warfelg

My guess on the three que lines would be (in the order from left to right as seen on picture): Front Row / All Other Rows / Exit There is plenty of space there. The track, supports, and footers are HUGE so everything looks big without any perspective. I would say there is about 15-20ft between the path and the track. And don't forget from looking at the pictures of the train, the rides feet won't dip below the track. These trains still sit 'above' the track, unlike B&M wing riders where the train is set up that the riders are sitting level with the box section. I would also say that the path is likely 10 ft wide. Not over whelmingly huge, but big enough. Would have been shortsighted for HP to make it really big for this one year because of crowds, then having waisted space in the future. Can't wait to see all the plantings in those areas. On a side note: Looks like they are making a path on the close side of the creek too. Wonder if that would ever be public access of just maintenance only...

I imagine it being very difficult to accomplish given that in addition to the Comet there is the cue line. Hard to picture them putting a cable that close to peoples heads.

Anyone think that all the numbers we are getting mean something? 212 and 195 being the height and drop. Maybe in the new study maybe the 5,500 is a reference to track length? But then whatever the 24 ends with baffles me as to what it could represent....possibly if it is just 24 then it is the number riders per train?

I may be taking some liberties in assuming this, but I was reading back through the research studies on the RIT site, and have built the following assumptions: From the Propulsion Study: Looks like the coaster is launched towards the creek...white dwarfs have some of the fastest moving particles of all the stars, and it also looks like from the diagram that we will have at least one footer in the creek. From the star chart in the lower corner of page one...The name is going to be something along the lines of dipper. From the Gravity Manipulation Study: More references to launching. The equations in the picture deal with the ability to achieve max weightlessness while still using gravity to propel an object, so I'm going to project that they are going to build large hills for max hang time, and few if no inversions. From the Materials and Design Study: The keys are the two numbers, 212 and -195. I think this means a 212 foot high first climb, followed by a 195 foot drop. Also, minimal supports to the maximum track length. Maybe a clue as to who could be building/designed the coaster? I'm new to these boards so I'm not sure how much is known, but those are just my guesses. From working in planning departments I have heard rumblings of Hershey exceeding the height limit, not just now but for the future too. Other than that I have not heard much, which is a surprise since the municipalities here in south central PA work very close. Even when Fahrenheit went up we heard more ahead of time. Anyways, hopefully the rest of the puzzle for the fourth study is completed soon and we learn more.