Front Half of Structure is up!

Looks like the front structure has gone up to the height of the rear end. I assume next they'll put the track up over there too. Boy once the top part of the two structures get added, construction will go pretty fast. Click here for the 10 second updating webcam.
**I have the picture saved it is too dark by now**
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Would you rather have a Lexus or justice?
A dream or some substance?
A Beamer, a necklace, or freedom?
-Dead Pres

*** This post was edited by force312 on 1/10/2002. ***

Cool, thanks for the update

http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/inside_park/rides/thrill/2002/wt/webcam/

Here is the 2 Wicked Twister cams!

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Excuse me, where is the 10:00 Laser Show Presented by FirstEnegry??

It's still light out.

Anyone have a picture saved when they were putting it up or any others?Thanks.....got home when it was dark...

pezmanguy3@hotmail.com

I have a real player file that I made. It is about 1 meg.

Check it out.
http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/travislea

*** This post was edited by Travis on 1/10/2002. ***

OMG Man that is really awesome!
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Would you rather have a Lexus or justice?
A dream or some substance?
A Beamer, a necklace, or freedom?
-Dead Pres

Yeah really - nice job!
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Break the scream barrier in 2002!
Wicked twists: 0

That movie is quite possibly one of the neatest things I've seen in a long time. Do you have plans to keep up the progress of construction on video? That would be totally cool. How did you set that up btw.???

Wow! That is cool! I was at school all morning and I come home to find the supports up. I wondered what went on when I was boring myself. Thanks!

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2002- Raptor Hot Shots
Force Laps: 424
Wicked Twists: ???

Joey Stewart said:
Do you have plans to keep up the progress of construction on video? That would be totally cool.

If he isn't, I'm sure CP will have one available once it's completed. They had one for MF, here.

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Mr. Skyward is my hero.
"Why don't you change your name to Mike?" "No way, why should I change my name, he's the one who sucks."

Today there was really no action except for twistee and unloading of track. Looks like we will see it take some height in the next week!!http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/travislea

*** This post was edited by Travis on 1/12/2002. ***

Right you are, the full height of the front sturcture is up now! :)

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Would you rather have a Lexus or justice?
A dream or some substance?
A Beamer, a necklace, or freedom?
-Dead Pres

Actually, if that artist's rendering is accurate, the front supports will go up a little bit higher. http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/inside_park/rides/thrill/2002/wt/postcards/displayfull.cfm?id=1
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-Chris Woodard
"Mean Streak would be better if they replaced the square wheels with round ones."

The artist's rendering is dead wrong when it comes to the support structure. The artist basically took a 2nd gen impulse (SUE) and put it in the CP employee's beach. Check out danimation.coasterbuzz.com for a more accurate rendering.

For the curious ones out there, the 1st gen impulse is Linear Gale in Japan: no twists. The 2nd gen are the Six Flags SUE clones: one twist and holding brake. The 3rd gen is WT: two twists. At least that's how I see it. ;)
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Scott W. Short, Rail Junkie
mailto:scott@midwestcoastercentral.com
http://www.midwestcoastercentral.com

*** This post was edited by ShiveringTim on 1/14/2002. ***

Wow, this sounds like my car club, 1g's, 2g's, 3g's. Next I'm gonna hear someone talking about big 16g's, Frank 3's, and Garrett Turbos. :)
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Mr. Skyward is my hero.
"Why don't you change your name to Mike?" "No way, why should I change my name, he's the one who sucks."

Watch the a-frame go up today (Monday).

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/travislea

Travis you're awesome.
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Would you rather have a Lexus or justice?
A dream or some substance?
A Beamer, a necklace, or freedom?
-Dead Pres

Yes, that is awesome!

I have one question though. What exactly is the putting in of a cross brace and then taking it out again? Are they checking the alignment? I've seen then do this in each video Travis has put together.

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2002- Raptor Hot Shots
Force Laps: 424
Wicked Twists: ???

The yahoo account is overloaded for obvious reasons. Here is another url. I am going to put duplicate movies on both sites.

http://www.angelfire.com/film/wickedtwister/index.html

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I wish I could afford a webserver of my very own

Wow, that thing is tall!!! The upper towers are up now, looks pretty cool. The diary was update, Monty said testing will begin in March probably!!! :)