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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mechanical engineer here. If the velocity is such that a rider cresting the top of the intermediate hill would be launched on an upward trajectory (in other words, he has sufficient upward momentum to overcome the gravity that would push him back down the slide, or "get air"), and the only thing that was supposed to keep him in the raft was the Velcro harness, then why wouldn't the raft itself be launched upward, too, with all the other occupants, on every other ride? I don't think it's held down by anything.[/quote] I have read that the front of rafts frequently catch air on that portion of the slide but the heaviest occupants are in the back and I suppose their weight/Velcro kept them/that part of the raft down. He was in the very front with Velcro straps that were reported to be coming undone on rides that day by earlier occupants. [/quote]
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