DC Rivals HyperCoaster construction discussion

[joz]

Thanks for the help members! Lol

 

The links to buy tickets that we put up are indeed legit.

[Theme Park Girl]

For a second there I thought I had opened the wrong topic lol... 

[themagician]

Large crane isn't in use currently,  still no signs of the Joker head and last support is yet to be installed. Two smaller cranes have arrived and have begun dismantling the two shelters, as well as removing some of the rubbish across the site.

[xRazzBerryx]

Wonder how long until the car park opens up again & the new picture angles will be available 👌🏼

[New display name]

4 minutes ago, themagician said:

Large crane isn't in use currently,  still no signs of the Joker head and last support is yet to be installed. Two smaller cranes have arrived and have begun dismantling the two shelters, as well as removing some of the rubbish across the site.

Has the larger crane been removed from site?

[Brad2912]

Just drove past. Large crane is gone. Joker face  is MIA

[Tim Dasco]

I think the pull through and possibly test cycles will happen before the joker face goes up. It will be harder to pull a train slowly over and down the drop with the joker face on top.

[themagician]

@Tim Dasco I don't think that would have anything to do with it. I'd just say there might have been a delay in the manufacturing process of it. Or they want to use it as the monumental moment of the finishing of the coaster.

[red dragin]

As @themagiciansaid.

Cheaper to bring the crane back in a couple of weeks time, or use a helicopter or rigging to get it up.

[Brad2912]

i don't think it's an issue of cheaper... it would have been cheaper to put it up now while the crane was on site. 

[red dragin]

19 minutes ago, Brad2912 said:

i don't think it's an issue of cheaper... it would have been cheaper to put it up now while the crane was on site. 

But if the face is not ready, then it is cheaper to remove and return. They'd be paying for the crane everyday it's on site, working or not, as it could be elsewhere making its owner money. 

There is a reason Uplift Cranes owns and operates 3 top fuel dragsters in Australia plus one in the USA. 

Edited August 9, 2017 by red dragin

[rappa]

I'm not sure why anyone things the construction is planned AROUND marketing, that's really not how it works. 

 

The joker face is a theming element. It has zero to do with Mack's construction and would not even be part of that timeline. It will be ready when whoever is building it finishes and then they'll put it up. 

 

Kind of as simple as that. 

[LORD_Noodle]

3 minutes ago, djrappa said:

I'm not sure why anyone things the construction is planned AROUND marketing, that's really not how it works. 

 

The joker face is a theming element. It has zero to do with Mack's construction and would not even be part of that timeline. It will be ready when whoever is building it finishes and then they'll put it up. 

 

Kind of as simple as that. 

The coaster itself being on the highway is marketing enough 👍

[xRazzBerryx]

21 minutes ago, LORD_Noodle said:

The coaster itself being on the highway is marketing enough 👍

The coaster is ON the highway now?!?! I can tell you now that it is definitely NOT on the highw... oh wait 


 

[LORD_Noodle]

26 minutes ago, xRazzBerryx said:

The coaster is ON the highway now?!?! I can tell you now that it is definitely NOT on the highw... oh wait 


 

Thumbs up to the dedication to make my point valid 👍 Lol

[Jdude95]

43 minutes ago, xRazzBerryx said:

The coaster is ON the highway now?!?! I can tell you now that it is definitely NOT on the highw... oh wait 


 

My favourite element of this new coaster is right near the end of the first drop, where you crash into the Hyundai Excel

[themagician]

Update from this morning

[New display name]

Yay, it's the second tallest coaster in Australia. 

[Reanimated35]

I'm just disappointed they chose to build the smallest hyper coaster in the southern hemisphere 

[Gazza]

18 minutes ago, Skeeta said:

Yay, it's the second tallest coaster in Australia. 

I reckon DC rivals will still go higher.

TOT2 is 100m drop / 115m high, but in practice it only launches halfway up.....Do the sums.

https://youtu.be/hRyv6b_mGzU

[themagician]

I agree @Gazza. Based off DWs statistics, yes the TOT is higher and faster, but in reality, is it? As said, it only really goes half way up the tower now (so probably around 50-60 metres and surely, that means the speed is much lower because it doesn't go as high?

[rappa]

15 minutes ago, Gazza said:

I reckon DC rivals will still go higher.

TOT2 is 100m drop / 115m high, but in practice it only launches halfway up.....Do the sums.

https://youtu.be/hRyv6b_mGzU

Oh mate you are clutching at some desperate straws there!

[Santa07]

37 minutes ago, Gazza said:

I reckon DC rivals will still go higher.

TOT2 is 100m drop / 115m high, but in practice it only launches halfway up.....Do the sums.

https://youtu.be/hRyv6b_mGzU

The thing is, is it really halfway up? Perspective can be a funny thing.

I made this up quickly to see if it really does go halfway.

I screen-shotted part of that video, and drew a red line from about where the base of the tower is (this isn't exact of course but it would be close enough for this purpose) to where the ToT track ends (115m). Green dot is where the car is sitting.

Now let's remove the image.

Basic measurements show me that the height of the "tower" is about 360px, and the distance between the bottom and the green dot is about 240px. Which means the car does make it up 2/3 of the tower, i.e ~76m.

DC Rivals might have a longer drop though, I'm not entirely sure since ToT's track is elevated a bit, but it's certainly not taller in height.

Edited August 10, 2017 by Santa07

[Reanimated35]

@Santa07 did you factor in the track not being at ground level? 

[Santa07]

Nope which is why I think DC rivals might be able to claim longest drop, although surely the ToT track isn't 15 metres above ground?