- July 15th, 2009, 4:07 am
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No...but the cards are stacked against such a notion. Also don't associate us with the person toting the 90° drop because the thought defies logic. Unless there is another heavily modified car for the train the stresses placed on riders would be too great for the current version that was introduced with Behemoth. And you wouldn't be able to call it a hyper if dive machine vehicles were used no?
I wish...would save a lot of face & heartache. Nope...but it's a pretty good assumption what with preceding designs from B&M coupled with what one can see of the construction zone. I'm sure Mecklenburg and/or Lancaster County has some sort of records available for the public from their planning departments but I ain't traveling cross country just to take a gander at them. Much more prudent (and enjoyable) to head on over after the ride is finished & operating no?
Please notice that I didn't say it was gonna be an EXACT match...just that the procession of elements was going to be similar (sans the S-curve finale of course). I did contemplate Behemoth as a possible candidate but one of the helices would have to go. Whatever flimsy concepts I currently have will be made moot of course if more demolition occurs outside what we've seen these past few weeks. Then I'd be wrong (again) & apologies would be in order for getting everyone worked up over the matter. Besides...Silver Star was constructed in a parking lot after all. It was just too good to pass up.
Therein lies the rub. Where is the MCBR to be located? That will be the key to either a great or tepid second half. I went with the straight drop out of the MCBR into the helix (Silver Star) because it seemed the most probable. Having a helix into the MCBR (Nitro) or exiting the MCBR (Behemoth) places it too close to the end of the ride. But what do I know? I'm just the 800 lb. gorilla in the room.
charlotteguy02 wrote:Can you without a doubt tell me this isn't Intamin?
No...but the cards are stacked against such a notion. Also don't associate us with the person toting the 90° drop because the thought defies logic. Unless there is another heavily modified car for the train the stresses placed on riders would be too great for the current version that was introduced with Behemoth. And you wouldn't be able to call it a hyper if dive machine vehicles were used no?
Newton's Engineer wrote:Do you have a diagram or top-down view of that layout?
I wish...would save a lot of face & heartache. Nope...but it's a pretty good assumption what with preceding designs from B&M coupled with what one can see of the construction zone. I'm sure Mecklenburg and/or Lancaster County has some sort of records available for the public from their planning departments but I ain't traveling cross country just to take a gander at them. Much more prudent (and enjoyable) to head on over after the ride is finished & operating no?
Jonathan wrote:Pretty much impossible for the Carowinds ride to have a Silver Star layout; it doesn't fit. Behemoth, on the other hand...
Please notice that I didn't say it was gonna be an EXACT match...just that the procession of elements was going to be similar (sans the S-curve finale of course). I did contemplate Behemoth as a possible candidate but one of the helices would have to go. Whatever flimsy concepts I currently have will be made moot of course if more demolition occurs outside what we've seen these past few weeks. Then I'd be wrong (again) & apologies would be in order for getting everyone worked up over the matter. Besides...Silver Star was constructed in a parking lot after all. It was just too good to pass up.
Jstbcool wrote:A layout like Silver Star would be good, however, I hope they would move the MCBR to the end of the helix like on Diamondback.
Therein lies the rub. Where is the MCBR to be located? That will be the key to either a great or tepid second half. I went with the straight drop out of the MCBR into the helix (Silver Star) because it seemed the most probable. Having a helix into the MCBR (Nitro) or exiting the MCBR (Behemoth) places it too close to the end of the ride. But what do I know? I'm just the 800 lb. gorilla in the room.
Yeah, Cedar Fair just happened to ship the bolts to Kings Dominion to confuse us all. Oh and seeing how the red track/yellow supports there has labels on it that say Intamin Giga, I guess they wanted to confuse us on that too: 
