세계 최고 높이 '워터슬라이드' 테스트 중 The world's tallest water slide tests VIDEO
미국 캔자스 시티의 Schlitterbahn 워터파크는 5월에 개장할 예정이었지만 지연을 반복해
7월에 개장 계획이다
명실공히 세계 최고 높이 워터슬라이드가 될 이 시설의 사장인 Jeff Henry는 자신의 생애에 가장 공포스러운
놀이기구라고 말했다.
사실 이 슬라이드는 나이아가라 폭포 보다도 더 높은 17층 높이 또는 50m 높이에서 60~70mph (31 m/s)의
속도로 떨어지게 된다.
*1 mph = 0.44704 m/s
* 음속은 340m/s
'Like jumping off the Empire State Building!'
Owner of the world's tallest water slide tests it himself after launch is delayed a third time and admits it's the 'scariest thing' he's done
The Verruckt was scheduled to open at Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark on May 23 but has faced repeated delays
The slide's name translates as 'go insane' and it is now scheduled to open in July
Park-owner Jeff Henry has described the ride as 'the scariest thing [he'd] done'
The drop from the top is further than the height of Niagara Falls
Riders will descend 17 storeys or 168 feet at between 60 and 70mph
By David Mccormack
When the world's tallest water slide finally opens it will be, as this video shows, be absolutely terrifying.
The Verruckt, German for ‘go insane’, will see its riders drop 17 storeys or 168-foot-tall - further down than if they were jumping off Niagara Falls.
The opening date at Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark was recently delayed for a third time by problems with the conveyor system that transports the four person raft to the top of the slide.
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