialand. The creativity, themeing, and original B and Ms look amazing.

@brocko1663

Жыл бұрын

@@zachhardy6469 I suggest going down to dark forest first to avoid the queues if u do go

@iitzfizz

Жыл бұрын

I don't think it's good as Stealth and it's certainly one of the weaker xcelerators but that's only when compared to the others, it's deffo not as bad as people say.

I always wondered why, with launched shuttles first appearing in the late 1970s, it took so long for full-circuit launched coasters to really take off (no pun intended).

@AbsyntheMorstan

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if it was about the ability to generate enough force for a full circuit. Schwarzkopf's flywheel launch is pretty zippy for what it is, but it doesn't seem to have enough speed to do much more than the single loop and the spikes, and Arrow's launched coasters are more of a gentle push than anything. By the time of the coaster wars there was enough interest in and money for more experimental projects and heavier drains on power + modern electrical infrastructure.

@joshuaboniface

Жыл бұрын

I think the biggest reason is technology. The early launched coasters were very trivial to control. Spin the flywheel up, disengage the clutch, go. But the Accelerators are much more mechanically and electrically complex. TTD and KDK (and probably the others too) use a really complex hydraulic system with IIRC 8 pumps which requires some precise computer control in order to accelerate it properly while keeping the machinery small enough to be viable. That took late-90's/early-2000's computers to manage properly.

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Got me thinking what the first full circuit launch coaster was. Was it Flight of Fear or was there one way before that I'm not thinking of?

@AbsyntheMorstan

Жыл бұрын

@@AirtimeThrills I think it was Flight of Fear; I can't think of anything earlier unless it was maybe something in Asia or Russia that didn't get a lot of press

@timk987

Жыл бұрын

That's a great question. I think initially they where designed to save space, offering steel coaster thrills in a compact space. Nomenclature plays a part as well. Most people in the mid-seventies would have defined a roller coaster as gravity powered device, in fact shortly before that many would have included wood construction as a part of that definition. Similar to how Cedar Point preferred nobody noticed Gemini had steel track when it opened, they really wanted the general public to accept it as a wood racing coaster. Fast forward 50 years, to 2018 and they are proclaiming the first ever 200 foot hybrid coaster. My point is that I think It has a lot to do with what would be accepted by the public. Six Flags over Texas apparently had a big banner on New Texas Giant during its construction reading Tallest, Fastest Wood Coaster, but didn't open it with it on because it simply wouldn't be accepted as such.

Great video Chris never thought of this really good creative series everytime you drop these is always 🔥🔥🔥always keep up the great work!

I think when it comes to launch roller coasters, S&S Are the undisputed kings of Launched coasters. They have held the world record for the fastest accelerating roller coaster for a long time and each and every single roller coaster that I've been on for them, particularly their launched ones,never fail to disappoint me for how intense they are. Take Maxx Force and dodo dompa for example. The launches on both of these roller coasters are truly out of this world. Max force does 0 to 80 mph in 1.755 seconds. The fastest accelerating car ever built does 0 to 60 mph in 1.7 seconds. And in the same time max force does it 20 mph faster in the same time. As for dodo dompa, that roller coaster is absolutely terrifying. It does 0 to 112 mph in 1.56 seconds. To give you an understanding of just how fast that is, if this were accelerating for the same period of time as a Bugatti Veyron does in 0 to 60, it would be doing 190 to 200 mph. The first time I went on that coaster, I had the absolute soul scared out of me. in my opinion, when it comes to launch roller coasters, S&S is the way to go and there is no one who can do it better. When it comes to fast roller coasters, top speed wise, intamin does it better.

I love that theming for Superman Escape and how you're being rescued by the Man of Steel who is supposed to be pushing the train, and how they actually designed a Superman statue pushing the back of the train, very clever.

I love your by the numbers series! I’ve only been on one accelerator, dragster. That hydraulic launch is awesome!

Having been on a few of these, nothing compares to Stealth. 0-80 in 1.9 seconds is just brutal. Need to do Do-dodonpa at some point...

Best serie on this channel🙌

Very nice video. Thanks for posting and have a nice day too.

Another episode of this fantastic series!

you should coasters before they were RMC'ed by the numbers like Mean Streak, Hurler, and Texas Giant.

