General Carowinds discussion
By hey_hayes
#68412
I can't tell if someone posted about this in a picture above, but there is a gray bar that connects two of the supports underneath the first drop to the track. Does anyone know why this is there and does anyone predict if they will keep it or not?
By jscll
#68415
FamousAmos wrote:I know that like 50 pages ago I thought that a tunnel would be nice, but I honestly think that it would be better without it. For those of you who have ridden Leviathan, how was that tunnel? Did you like it? of do you like a drop like that to not have a tunnel? Preferences?


Honestly, on all my rides on Leviathan, I can not remember what the inside of the tunnel looks like. (It takes less than a second to travel through a hundred foot long tunnel at 92 M.P.H. [134.93 Feet Per Second])

^^^As far as train dispatch is concerned, a train will be able to top the lift hill as soon as the train running the course hits the second set of active (non-magnetic) brakes. The first set of active brakes will probably only activate in the case of all the trains stacking.
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By DavidW
#68417
dwainw wrote:
CodyH3333 wrote:Whats that for? :wtf:


Maybe a load of wall board for the gate buildings. Most of it is delivered on trucks that have their own unloader.

Only one lonely piece of track left in the parking lot. Looks like the guys might have the day off tomorrow...

looks more like a concrete pump to me.
By Capler
#68418
dwainw wrote:
CodyH3333 wrote:Whats that for? :wtf:


Maybe a load of wall board for the gate buildings. Most of it is delivered on trucks that have their own unloader.

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Only one lonely piece of track left in the parking lot. Looks like the guys might have the day off tomorrow...


Is there a reason why they can't continue putting supports in place, and when more track comes in, double back?
By hey_hayes
#68419
Looks very strange to me how these two pieces don't connect when they are so close together. It's going to take a very small piece of track to fill in the gap. I don't remember seeing anything like this throughout the construction process.
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By arby
#68427
hey_hayes wrote:I can't tell if someone posted about this in a picture above, but there is a gray bar that connects two of the supports underneath the first drop to the track. Does anyone know why this is there and does anyone predict if they will keep it or not?


Those are temporary braces while they are building Fury 325. They should be removed at some point.
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By DavidW
#68428
2 supports and 7 pieces of track installed. Link to gallery
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(best if you open the pic in a new tab)
Last edited by DavidW on January 16th, 2015, 5:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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