Talk:Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom

Inaccurate statement

The article states: "attaining a terminal velocity of 90 miles per hour (140 km/h) for six seconds"

I don't believe this could be correct, as 1 mile = 5280 feet. 90 miles would = 475,200 feet. Thus 90 miles an hour is 475,200 feet per hour. An hour = 60 * 60 seconds, or 3600 seconds. Thus, 90 miles an hour = 475,200 feet per 3600 seconds, or 132 feet per second. If this speed were kept up for 6 seconds, as the article states, the ride would cover 792 feet.

It's not that tall.

XjeaxaxX (talk) 20:19, 27 April 2015 (UTC) XjeaxaxX (first time ever posting to wikipedia)  :)

Orlando FreeFall

ThePoi, thought I'd bring your recent revert to the talk page. We know the height of both structures, and quite a few reliable sources are calling FreeFall the new record holder. If there is published information that compares the drop heights of both, please provide them here for review. Speculation and original research are not permitted. --GoneIn60 (talk) 09:49, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing it up. Icon Park's and many other websites mentions that Free Fall is 430ft tall. The website also mentions that Free Fall drops almost 400ft. In terms of structural height, if you measure Zumanjaro by itself (not including the rest of Kingda Ka), then yes Free Fall is taller structurally. However by comparing a drop towers height, it should be measured by drop height. If there is a 500ft drop tower but you only actually drop 10ft, then you wouldn’t exactly consider it as the worlds tallest. Many sources does consider Free Fall as the tallest however it is based on structural height. Also I don’t think there are any official records or measurement for tallest drop towers so there isn’t really any clear criteria drop towers should be measured by. It does appear these sources are taking information from Icon Park's website itself. I am willing to start a discussion about what criteria we should use to measure a drop towers height if necessary. ThePoi (talk) 10:31, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Yes, the more I look into it, the more I see sources calling FreeFall the tallest free-standing drop tower, meaning not attached to another structure. So we should take that into consideration, and more sources will likely be released in the near future analyzing this further. However, until then, we cannot speculate or attempt to analyze this ourselves (especially the drop height, which I have yet to see documented for either drop tower). We should follow what the sources are reporting. I'll try to gather what I can find in the next couple days and post back here with source links (if you want to do the same, great). --GoneIn60 (talk) 10:58, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Before I step away, here is FreeFall's press release. It does claim a drop of "nearly 400 feet". If it can be confirmed in a reliable source that Zumanjaro's drop length is greater, then that would be helpful in determining the direction we take here. All drop towers sacrifice some height for braking, so that should be taken into account as well (at what point does the free fall end?). The maximum speed can be another clue, as Zumanjaro reportedly reaches 90 mph, while FreeFall claims 75 mph. So right there from the surface, it does appear that Zumanjaro has a longer drop. --GoneIn60 (talk) 11:06, 16 January 2022 (UTC)