Problem on the site?

No worries.

Jeff- I thought I had heard the whole thing was done on site (obviously using machines to bend the steel, but not the big computer controlled rigs that are used today). So each section was done in Utah and then tweaked to fit on site and welded?

looks as if they fixed the problem! next!

I wonder if they are removing the pieces because of a "posting error"?

http://www.pointbuzz.com/cpplace.aspx?mode=thread&TopicID=19428

Oops forgot the ;)

*** Edited 8/22/2006 4:53:08 PM UTC by RTurb0***

how tall do you think that bunny hill is, 75 Feet?

I remember hearing that when they put the last piece of track on Maggie there was like still about a 3 foot gap and they had to fabricate another piece

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/2036/cpmeanrt5.jpg

It was estimated to be around 60' tall over at CB, by comparing its height to MS.

EDIT: See link above.
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Exactly 1:00 on the nose, and they are back!

You can see that they have attached the strap that was under the track to the base of the support next to it with a come-a-long. The "tweaking" continues. Or someone can start the thread of "Project 2007 is sinking"

When they build coasters, there are sections of the track that dont fit perfectly together. it's usually just a fraction of an inch and they just lossen the bolts to make the track bend that extra fraction of an inch. When the sections fit they then tighten the bolts and construction goes on as planned.

Oh tuffy... The darned thing hasnt been announced yet. It is definitely not time to start talking about sinking.

In regards to the engineers and what not... I've seen them out there alsmost everyday that I've been out there, especially in the last two months.

It did seem, this morning when I was up there, that they were working to get a better fit between a few pieces, but that was it, and all seemed to go smoothly.

Referring waaaay back to the original post in this thread...

I /really/ hope they weren't surveying with GPS. That's only a little bit inaccurate.

You didn't stay all day to monitor and document the progress, Doug? Geesh. :) Your pics look great though. Thanks as always.

Michael Darling said:
Referring waaaay back to the original post in this thread...

I /really/ hope they weren't surveying with GPS. That's only a little bit inaccurate.

Gee, I wonder why not? It's just accurate to within a few meters...I'm sure the length between some supports is an acceptable margin of error, right? ;)

Only if you're Roller Coaster Corp of America.

Michael Darling said:
Referring waaaay back to the original post in this thread...

I /really/ hope they weren't surveying with GPS. That's only a little bit inaccurate.

The GPS the public can get is deliberately washed down to a low tolerance of about 2~3 feet. However what military and some civil engineering companies use is MUCH more accurate.

GPS is still not as accurate as a "Total Station". We have two survey crews working on our site, and the one using GPS is always off. It drives us NUTS!!

Even military grade GPS isn't accurate to within the few millimeters you need when surveying for such an accurately engineered project as a roller coaster.

GPS for surveying is a dumb idea until technology is updated to within the past 2 decades.