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Interesting idea, I like it

I rode 4 of these in the month of August alone and I wish there were more! It's my favorite type of coaster

Great video Chris. Excited for a lot more of these videos. Any quizzes soon?

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

I have a quiz lined up, didn't have time this past week but I hope to do it this week for a Saturday release

I like how Stealth never gets any appreciation even though it has one of the fastest launches in the world. I think* it had the fastest on that list

@rollercoasterman8114

Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised acceleration wasn't part of the numbers in this video and stealth has the 3rd fastest acceleration in the world.

@DoswarePictures

Жыл бұрын

It’s because it hiding from the attention of the people

5:35 that ride is no longer gone as playland at the PNE in Vancouver canada has bought it and it is being revamped by Zamperla into a LSM coaster

Second favorite series on the channel I love it!

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Gotta know what the first fav is

@rollercoasterstuff6483

Жыл бұрын

@@AirtimeThrills buy or sell of course

Update: Senzafiato is to be relocated to PNE Playland in Vancouver ( the Park with Coaster ) it will however be modified by zamperla to included LSM’s instead of a hydraulic launch, but same layout

A video like this is never complete without the Pythagorean Theorem.

Yay a new video

Storm runner is hands down my favorite intamin accelerator… … because it’s the only one I’ve ridden 😭😭😭

@bigpboy1012

Жыл бұрын

It's also my favorite, and I've ridden TTD.

@RoachOverlord

Жыл бұрын

It's probably my favorite, and I've ridden Dragster, Ka, and Xcelerator. It packs a lot of elements into those 30 seconds.

I was surprised by how many of these there are.

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Especially overseas they seemed to love these for a while

Well this confirms that Kanonen had a great layout but was really smal. Hope it opens soon, I rode it so many times when it was at Liseberg and had fun every time.

Really cool video, it’s interesting how Formula Rossa has so much more length than Kingda Ka given how their speeds our similar. I guess they are both gimmicks, but Formula Rossa is less so

I have only ridden one of these which is Speedmonster, and I gotta say... WHAT A LAUNCH!

@milczix777

Жыл бұрын

im gonna ride it in two weeks, i hope its good

@Leonconflict1

Жыл бұрын

@@milczix777 its not The best, but its not The Worst either:) I would not set my expectations high if I we’re you tho

@milczix777

Жыл бұрын

@@Leonconflict1 thanks :) the layout looks okay but im curious about the launch, i've done only one hydraulic launch, which is Furius baco and it was awesome :)

@ingvildkvakestad

Жыл бұрын

@@milczix777 if you go on loopen ride defensivly

Stealth launches to its top speed using a relatively short launchtrack, which makes it especially intense! And I like RITA, strangely I feel it got better with age? Rode it this year and it had much more airtime and punch that I remembered!

I love this series

Buy or sell: Hershey park gets a b&m giga by 2032. Put this in the next buy or sell vid airtime please and thank you.

@justinlininger8123

Жыл бұрын

sell af tf

I think for a fifth category you could’ve done acceleration. Like Ft/sec. That would’ve been a pretty cool concept to see. Other than that, great vid as always

I need to do a by the numbers for my over the top planet coaster videos lol. Love this series.

I clicked so fast that I watched the video before it even came out.

I think it is worth noting down that stealth does has the fastest acceleration out of them all

What about Furious Baco at Port Adventura?

I can’t get enough of this series being a coaster geek!

@brucegibson1813

Жыл бұрын

fax

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

It's definitely the pinnacle of coaster geekdom

Please do bnm floorless by the number I also like how you roast the viewer after the intro

Only been on 2 of these ( Kingda Ka and Storm Runner). Storm Runner was amazing.

I thought maybe you would do this video and now that you have, my top 3 are, 3. Storm Runner 2. Top Thrill Dragster 1. Kingda Ka. Of course, I've never been to Europe or Asia. That being said, I just don't think you can out do Kingda Ka in speed and height and Storm Runner has an amazing layout. I hope Cedarfair works with Intamin again one day as imagine having a Storm Runner style coaster twice as long and at King's Island. Whoa!

