New for 2006 - Skyhawk

Its approximately one buttload, give or take. Of course this is an estimate...

Seriously, though - Its got to be quite a bit, since this ride is a biped meaning the footers need to take quite a beating.

One buttload huh? That's funny...lol. It just makes me curious because everytime I look at the webcam there are concrete trucks all over the place. So I'm wondering if the footers are just as big as MaXairs? I know MaXair had a lot of Concrete poured as well.

Yeah, but don't forget that they also re-concreted a large portion of the Kiddy Kingdom/midway area. So maXair beats SkyHawk by at least a buttload 1/2 .:)

I was thinking about the strong force of the swing motion of Skyhawk and maXair and thought about the fact that Skyhawk has two arms going at the same rate at opposite directions, so they kind of cancel eachother's swing motion out, leaving just the difference of rider weight to deal with. (Can someone who knows what they're talking about back me up on this.)

Anyway, maXair has four legs that aren't really bolted directly to the ground which allows for some movement I think. See these pictures below.

http://www.cedarpoint.com/_upload/images/galleries/images/maXair19.jpg

http://www.cedarpoint.com/_upload/images/galleries/images/maXair023v.jpg

I'd say maXair uses more concrete though, because it looks like it weighs a bit more. *** Edited 11/23/2005 2:29:46 AM UTC by Gomez***

New photos have been posted in the SkyHawk photo gallery.

Today is a good day to not be working on Skyhawk.

Today is a good day to not be out....period!!:)

Yes Definately, good thing they poured the concrete for the second Footer finished. Well I mean more will probably be poured, but at least the base of the footers are both done. I want to wish the construction crew a Happy ThanksGiving for Tomorrow.

Yes, we should all wish them a happy Turkey Day since they have been (and will be) working hard.

Since before Thanksgiving this topic has dropped a little. I was just curious if anyone has watched the webcam the last couple of days? Is there anything going on, or will we have to wait until tomorrow to see the action again?

I havn't really noticed anything.
Everyone must still be on vacation.:)

Having had my Thanksgiving over a month ago, I can report that there was nothing going on all weekend. Construction workers get vacation too you know.

I understand that, and I have to say I wasn't really thinking about that when I posted that last night. Anyway though, when is everyone coming back and how long is their vacation?

Probably a few days.(just a guess)
I know that the workers that are doing the Patriot inverted coaster started back at it a day after Thanksgiving.

Back to the concrete issue, This is somewhat of a guess as I do not know the dimensions of the footer, but from the looks of the framing in the photo gallery on cedar points website, it looks to be maybe 4'x30'x30' which would make it 133 yards of concrete, with the average cement truck with a full load holding 10 yards.

So alot of the concrete that is being recycled from White Water Landing, will probably be used again and poured for Skyhawk. My question is, does it cost more money to recycle concrete or just pour new concrete? Adam do you have that website you gave me yesterday night?

I seriously doubt they would have reused the concrete for Skyhawk. I think they reuse concrete for agrogate in roads and stuff, but I'm not sure it would be used in something structural like a footer or a foundation. I'm not a concrete expert though, so don't quote me on that.

Yes I do Shawn. Here: http://www.camrose.com/engineer/ConcreteRecycling/concrec.htm

camrose.com said:
Q: What will be done with the crushed concrete and asphalt pieces?

A: The City plans to use the crushed pieces as a "sub-base" gravel for new roads on City projects. Sub-base gravel is used in the bottom layer of a road, designed to give the road its strength. Because the crushed material is still about 63 millimetres (2 1/2") in size, it is not suitable for use as the finished surface for the roads. In reusing this concrete as sub-base gravel, rather than using new gravel that would need to purchased from another source, the City will be saving taxpayers thousands of dollars.

Thanks Adam. I learned a lot from that weblink. So since I read what you posted, I'm betting they'll recycle the concrete to repair the frontiertown midway after Skyhawk Is Built.

Well I have good news everyone! Today Cedar Point has changed the background color of their website to red and green and has added snow in the animation background. This looks good for the Holidays, don't yall think so.