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Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Louisville, Kentucky Greezed Lightnin' Opening April 24, 2003 Page Four
Speaking of physics here is where Greezed Lightnin' gets all of it's thrust.
In the tower out past the front spike a weight falls and pulls on a steel cable. That cable goes through a bunch of pulleys and pulls this little cart that pushes the train down the track. What's neat about this is that with a flywheel launch Schwarzkopf shuttle loop this car would back up along the track but with the drop-weight model of the ride the cart goes around in a circle on a track instead of back and forth. I just think it's a cool way to launch a coaster and I really enjoy checking out the engineering skill that went into making Greezed Lightnin'.
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