Windseeker Testing

Mann.... After watchind CWs Windseeker full speed... im phyched to ride Cedar Points!!!

It appears the "cable guide" has now been set at it's stop position. That better not have been what's been taking soo long to set. ;)

Now hook up those LEDs dadgummit!!

Is it worth pointing out the irony that both of the Funtime Starflyers will be open by this coming weekend?

If you want to also point out the irony that STR opened on time this year....then yes. :)

Only if it's worth mentioning that they're both shorter too. :)

Out of curiosity, what is the tallest Funtime has gone?

How high has Mondial gone with any of there rides? Also they don't have any of the type of windseekers on there website.

Because these Windseekers are the first ones to be made in the world.

Well, almost made, anyway.

TTD 120mph said:
Because these Windseekers are the first ones to be made in the world.

Haha I know that but you would think they would have them on there website to buy for other parks or so forth?

Maybe they're waiting for them to perform before promoting them further. Just my 2 cents. :P

Jason Hammond said:
Only if it's worth mentioning that they're both shorter too. :)

Out of curiosity, what is the tallest Funtime has gone?

Their tallest Starflyer is "Praterturm" coming in at 117 meters (384 feet) tall.

Ensign Smith said:
Just so long as you don't have Bette Davis eyes.

What, was she a CIA agent too? :)

I don't know, but all the boys thought she was a spy...

Of which she can no longer confirm nor deny.

Shawn Meyer said:

That's cool dude, what's your name by the way? I am hoping and praying for nice weather more! Since I"m requesting 2 days off from work, I want to see nice weather this time compared to opening weekend where it was foggy one day and then the next day rainy all day.

Shawn, my name is Chris Hughes. I'm a KI guy, so don't hold that against me.

Video was just posted of what appears to be a full ride cycle of CW's Windseeker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah6h0qhaibU

I hope that CP's gets nothing short of the light show they have on CW's...that looks amazing!

Wow, just spectacular! I think I'm over the loss of Maverick's LEDs. ;)

Oh and apparently they've added small damper cylinders to each of the arms pivot points on Wonderland's Windseeker. Can anyone confirm if CP's has added them to theirs yet? It would seem like something they could "jump" on that to hurry the testing process along. That is unless they hopefully already have.

Grrrr! Every time I see this thing test, it makes me so upset none of them (except maybe Wonderlands) will be ready by this weekend. I can't wait to be at the Point on Sunday to report back on any status of it's testing. It'd be great if they could, at least, get the LEDs working by Monday. Give us a show or something! :)

Prettyy cool, but it seems its not spinning as fast as the stats say, and if thats meant to be a full ride cycle, than thats really short.....just sayin : /

Based on the video, it looks like the ride rotates at roughly 5 RPM. I'm not sure of what the advertised stats are, but 5 RPM on such a large circumference should feel pretty fast.

Yeah Candas one was built way ahead of the others. I think they were 'ready' to go but CP/KI wanted to be first. Those dampers are interesting looking. I have watched a test run of the CW one and it was about a 2 min plus video. I expect that to be close to the real thing. Yeah not a big spin rider but this does not look too bad.