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Theme Park Review3 of 9
SCAD TOWER - MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, BASED IN DALLAS, TEXAS
The Suspended Catch Air Device (or “net, hung from poles, that you fall into” in layman's) is the centerpiece of specialist theme park Zero Gravity Thrill Park, a collection of nets, poles, cranes, and slings that you fall into or out of.
The SCAD is noteworthy for keeping you facing upright for the duration of your 110-foot drop, preventing your conscious mind from really registering the fact that there’s a net beneath/behind you that will prevent you from pancaking and creating an illusion of imminent death so convincing that scientists have used it as a way to safely simulate near-death experiences.
Best of all, the SCAD is a mobile carnival attraction that tours fairs around the country, allowing citizens of all walks of life to experience what it feels like to piss your pants in free-fall.
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Always double down on 11. Unless you end up losing both hands. Then it's a bad idea.
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Who writes this stuff? "crude sleds or carts featuring cruder brakes and (if you’re lucky) seatbelts." Hello? What good do seatbelts do on a "vehicle" that masses less than you do? Just guarentee that your sled comes flying with you (adding to you mass), rather than go flying off course by yourself!
January 23 2013 at 3:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe phrasing of the Traver's Triplets suggests that Cyclone was resopnsible for both deaths. In fact, one was a woman on the Lighting (uncertain if she jumped or fell), and the one attributed to the Cyclone was a man who decided to stand up and take his coat off (showing stupid customers are not a modern convention, though "idiot stopper" restraints are). Hardly attributable to the design or construction of the ride.