Final Weekend Pictures

Looks very close to 300 feet.

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From the wide park shot from Walt, I'd say that it's right around 260-270. It is nearly the same distance from the camera as PT, and the supports are about half way between the flat portion and round crown of PT.

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A little off topic, but if all those footers in that one area is where the station will be, is there enough launch track length, to get enough speed to get up a 400 ft coaster. Just wondering because it doesn't look like the launch track area is very long to go 100+ mph, in the pictures.

The length of the launch track really isn't the deciding factor in the speed of a rocket coaster like LIM coasters. The hydraulic fluid is pressurized with nitrogen gass and sent though turbines, to generate the sled's speed.

It is my understanding that the length of the launch run only controls the amount of G's exerted on riders. If there was a 300 foot long launch at the same speed as a 1000 foot long launch, the 300 foot launch would produce significantly more G's on riders than on the 1000 foot launch. The accelartion of the shorter one might have something like 6 G's while the longer one could have 2 G's.

Also, the launch will probably only have to be for around 350-360 feet because the launch is inclined so that it's end point will be around 50 feet high.

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Launch: Tophat: Twistage: Brakes...

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*** This post was edited by CP_bound 10/27/2002 7:29:44 PM ***

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force312 said:
Anyone have a good idea of the towers current height? Is each section about 50-60 ft?

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It's REALLY tall. I was there today and it's definately cleared Maggie.

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