Tophat?

Does anybody else think that the pieces of track in this photo could be the components of a tophat element?

http://www.pointbuzz.com/gallery.aspx?i=4031

It looks similar to the Dragster's tophat with a piece of curvy track, followed by several pieces of arched track, and then another piece of curvy track.

http://www.rcdb.com/ig1896.htm?picture=48

Only one problem the support attachment is on the wrong side... :) the train would be going upside down through the tophat

Intamin's tophats are done with their box track. They do this for support reasons.

Not to mention there are a thousand reasons why they wouldnt do that again. ;)

Aaron_toledo said:
Only one problem the support attachment is on the wrong side... :) the train would be going upside down through the tophat

Kind of like Mr. Freeze?

http://www.rcdb.com/ig281.htm?picture=2

They are going in a "whole new direction" after all.

OK,we have several curved bits and a few twisty bits. All discussions about track types aside, sure they could be for an inverted tophat. They could also easily be for the valley of a hill, a turn, a heartline spin, a transition into/out of a banked turn...etc, on and on and on...

People are trying to connect the dots without numbers in here. Just chill and see what's coming. We only have a few months before we find out for sure.

No, no I don't think it resembles a tophat.

It's would be very tight because of the support location and amount of curve, even compared to the pics of Dragster.

Aaron_toledo said:
Only one problem the support attachment is on the wrong side... :) the train would be going upside down through the tophat

Who said it couldn't be an inverted coaster?

Correct me if im wrong but, i dont think Intamin does inverts.

Nice try tho.

Yeah, they actually do....

FluffyliketheForce said:
Correct me if im wrong but, i dont think Intamin does inverts.

Nice try tho.

http://www.rcdb.com/ig1076.htm

Don't forget Volcano. Oh, and all the impulses.

And that one already at Cedar Point.

^ Wicked Twister

That inverted Intamin looks pretty cool - it would be nice to see.

i am betting on a looper still... the support pictures are confirming that for me as well... could be 100% wrong but I am hoping for a looper.

coastergeek1 said:

FluffyliketheForce said:
Correct me if im wrong but, i dont think Intamin does inverts.

Nice try tho.

http://www.rcdb.com/ig1076.htm

Burn....

Thanx for watchin my back man.

It is most likely to be a looper only because CedarPoint only has three loopers, and only one sit down looper. Time will only tell. ;] *** Edited 6/19/2006 2:56:43 PM UTC by Jerreus***

^ I didn't even realize that Cedar Point only has 3 loopers

^ Yup only three. *** Edited 6/19/2006 11:19:52 PM UTC by Jerreus***