General Carowinds discussion
#35590
jasonwilson88 wrote:Yea it definitely looks like there is going to be some sweet sideways twisting airtime on that hill. The more they build the better the Intimidator looks.


Airtime or not, it should be a nice breath taking swoosh out into the parking lot.
#35598
Hummm...I wonder how they are gonna continue construction because there will be track needing to go up onthe opposite side for the return out of the turn around and the other side path looks too small to accomodate a crane...
#35599
They may stop on this side of the 'out' and start with the return. But, more than likely, they will make room for the crane as it doesn't need much space, or they might just use one of the small white and black cranes which can reach the smaller hills.

Edit: I looked at the layout of the ride. It appears that after the turnaround, the large crane can do the entire turnaround (D), plus the upside of the next hill (E) with no problem. Then, the smaller crane could do the last third of that hill(E) and bottom of the sixth hill (F) and turn into the MCBR. The large crane could finish that hill (F), but I would think the small crane would. Next, the small crane could do part of the ascent into the MCBR (G). After that, the large crane would have no space issues, but I would think the small cranes would finish the ride since it is very low to the ground.

Use the layout linked below for reference:

http://intimidator.carowinds.com/public/ride/layout.cfm
#35604
chknwing wrote:looking at the 2nd cam, does it appear that the track and the next strut dont line up?

c'mon man...you can barely make out the supports on the second cam so how can you come to the conclusion the track seems to not be lining up...

All track doesnt have to connect at the support. It could be that the next segment connects to the support and the track...
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