New for 2006 - Skyhawk

I think SkyHawks blue is a bit bifferent from Xtreme Swing's blue.....I think.:P

*** Edited 12/15/2005 9:43:02 PM UTC by TTD 120mph***

Well, now it's starting to be interesting to tune into. The ride structure itself.

I didn't realise it came in two peice also.

Tony and Tyler have posted a new entry that says Skyhawk will rise up on Tuesday. I got a good laugh out of the title "Get the popcorn ready!". :)

I'm looking so forward to 2006 and the offseason is still far from over. 2006 will be my last time of owning a season pass for a while, which is a very good thing since come 2007 I'll be applying for a job at the park I just happen to love. We're almost there, I can almost taste it. :)

Curse you Gomez, you're getting ahead of me!!!:)

2006 is not to far....140 days will fly by and we'll be on SkyHawk before we know it.
But more importantly, Dragster will be open for that good old 420foot, 120mph in 4 seconds rush....eh Gomez?;)

^Who'd forget that?

Not me!:)

I will also *try* to make a animation for Tuesday and Wednesday. Then I will release them.

Well if they were make the structure rise today, there would be perfect weather for it. As Tony & Tyler said, the weather in Ohio is unpredictable. It can be worse then for you guys in Michigan sometimes. Does anybody have a clearer picture of the bottom legs of Skyhawk? It looks really blurry right now.

Im sorry if this has been brought up before (I havent been able to read all 20 pages yet), but exactly how does SKYHAWK work? Is there an air turbine? A set of pneumatic-piston engines? I truly have no idea.

~the clean up crew~

S&S has a thing with pneumatic pistions. If you look at the crown, there are two large flanged disks that cables will be fixed to. The cables will go down into the structure rounding the disks for both sides allowing one cylinder to pull the unit up one direction and the other to do so in the opposite direction. There will be pneumatic cylinders inside the structure that will pull from one side untill it reaches a certain point. Then the ride switches and pulls with the other cylinder causing the unit to accelerate in the opposite direction. The ride switches back and forth controlled by the program.

Slowing down could easily be done by putting a restrictor on the air flow line. When the unit moves in one direction the restrictor prevents the air from free flowing and the unit will slow down as a result. They could go as far a lapping the air flow. This would be closing off the cylinders completely forcing the ride to stop very quickly by bouncing. It would quickly stablize in whatever position the valves closed.

Thanks ForgottenEE. That helps alot. So basically, its exactly like PT with the whole pistons and cables thing. And lapping the air would make a great E-stop.

~the clean up crew~

Wow you really summed it up Forgotten EE! I had an idea of how it worked but you really told me all about it in that post right there. You must be In college or recent graduate from some college.

Wow is it me or does it look like Skyhawk is officially part of Frontiertown & Cedar Point? Man it looks so good, Tomorrow which is now today is going to be enjoying to see the top half of Skyhawk done. Now when it's finished, I think we won't be able to tell what ever happend next year.

Just like maXair, TTD, Wicked Twister, Millennium Force, Power Tower, Mantis, and Raptor.

I was wored about it not fiting on the webcam. But it did.

Anything really happen today as far as the top of Skyhawk being Topped Off? I didn't really have a chance to look at it today, but that's alright I'll make up for it tomorrow.

Not really. They dropped the crown and had to start over, so it'll be at least tomorrow before its topped off.

Looks like they are topping it off now if you ask me.

Thank you Walt for those pictures and that Time Laspe video. I looked at every single picture, I think that was better then looking at the webcam. Although the webcam is fun to look at, but the pictures are really the details of what you dont see.