Does anybody know the duration for the run time of The Flying Machine? Has it changed over the past year or so to be shorter?
It seems like as soon as it is up to full speed at its highest point, you only get about two seconds before it starts to slow and lower back down to the ground.
It seems like as soon as it is up to full speed at its highest point, you only get about two seconds before it starts to slow and lower back down to the ground.
It is much longer than two seconds, but not by much. 
We rode this yesterday and it felt to be the same duration as all the other times I've ridden it. As shown in the video above, it is probably about that long. The longest part of the ride is locking and unlocking the cars. They should have two people doing it like Le catapult.
We rode this yesterday and it felt to be the same duration as all the other times I've ridden it. As shown in the video above, it is probably about that long. The longest part of the ride is locking and unlocking the cars. They should have two people doing it like Le catapult.
Did they make the big bad wolf into the alpengeist?
No, but they are turning eggery deggery into a top spin.
This discussion has gotten mean and gone completely off-topic.
Seems harder to ride it that way, but I'm willing to give it a go.
Are they going to make it faster again?
With the tubs off, it looks like it might just get up and terrifyingly walk away. Kevin Smith has a story about that sort of thing.
It used to get closer to 90 degrees, too.