Double twist?

This coaster is a mix of MF, a tad of WT, and a cup of XC, with Mustard, Ketchup, and Mayo on top.

That spider support makes no sense to me, guess I'll have to see it up before I figure that one out...

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House of Tomorrow: Only technology makes live worth living

That is gonna be major airtime!!!! There definitely has to be more than L-TH-B. Those track pieces have a different radius then the curved pieces in this picture:

http://www.setecx.com/pics/cp101202const/imagepages/PICT0153.html

I think it will have a 450 degree twist because if it turned right it would have to go behind the support leg. Turning left they is open air.

You have to remember that the tophat isn't a perfect semi-circle. The radius gets small as it gets towards the top.

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June 28th: LocoBazooka Tour (Sevendust headlining)
July 11th: Korn, Puddle of Mudd, and Deadsy

Does this mean we will have to have shoulder harnesses?

I'd hope not...I highly doubt it.

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June 28th: LocoBazooka Tour (Sevendust headlining)
July 11th: Korn, Puddle of Mudd, and Deadsy

No need for shoulder harnesses because the initial launch would hurt.

(Think flight of fear before lap bars)
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If they invert us 400 ft in the air, there will have to be shoulder harnesses, no questions asked.

Where does it say "Thou Shalt Not Invert Thy Rider Exceeding 400 Feet" since you said there are no questions asked?

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Joshua Wilcox

You're right. I was about to post the same type of topic-I say L:TH:TW:B.

And this thing is NOT going to be over 400 feet. I doubt it will be 350 by looking at the angle that support bows inward to meet up with the other supports. I say it meets them at 280-300 and tophat is about 50 feet over that. When you crest over the tophat,it does a 90 degree drop with a twist on the way down.

Who said this ride was going to settle record disputes anyway? Was it CP?

So Jeff-Are we close??

How can you say it won't be 350? They still have 3 catwalks to put up(2 at construction site and 1 in parking lot), and if they're spaced at about 45-50 feet apart, that adds up to 315-350 feet just on the main support structure, let alone how much the top hat will extend. It'll have to be atleast 350 in my opinion.

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Enjoy your ride on the Big Bad Bug

I didn't know they had that many catwalks yet to put up. Interesting. That main beam in the back that bows forward is going to meet up to form a T of sorts to give the tophat it's final support before the track goes solo over it. It is kind of like the inverted turn after the first drop of MF.At least thats what I think.

Jeff said that it would settle all record disputes...well in the form of a question so it was pretty much implied. Over 400 is nearly a given.

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June 28th: LocoBazooka Tour (Sevendust headlining)
July 11th: Korn, Puddle of Mudd, and Deadsy

If this coaster is only going to be L-TH-B then I'd like to know what they're going to do with the weird looking support in the first picture from BadInfluence's post. There's no way that piece could fit on the current tower. Where else would they put it? As a sculpture at the entrance to the ride?

And if you couldn't tell the last sentence was sarcasm.

I think we’ll see a lot more construction after the park closes for the season.

Curtis

Well, in this picture:

http://www.virtualmidway.com/popup/mysterypopup6001.asp?image=attraction402.jpg&title=Mystery%20Attraction

you see curved walkways and railings. Does this imply that the top-hat won't be unsupported like Xcelerator's, but actually have walkways??

Either that, or those railings are for the queue line. I highly doubt that the tophat will extend over the tower, though.

How about if the top hat has a loop below it? If the TH is basically not inverted, but then does an immelman loop below the "top" of the top hat? That would allow riders to go over the edge and stare down a 400ft (or whatever) drop twice.

Just trying to explain that weird support with some wishful thinking.

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Steve

Found the Point in 2002 and love it!

I think it'll be fully supported....With the swaying problems of WT (Yes i know it's because it was by the beach...)...400 feet in the air, unsupported will have just as much/more problems.

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OMG! The Space Spiral is leaning!!" Must be the weight of that new air conditioning system everyone keeps hypothesizing about...

Yes,I think they will have to have some support for a tophat,if this thing does hit 100mph,there will be a good bit of stress on the tophat if it were unsupported.I still don't think 400 feet is going to be seen. I say 350 tops.

Well, by the time the train GETS to 400' it wouldn't be travelling 100mph anymore, so there's really no reason to believe that an unsupported portion of the tophat would undergo any "more" stress than XCelerators.

Not that I know anything, just pointing out...

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GregLeg1 does have a point. I thought of this too but since I don't know nearly as much about coasters as some of ya'll (damn, I'm losing my Michigan accent already) do, I didn't say anything. But the speed over the TH will be about the same speed over XCelerators TH. The rest of the track is supported pretty good by the huge tower so I wouldn't think there would be much stress left on the TH once the train has cleared it. I don't think an unsupported tophat is out of the question at all. In fact it might be better in the case of some twists cause some of us have long arms and you know I'll be holdin' em out there! I don't care what the sign says.

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The Fast and the Fearless
*** This post was edited by IntegraGSR 10/21/2002 3:09:53 AM ***