Was #16 assembled before?

With Cedar point buliding this ride was #16 constructed as a test before it was shiped over? Remember in school pictures of the Statue of Liberty assembled in France before is was disassembled and ship to New York? Well I was kinda wondering if this was the same process.

Maybe there is some kind of secret Intamin playground with all types of test rides! I would love to just see that!

Most manufacturers have prototype rides they build, but I can almost guarantee you that this ride has never been assembled before.

Instead of building it, they test the peices to see if they are within specs. After they confirm that it's a good part, it gets painted, boxed and shipped.

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Angelo, computers with C.A.D. have made pre-assembly obsolete. I believe the 777 was the first airplane built entirely by computer before it was actually assembled.

Playing Devil's advocate...

I would argue that pre-assembly isn't totally obsolete just yet. Is it actually worth the time and cost to perform? Most likely not. But do parts still arrive that need modification on site? Yup.

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I dont think it was because they had to cut the launch supports down.

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Actually, wasn't it the brake supports that they had to cut? When I went there, I thought that the only ones that were up were the brake run's supports. This isn't to say that the launch supports weren't modified, though.

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Here's a topic I started when I saw them cutting the supports:

http://www.guidetothepoint.com/cpplace.aspx?mode=thread&TopicID=9021

Here are some photos from Virtual Midway that show the cut supports:

http://www.virtualmidway.com/popup/mysterypopup6001.asp?image=attraction446.jpg&title=Mystery%20Attraction

http://www.virtualmidway.com/popup/mysterypopup6001.asp?image=attraction336.jpg&title=Mystery%20Attraction

I think they probably had to cut both launch and brake supports, but these are brake supports. Not many launch supports were up when the park was still open.

When they had Sandor at Coastermania last year someone brought up a question about the fabrication process of the track, which is Intamin's trade secret. In that discussion he said that they fabricate the track in order, once a peice is finished they line it up with the peice that was fabricated before that one to make sure that they align.

I'm sure Rideman might have the transcripts on his site.
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magnumdan
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They didn't need to do a whole prototype thaang because they could just take a visit to southern california. Xcelerator uses the same exact system as CP16. There have even been rumors floating around that they tested Xcelerator up to 100 mph. I doubt thats true though.

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i thought the system the had was to connect 2 pieces, then disconnect them and use one of those pieces with the next in sequence...it's hard to explain...

i thought they connect part A with part B and then disconnect, then they connect B with C and so on....i'm confusing myself...

dizzuble pizzost...
*** This post was edited by the guy 11/22/2002 12:04:53 AM ***

Yes, there's your prototype right there - xcellerator.

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FYI, many rides are prototyped in the parks, like Stealth and X, while some at the private company playground, like Thrust Air 2000.

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