Ahh I want these rides made again ugh

u are the king

I am so happy that there is a accelerator 3 hours away from me now at lost island

I think the main reason why dragster has better pacing is because it’s smaller so the launch needs less power and it clears the top hat faster

For rides like these I really think you should count prime ride time all the way up until you slow down to the trim speed at the end because braking at 50+ mph is part of the thrill for a lot of these, especially stealth, ka, not to mention stuff like full throttle

Hi, great video man, loved it, but i believe you forgot to put Red Force at Ferrariland, Port Aventura, i rode it 2 years and it was awesome, and it’s from intamin and i was very shocked when Red Force wasn’t there, but regardless, great video🥰

@milczix777

Жыл бұрын

red force isn't hydraulic launch, its LSM launch

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Red force could have been on here but technically its not an accelerator since it doesnt have a hydraulic launch

@MattMcIrvin

Жыл бұрын

Red Force is what makes people think that these Intamin hydraulic launches are probably a thing of the past (LSMs are much less trouble).

Ahh great Matrix reference! Haha

Please make more!

Did you consider including Furious Baco in this list? I can understand why you wouldn't, but other than where you sit on the track, I don't see any other reasons. I'll be riding it in a couple weeks during my honeymoon in Europe and I can't wait! Love these launches.

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Had I thought of it, I would have put it in this list because it's a hydraulic launch (and a powerful one at that) even though it's not classified as an accelerator.

Never been on a Intimin coaster. These coasters look really neat. Won't ride the tallest ones, too scary for me.

The world's S&s combo towers - by the numbers

I’m surprised that there are more comments asking about Furius Baco than there are with Red Force. Despite having an LSM launch, I’d also count Red Force as an Accelerator coaster.

@RealWildWalter

Жыл бұрын

Ik like why would you call red force a blitz like what

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

You could make an argument for both to be on here

Please do this for Mack launch coasters.

I didn’t even realize this was new

Stealth has one of the best accelerations though at 0-80mph in 1.8 secs

Furius Baco is missing here.Great intense ride

What about Furius Baco? RCDB doesn't classify it as an accelerator but it does have the same hydraulic launch like all of the others

I’ve ridden both Formula Rossa and Stealth. Stealth’s acceleration is way more forceful and consistent than Formula Rossa’a. The Ferrari World coaster’s hydraulic launch actually starts off very lamely for the first split second, before powering forcefully to top speed. For sheer accelerative intensity Stealth wins imho

“By the tallest” I think it’s pretty obvious what that one is And the fact Rita is the tallest ride at Alton towers is just insane 💀

When are you getting back to Hersheypark? I think you need to try everything again. Also will you talk about wildcat?

So what model is Red Force? I assumed it was an accelerator, too, but I don’t see it listed on rcdb.

@milczix777

Жыл бұрын

it has LSM launch

VIDEO IDEA: Six Flags New England’s Coasters By The Numbers

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Thatd be a good one to do

I would’ve included Furius Baco on the list

@heather1980

Жыл бұрын

Bacoisn’t included by Intamin in the accelerator list. It’s a wing rider.

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

In retrospect it would have made sense to include it here. RCDB doesn't list it as one so I didn't think to add it

Any particular reason coaster logos weren't used like normal (other than there were probably 3-4 that didn't have one)?

Wow, seeing all of them listed in one place, I just realized that I have ridden half of them. Most of them were so un-noteworthy so that I basically forgot about them by now. Sure, Kinda Ka left an impression, as did Kanonen (the latter for being so slow that we were not sure if the train would make it all around the track). But that "oh yeah, that thing at Hershey Park.. oh yeah, Heide-Park has got one too" moment (as for a few others) shows that I am generally not too much of a fan of this coaster type.

Question:would you count red force an accelerator or a blitz’s. If so where would it rank

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Thanks to RCDB not classifying it as anything other than just an Intamin launch coaster I didn't include it in either. But if I had to choose I would definitely have put it in the accelerator group

Do the arrow suspended coasters by the numbers.

is Furious Baco at PortAventura not considered an accelerator coaster? does having wing style cars make it a different model? I thought it would be included since it's an intamin hydraulic launched coaster. Either way, I love this series!

A mild criticism, I think launched coasters should also have some consideration for acceleration rate, not just top speed. Stealth for example, has a lower top speed than Top Thrill Dragster, but a stronger launch.

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

That's a tough one to calculate unless the stat is available for all of these

@ViperThreat

Жыл бұрын

@@AirtimeThrills I think it is for most that I've seen.

