Now, you could just wear a motorcycle helmet and protective clothing before strapping in, but there's another problem that no amount of protective gear could fix: g-force. But at 370 kilometers per hour, you and the unfortunate bird would likely die from the collision. Narrator: At lower speeds, it could leave you with a bad bruise or a painful welt, like with the Kingda Ka rider. Matus: And I was like, oh my God, oh my God.
Speaking of missiles, dust and debris wouldn't be the only problem.Ĭalabrese: The main thing I'd be worried about is if you had a bird strike. It reaches a top speed of 240 kilometers per hour, and anyone who rides it has to wear goggles to protect their eyes, because at those speeds, dust and debris in the air turn into tiny missiles. Narrator: Some of this is already a problem for Formula Rossa, the fastest roller coaster in the world. And your ears would probably start popping, which wouldn't be fun. Your eyes would be seeing a lot of damage if there was debris in the air or anything like that.
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Matt Calabrese: Your skin would pull back at the cheeks. For comparison, Here's what a wind tunnel does to a human face. Going this fast, the wind alone would cause serious damage. And on our 800-meter-tall mega-coaster, riders would hit the blistering top speed of 370 kilometers per hour. The true limit of a roller coaster's height has less to do with engineering and more to do with the limits of the human body, because the higher the roller coaster, the faster you'll drop under gravity. But what if we built a roller coaster even taller? What if there was a coaster that went as high as the tallest building on Earth, the Burj Khalifa? Well, it's a good thing we don't, because strapping in to a ride like that might be the last thing you ever did. At 139 meters, it's nearly the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Narrator: This is Kingda Ka, the tallest roller coaster in the world. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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