Catwalk Span?

Sorry. I meant Tuesday the 3rd.

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see ya at the point........

There is two supports fastened verticaly (not sure if I spelled that right) in between each of the catwalks. alot of people including myself had a chance to visit soak city parking lot when there were yellow supports in it. There is no way those supports were 25 feet long. Because two 25 feet supports means each level would be about 50 feet apart. I do not remember seeing any supports that were that long

Was it 6th? my bad, forgive me on that one

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Go Bellevue High School Band!

No problem

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see ya at the point........

Has anyone actually seen a ninth catwalk?

I do not think that there is a 9th catwalk

Not sure how many other people read this, but in the final stats thread jeff himself said the ride will be between 400 and 450 feet tall(also noted the speed but that's not really relavant to this topic).

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Enjoy your ride on the Big Bad Bug

Many, many, many people have read that. But alot of them haven't taken the time apparently to read subsequent posts that explain that it was an imposter using the name ".Jeff" that posted that info. Jeff has also stated that it was not his post.

Also, there is no 8th catwalk nor is there a 9th catwalk. All the catwalks have been put up. The back column has been angled more to the front. In the next couple days or so the front two columns will also bend towards the middle. The 8th level will be the odd piece. NO CATWALK!!!

Actually, look in the topic about "Final Stats?" third from the bottom. Real Jeff said it would be between 400 and 450' and between 110 and 120 mph.

--James

You're right. Sorry. It's too late. I'm going to bed.

I realize people can get pretty raw on this board in risk of getting flamed I will say this. I know that Uniform Building Code states that Guardrails are to be a minimum of 42 inches from walking deck to top of rail. With that in mind I took this picture http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery1896.htm?Picture=15 and imported it into a Cad Program then scaled the picture to have the railing at 42 inches. I realize that there is a tolerance which I will assume as 2 feet for every section of tower. I came up with a distance of approximately 43 feet adding the 2 feet of tolerance to each of the seven sections I came up with a number 315 feet to the bottom of the seventh catwalk deck.

If you are interested in the UBC code Email me at MCMASTER@INTERFACEENGINEERING.COM

and I will send a scanned copy of the actual code

Maybe I'm missing something, but what's to say the railings on this ride don't go beyond the minimum requirement??? If they were say 48 inches, wouldn't that throw your math off enough so that you'd be looking at something much closer to 50 feet between sections?

-Matt
2001 Magnum Crew

When I was there in Oct. I found one of the vertical pieces on the ground and did an old fashioned "count the paces" to measure it's length. I came up with around 57', so I believe that the real height of each level is indeed around 55'.

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but Ohio has Cedar Point and Put-In-Bay.
It's great to live in Ohio!

In construction most companies will build to code. They don't typically feel a need to build beyond code because it costs more money. In a project this large probably costing around 18 to 22 million dollars they will minimize cost whenever possible.

I also reworked the picture to have the railing at 48 inches.

I came up with a distance of 45 feet. plus the 2 foot tolerance I added to my previous calculation it works out to 329 feet to the bottom of the seventh catwalk deck there is a difference of only 14 feet. so I feel safe in saying the tower is currently 320 feet to the bottom of the seventh catwalk.

Please note that the tolerance can add or subtract to the overall height of the tower I was generous and added to the height.
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Someone previously made the comment that Intamin, being an European firm, would fabricate this ride in metric measurements. Just for fun, if the spacing of catwalks is 15 meters, that equates to 49'-2". Multiply by 7 and you have a tower height of 344'-6". Add in another section of tower supports, plus tabletop and track, that gets us close to 420'. Sounds about right.

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No... I didn't use 122 in any post. That wasn't me. Thank you for playing.

How about this... It'll be between 400 and 450 feet tall and go between 110 and 120 mph?

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"Climbing as we fall, we dare to hold on to our fate, and steal away our destiny to catch ourselves with quiet grace" - The Stairs, INXS

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Cstrman, with this being said, are you going to try and convince me that there could possibly be 3 more sections to the tower? Great idea and all but your measurements are clearly inaccurate(sp). Don't get me wrong, I don't think Jeff is god by any means, but he knows a hell of a lot more about the ride than most of us on the board so I think it would be pretty safe to assume that 400-450 is going to be the range we're looking at, so why the height need to be argued any more is beyond me. People always find some reason to disagree though.

Peace I'm Out

No I am not trying to say that, I was just stating what I think the current height is. I am not trying to say how tall the ride will be.
I was just making my own guess.

50 feet between each catwalk, one more to go, the curved one that goes directly under or next to the crown at the top....it's easy, the bottom boom of the cranes are 200 feet. When they're straight up, use that as a measuring stick. Why would they build something at odd measurements anyway? 50'-50'-50'- seems to make more sense than 47' 2 1/2" or whatever.....all speculation aside, IT'S HIGH ENOUGH FOR ME!!!

cstrman31,

You're mostly right about building to code. The intentions behind any building code is to protect the safety and well-being of it's occupants. This works well most of the time. On large structures, code sometimes isn't comfortable.

For example, soon after the Cincinnati Convention Center was complete, a large wedding reception was held in the main room. The largest clear span under the floor was around 300 feet. With everyone dancing and moving around, the floor 'bounced' or deflected around 10" up and down. This flexure was enough to scare people out of the building. Upon review, the architects and engineers determined that 10" was acceptable, up to code, and within specifications for the beams, BUT was not comfortable for the occupants. It was safe, but scary. Even though the building was built up to code, it wasn't enough...they re-inforced the beams to minimize the deflection. On a project such as Cedar Point's, building up to code may not be enough.
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I think I might have stated this in a post a few weeks ago. The best view, in order to "estimate" the height of this thing, is on the Edison Bridge going over the Sandusky Bay. At the crest of the bridge, which is approximately 50' above the water, it appeared just a little taller than the MF lift hill. At that time, I do believe there were only 6 catwalks installed. See where I'm going?