Surprised there is no Furius Baco on this list?!?!

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Not classified as an accelerator but it could have definitely been on here

I'm surprised but the disparity between Rita & Desert Race as they're essentially mirrored clones.

Figures Xcelerator is down for 5+ months for the ONE year I buy platinum Knott's passes Hopefully it reopens

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Seriously. Love that ride

I love Xcel at Knott's

In all fairness to RITA, Alton Towers can't build over the tree lines, so that's why there was no top hat. I love these videos.

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

I just wish they didn't have the OTSR for a ride like that.

@corkscrewfoley

Жыл бұрын

@@AirtimeThrills Agreed. The same with Stealth & Desert Race.

@corkscrewfoley

Жыл бұрын

My dumb ass didn't hear you mention RITA couldn't go over the treeline. My apologies.

I just now had the thought, after all these videos, that it would be nice to see the pacing listed in Miles Per Hour, but after all these videos done with feet per second, I guess that would feel kinda wrong.

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

I feel feet per second is something people can easily visualize but maybe there can be both

what about furious baco? that has a hydraulic launch lol edit: also xcellerator=best launch in America. I really dont think the other powerful launches in the us can beat it. though the only other contender I have ridden is powder keg.

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Xcelerator is also my favorite launch, over Maxx force and Powder Keg. Baco could have been on here as a hydraulic launch, wish I would have thought of it

Just to say, Desert Race is an extended clone of Rita!

Great numbers video but what would Sophie’s numbers (ranking) be?

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

She hasnt ridden any of these yet...easing her into some of the more intense rides

@eekedout

Жыл бұрын

Same with my daughters. It’s great to be able to share with one’s kids, such an amazing adventure.

You know I love this series, but considering it’s Intamin Accelerator coasters you forgot to list the rate of acceleration. I think Stealth comes in at #1 on this list for that.

I feel that Top Thrill Dragster should include a few more seconds of ride time, because even after you hit those first set of brakes at 17 seconds, you continue to haul butt for several more seconds. I barely even feel those first set of brakes. It's much further down the track before there's a notable loss of speed. Putting some mild brakes at 17 seconds ensured that its pacing would top this list, but I would still prefer to have a hill like Kingda Ka instead.

You forgot another accelerator that is located in portaventura world, in spain, its name is furius baco and it goes from 0 to 135 km per hour in 3 seconds

Now I know another reason why I prefer TTD over KK besides the Operations at G.A.

Ima say that this really EXCELLED as one of my favorites. Get it?

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm nope went right over my head

Stealth is great fun. Rita gives me the worst headache.

Storm Runners lauch is only to 72 mph. The drop out of the top hat is where it hits it top speed of 75mph

what happened to your video about mr freeze closing?

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Lol i never was gonna make a video about that. But it looks like theyre just gonna overhaul it

Okay tell me what you think about this. Since Cedar Point (my home park) is moving the Matterhorn and scrambler to where the pavilion is going to be at, that leaves empty land next to the Corkscrew. With Corkscrew declining I’m popularity, becoming very rough, and one of the worst rides in the park, do you think they would take it down and put an RMC Raptor single rail coaster in its place for all those attractions? They can still make it go over the midway like how Corkscrew is. I think that is very logical to do in my opinion. I know that Corkscrew is a spectacle to look at and trust me, I love seeing it running, but everyone knows the ride sucks and it’s not going to be as enjoyable as it was for kids to be prepared for the bigger rides since it’s so rough. Now that they are adding a wild mouse, that’s THREE coasters kids can ride before they start riding the big ones. This is just my opinion on it, you might’ve already said something like this, but I’m not sure so I’m commenting it.

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

Given the rides they already moved, it would not surprise me at all if they were prepping the Corkscrew plot for something new

@talesfromthetrip

Жыл бұрын

@@AirtimeThrills Yeah, they’ve got to be planning something. I don’t think they will take down Dragster either for more space. I know a lot of people think they will, but it’s just too popular to even consider it.

just btw never change your intro

@AirtimeThrills

Жыл бұрын

I actually was going to put a new one together. But the song will never change

by the way, Tusenfryd is finally announcing there new coaster 1. september

I was really hoping that cedar point would get the first TerraCoaster

I think #7 is being relocated and retrofitted with an lsm launch