Gatekeeper Test runs

^Come on Captain! What are you thinking? How dare you use logic! ;)

^^True but there is something going on.

Yes, and it's called "testing."

Your mom is to fat to ride TTD. said:
You guys are putting way to much thought into this.

Ha yuppp I'm with ya man.

I feel I'm partially to blame for this ongoing discussion. lol

If it helps any, I'm 99% sure this reverse train thing isn't happening..

Reverse POV videos have been getting popular on places like Youtube for some time now. You can find Swarm, MF, and TTD reverse POV videos as well as many others. I really, really, really think that's all it is/was.

^Maverick too.

But if it were an official reverse POV, wouldn't it be facing off the very back of the train?

^Good point.

Or they are just showing us what the seats look like...

Hey, I'm heading up to Battery Park in Sandusky today. Is Gatekeeper testing today?

According to the park, they'll be testing GK 6-8 hours a day, 7 days a week.

samosuband said:
But if it were an official reverse POV, wouldn't it be facing off the very back of the train?

Sort of. What you're describing is what I like to call, "reverse-reverse POV."

Let me explain. It's Saturday, and I'm feeling good about this topic.

"Forward POV"
Direction of travel =>
Camera at FRONT of train faces =>

"Reverse POV"
Direction of travel =>
Camera at FRONT of train faces <=

"Reverse-reverse POV"
Direction of travel =>
Camera at BACK of train faces <=

Would this be considered, "too much time on my hands?" Because let me tell you, there isn't enough!

OnPointTony said:

samosuband said:
But if it were an official reverse POV, wouldn't it be facing off the very back of the train?

Sort of. What you're describing is what I like to call, "reverse-reverse POV."

Let me explain. It's Saturday, and I'm feeling good about this topic.

"Forward POV"
Direction of travel =>
Camera at FRONT of train faces =>

"Reverse POV"
Direction of travel =>
Camera at FRONT of train faces <=

"Reverse-reverse POV"
Direction of travel =>
Camera at BACK of train faces <=

Would this be considered, "too much time on my hands?" Because let me tell you, there isn't enough!

Looking forward to a Reverse Reverse-reverse POV

I appreciate the time you took to make those helpful explanatory arrows, Tony.

Now get back to work. :)

It's that way. ==>

Found a video of Gatekeeper testing. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjiLCDlz3L8

^Thats awesome! Nice find. It doesn't look like they have all the fast wheels on yet.

Hopefully they don't have any fast wheels on it yet, that thing is CREEPING along the track.

It was really cold and windy here in Sandusky today, too.

And it has been mentioned before that these coasters look slower than they really are. I think it looks like it's running pretty well in terms of speed.