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03/17/2006

Students Build Indoor Roller Coaster

Students at Royal Oak Intermediate School have built a roller coaster in their gymnasium that stands 24 feet tall while occupying approx. 10,000 square feet. This fully functional coaster includes three lifts/drops, a figure eight, and a 360 degree loop. The track is 400 feet long and students claim you'll reach a top speed of 35mph coming down the tallest drop .
"Our kids wanted to do something bigger," Rubio said. "We literally had to stop because the back light was in the way. The only thing that stopped this being bigger was the size of the gym."
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Posted at 03/17/2006 2:46pm by yourname
fully functional my arse
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Posted at 03/17/2006 2:58pm by myname
What a waste of wood.
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Posted at 03/17/2006 3:37pm by 1337
lol
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Posted at 03/17/2006 3:43pm by K-SO
so can you actually ride it... or is it just a gay model that just sits there and.... nothing
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Posted at 03/17/2006 3:54pm by Strongbad
how does it work? is their a track a cart? is it a slide? i dont get how this thing is fully functional
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Posted at 03/17/2006 4:51pm by Jedd
It has a cart with skateboard wheels... and i guess its just gravity powered.
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Posted at 03/17/2006 5:08pm by Amanda alba
Thats very cool
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Posted at 03/17/2006 5:10pm by Amanda alba
I want to ride it sent me an email to tell me where it's at!!!k?? well peace out!! LATE!!!
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Posted at 03/17/2006 5:12pm by Paul
"Reach 35mph on the tallest drop", just before you hit the floor, because there's nothing keeping you on the "track".
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Posted at 03/17/2006 5:49pm by que cool
ummmmm.......yeah
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Posted at 03/17/2006 7:38pm by Dave
I found some other site commenting on it. No humans ride it... waste, but it's not exactly built by pro engineers, so I'd agree with not sending kids on it. Here's the link: http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=1755351
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Posted at 03/17/2006 7:48pm by click here
JEDD just FYI: All rollercoasters are powered by gravity. Ever heard of potential energy?
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Posted at 03/17/2006 9:09pm by Alex
haha i bet sum1 feels dumb rgt now, i guess the kids no more than yu. hzhzh
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Posted at 03/19/2006 04:43am by doug funny
english please....
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Posted at 03/19/2006 8:45pm by Deadly Computer Blog - Indoor Rollercoaster….for really, really, really, tiny people
[...] I gotta say, this is really cool! read more  [...]
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Posted at 03/20/2006 02:27am by P
cool!
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Posted at 03/20/2006 02:35am by Josh
Learn some writing skills before you talk trash to people...and this is really gay, by the way...
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Posted at 03/20/2006 03:43am by MasterWu
Awesome!
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Posted at 03/20/2006 03:55am by james
I dont understand what they expected to teach the kids by having them build a piece of crap.
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Posted at 03/20/2006 04:04am by drew guysenberger
hey i went to that school.seriously
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Posted at 03/20/2006 04:36am by Rob
errr.... what the f**k keeps u on the track? i think a more appropriate name for this would be a "suicide coaster"
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Posted at 03/20/2006 04:46am by Jack
Easy lawsuit
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Posted at 03/20/2006 05:34am by B
shoulda had em build a house
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Posted at 03/20/2006 05:49am by Adam
they've just been told theres a big game on tonight! shucks!!
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Posted at 03/20/2006 05:53am by BC
I rather spend my time at an amusement park riding the real thing.
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