DC Rivals HyperCoaster construction discussion

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This is just confusing now.

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Stolen from TPSN

I'm sort of thinking this now confirms a lift hill.  Thoughts?

Edited November 18, 2016 by YLFATEEKS

[loki75]

Yeah it would confirm something very tall eg a lift hill.

@mattcrombie pics showed a substantial footer near GL

And now this one in the car park will brace at 90 degrees to the GL footer.

[BNErider]

Carpark coaster!

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Also @loki75all that electrical conduit should mean where at the business end.

Edited November 18, 2016 by YLFATEEKS

[loki75]

Certainly seems that way.

It will make one hell of a statement as you drive into the park.

[Gazza]

14 hours ago, Themeparkfan said:

I think this will be great for movie world will make it stand out from the other parks for sure the Gold Coast parks have not had a decent large scale signature roller coaster since Dreamworld removed the thunderbolt  (in my opinion) 

What about Lethal Weapon? Thats a better flagship than Thunderbolt ever was.

[downunder]

^They're both lethal, lol. Though Arkham not so much these days, I don't get off with a subdural haematoma like the old trains.

Hopefully it won't be too similar to Flash at Iewa and be somewhat unique in terms of elements and layout.

I wonder how far off we are from seeing some supports going up, a month or two? 

[themagician]

Just been to MW to check out these footers and the construction in the carpark, and wow they are getting on with them so quick, and there are so many of them. They are literally everywhere now near GL and heading towards AA. I couldn't get photos as close at TPSN because there were workmen every where and machinery moving around.

[Santa07]

So by the looks of things, the lift hill will go by the strip of land between JL and the swamp, up over the entrance road, and then drop above the carpark land and turn towards the entrance (through a curved drop or a banked turn or something)? I mentioned in one of the Parkchat streams a few weeks ago how much I love driving past the coasters when entering a theme park, and driving under one (probably twice if my guess is correct since there would be another transition back to the other side of the road) would make things even more majestic. Very exciting times.

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@downunder I would love it to pull heaps of the elements from flash.  To get a coaster at MW on par with flash is something most of us thought would never happen.

 

 

Maybe you want to ride it nude too.

 

@Santa07 That is not what is being said at this point.  For now, there is only 2 footers in the car park making me think it will be bracing supports.  We can work out that the ride will probably have height at that point to clear the vehicles on the road so this pushes me in the direction of a lift hill near by or above.  This would all be undone if MW changed the entrance point to the park.

@themagician are you able to confirm how many footers are across the road in the car park?

Edited November 18, 2016 by YLFATEEKS

[downunder]

^I'm cool with riding it clothed too LOL.

I must admit the "world's best" PR tag has made my expectations somewhat ambitious - though even an exact clone of Flash would be exponentially better than anything Australia has at the moment (of course that assessment is subjective). 

Meanwhile, I will continue to contemplate those footers.

Edited November 18, 2016 by downunder

[themagician]

31 minutes ago, YLFATEEKS said:

@themagician are you able to confirm how many footers are across the road in the car park?

At this stage it was just one big one

[Brad2912]

3 hours ago, YLFATEEKS said:

This is just confusing now.

Bastards dug up my favourite car space!

im outraged and will never go back there again.

Edited November 18, 2016 by Brad2912

[downunder196]

I just had a look at the footers then... I agree with a swooping drop where the driveway meets Green Lantern but it looks like it will go straight into a loop.

The first couple of pictures are where I believe the loop will be then I did a rough sketch as to what I think the start of the layout might be.

I took a little panorama but it won't let me upload it for some reason.

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@downunder196 Can you point out which footers are for the loop?

@Brad2912 You must have been the person parking in my spot.  Lucky I didn't key your car.

Edited November 18, 2016 by YLFATEEKS

[downunder196]

Those larger rectangle footers, they're more obvious in the 2nd photo. There's a couple facing each other which looks like they could form the base of a loop.

[Santa07]

2 hours ago, YLFATEEKS said:

 

@Santa07 That is not what is being said at this point.  For now, there is only 2 footers in the car park making me think it will be bracing supports.  We can work out that the ride will probably have height at that point to clear the vehicles on the road so this pushes me in the direction of a lift hill near by or above.  This would all be undone if MW changed the entrance point to the park.

Fair enough, that probably is the most believable with what we've got, what I said could be viable but if there's only one or two footers you're probably correct at this stage. Finding good photos on how far Flash's supports extend from the drop is hard, but if the size is going to be similar it looks like the coaster would have to come pretty close to the road for the supports to stretch over it since the support that extends out the most is only half-way down the drop. I'm pretty sure a banked drop is most likely at the moment as any other option would either require more land in the carpark or a shorter lift-hill.

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@downunder196  Hard too tell from this photo but it looks like most of the footings would be away from the loop.

I'm not saying you’re wrong, I just find it hard how you can call where the elements are from the footings especially when all the footings are not complete.

I would understand if you said a loop is likely to be at the start of the ride going on Mack's history with their mega loops.  But that’s a given.

I normally can tell the path of travel from the footings but what the footings translate too up in the air is another thing for me.

I also say this because we have two very simular loops from the same manufacturer that have two different construction methods.

 

@Theme Park Girl Would be nice if you stopped working because I got accustomed to your updates.

 

Edited November 18, 2016 by YLFATEEKS

[Jamberoo Fan]

4 hours ago, downunder said:

I wonder how far off we are from seeing some supports going up, a month or two? 

In my guess timetable I created over a month ago, I put supports going up around early March 2017. This is assuming the hypercoaster opens on Boxing Day 2017.

Edited November 18, 2016 by Jamberoo Fan

[Brad2912]

Can everyone please print @Jamberoo Fan's construction timetable out and stick it on their fridge so he can stop telling us what he predicted everytime someone asks about timings.. 

[Santa07]

[Brad2912]

HaHa... Gold!

[Intimidator305.]

On 11/11/2016 at 7:35 AM, Intimidator305. said:

It is manufactured by Mack Rides so will look like this:

 

Just about all evidence points to it being a hyper coaster, but it's one of the first lessons ever, heigh

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@Intimidator305. now your talking to yourself.   

[Intimidator305.]

I'm sorry, I accidentally clicked the wrong button, and instead of editing a previous post it quoted one and I tried to get out and it posted it... Is there are way to get rid of it?