DC Rivals HyperCoaster construction discussion

[ThemeTendo]

Updates for Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th - the end of QLD School Holidays.

Note: next weeks update will be on Sunday as well.

Comparison Shot 1

8th July - Roadside Shot

9th July - Not quite Roadside Shot

Comparison Shot 2

First Hill/Bunny Hills

Station Area

Station Platform and the roof are being constructed. Roof is the steel framing visible in the left of the photo.

Track and Storage Lot

Three track pieces on the road next to the first drop

I'm guessing the pieces above are either for the station or the LED Joker face.

Mystery Inc.

The saga finally comes to an end. The support returns.

Fence Lighting

Wiring is clearly visible on almost every post now. I'd say the fence toppers aren't too far away.

[Gazza]

19 minutes ago, ThemeTendo said:

 

Hehe the arch support reminds me of a similar situation where a creek needed to be bridged on Great Bear at Hersheypark.

[themagician]

@ThemeTendo

Just so you know, that wiring for the fence toppers has been there for months now. Been there before the track begun to be installed.

[pin142]

You will find that is the ramp to the station platform and not the roof for the station in that photo.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

On 08/07/2017 at 5:25 PM, themagician said:

 

 

 

First picture - Cable? Are we looking at a cable lift rather than a chain lift? I wouldn't imagine they'd ship control (data) cable like that, so all I can think of is that its a launch\lift cable?

Second picture - I'm sure this will be station or similar, but does anyone have specific detail on how\where these pieces go\work?

[rummy]

1 hour ago, AlexB said:

Second picture - I'm sure this will be station or similar, but does anyone have specific detail on how\where these pieces go\work?

I'm guessing they connect the catwalk to the lift hill track - there's quite a few of them and the brackets are angled at ~45°. Looks about the right width too.

[Ryande16]

 @AlexB the only thing is the ride is about 3 minutes long so i think a slow chain hill is the best bet.

[rappa]

THIS RIDE DOES NOT HAVE A CABLE LIFT

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Message received loud and clear sir.

Taking on board the previous resounding feedback, would anyone care to hazard a guess on what else a box labelled "CABLE" from Mack would be? (Shhhh - don't say 'lift'!)

[mission]

Cable supports for the, ummmmm, supports.

 

You know, how like some power poles have cables running off them to the ground.

 

In other words, dunno.

Edited July 10, 2017 by mission

[Gazza]

Doesn't every amusement ride have heaps of cabling?

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

^as in control \ comms cabling? Of course - but I wouldn't have thought it would ship in a crate like that. Surely boards etc would come prewired, and then it would require them to be connected, which locals could do running cable off reels?

I wouldn't imagine they'd have pre-cut and wired every cable run they need and then shipped it in a crate like that - what if it's too short?

I mean - sure, i don't build these things so what do i know, but running lines from say a sensor, or controller would be spec'd for gauge\size etc, but surely they'd let a local run it, rather than ship pre-made looms?

[ThemeTendo]

20 hours ago, themagician said:

@ThemeTendo

Just so you know, that wiring for the fence toppers has been there for months now. Been there before the track begun to be installed.

Ahh okay, thanks. Have to admit I don't usually pay attention to them but did notice that they're more organised/visible since the last time I did.  

17 hours ago, pin142 said:

You will find that is the ramp to the station platform and not the roof for the station in that photo.

Didn't even consider that. Thanks for the correction.

[Gazza]

7 hours ago, AlexB said:

^as in control \ comms cabling?

And lets not forget the amount of electricity rides consume in general. They all have motors and other equipment which need lots of juice.

[Reanimated35]

So if a lot of this stuff is made locally (footers are a given) like cables and wiring and what not, what exactly do you get from the manufacturer when you order a coaster?

> Track

> Train 

> Bolts/nuts

> Control systems/PLCs

But what else? Or to phrase it another way, how much do you need to rely on 3rd party companies to build a coaster, not including theming?

Edited July 10, 2017 by Reanimated35
Missed the obvious train, thanks Tim

[Tim Dasco]

You get the train. But most manufacturers don't even design there own rides they hire external engineers. 

[JaggedJanine]

Don't know if anyone has posted an image of the track you can see from Justice League yet.

And this one through the hole for access to open the gate.

Edited July 10, 2017 by JaggedJanine

[rappa]

Anyone notice that a very special support has gone in?

Not going to post photo, see if you can work it out

[New display name]

Are you talking about the one that looks like somebody has reversed their car into it?

[Reanimated35]

The one that was taken away for ages and returned with a slightly modified look to it?

Or was that just so they could hang a banner from the other supports....

[Original]

18 hours ago, JaggedJanine said:

 

Or the fact that in this photo it looks like the lift hill supports are going up?

[themagician]

On 09/07/2017 at 7:29 PM, ThemeTendo said:

@djrappa Are you referring to this one?

@Original The lift hill supports in that photo went up between mid and the end of May

[New display name]

That's the car crash support I'm talking about @themagician.

[gumb00t]

On 6/28/2017 at 5:55 PM, MaxxTheMonster said:

MS Paint to the rescue...  Draw a line from the top of the top part to the bottom of the bottom part...  Looks like they will to me...

 

On 6/28/2017 at 5:31 PM, gumb00t said:

This support has been hangin like this for a while now... Anyone else see that the top one looks like it won't line up with the ground support? Would this require new parts to be fabricated or concrete piles moved?

 

 

I knew it lol. No matter what angle it didn't look like it'd join up properly.

[New display name]

LOL you missed the boat on this one.  Richard talked about this support and why it was missing months ago.