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2nd In your recent larger coasters, I-305 and Skyrush, Is The 2 support beams only on the lift cheaper to build them like that or is it just a new design that you will incorperate in future Hypers and Giga's?

Since the recent development of the RMC wooden coasters are you guys determined to become even greater with your pre-fabs(El Toro) to match or beat the new records being broken by RMC?

Is your reasoning for building less intense rides to increase efficiency or increase the life span of the coaster? Or is it maybe both?

RMC, When you re-track a ride, or give it a make over ,how can you decide if you need to build a new structure or supports for the ride or just build on top of the existing structure

It all depends on the temperature of the day. If its from 42-60 GO! If its higher than 60 then its a NO! Normal people dont wanna freeze their nuts off a rollercoaster, coaster enthusiasts will ride in any weather. So its up to you and temperature. Ive been at it last year with no Skyrush and its not that bad of a crowd. Some people may not even know if rush is closed, so it depends.

This exactly. I have noticed that once a problem is reported they are very quick to get it fixed. And also, I305 has killer airtime, and OTSR's, so why wouldn't it work? A shoulder harness is out of the question for many reasons. 1. Sure I305 has great airtime but Skyrushs is wicked! Any shoulder harness would kill the feeling of "I'm going to fall out" to the GP and it would kill the whole point of the ride (airtime). What is most likely the most intense negative G focused ride would be ruined. (Think about it, do we want another Revolution type ride?) 2. The laterals in certain portions on Skyrush (bottom of the 1st drop, exit of the Stengle Dive, and the twisted hill before the last airtime hill) are very intense in the winged seats and if you put your hands up in theses portions, you are forced to the left or right side (depending on where you sit) with a shoulder harnesses, this could cause broken necks and backs due to your body getting pushed to the side with nowhere to go. 3. It wouldn't fix the problem since I305 harness still has a low portion of contact with the thigh. Intamin needs to go with a B&M clam shell type lap bar to fix the contact problem. Exactly my point. OTSR would not work on Skyrush at ALL! It would kill the entire ride.

Why? It would kill your shoulders from the airtime. Or are you just being sarcastic?

At Kings Island this would be perfect! Great terrain there in SOB landscape. One of these at Hersheypark on the old golf course land would be sick! Imagine that!

It has got to be cable that is messed up. Im not lying when i say it was actually drooping down. Wish i would have snapped a shot of it when i was there! We all know the lapbars are being changed anyway so it is a different problem. I know it broke down a lot when the catch car would not come all the way down to the station, 3 times that happened while i was about to get on it.

It does seem a bit intamin-ish but remember its not a norwegian loop, is a "pretzel loop" wink wink. But it is sort of an intamin coaster. As long as it kicks ass who cares!? B&M pretty much ripped off the Wing Coaster from intamin(furius baco) and now after Skyrush people say intamin stole it from b&m. Every company copies at some point.

Nice!

Totally agree with you! They definitley will not change track sections, the only thing that they would possibly need to change is the turn after the first air time hill which i grey out on after 3 rides in a row. But thats what makes the ride is the intensity. The lap bars are the only thing they need to change. I wouldnt be surprised if they changed the body of the train too, so it could support a new bar system

I didn't speculate, but someone over there said "I think I herd they found a few cracks on a piece of track." I dont know about the cracks....

Skyrush-All i know of is that the ride is going under repairs to fix the cable and lapbars for the off season. Lapbars you know why they are fixing it....cable has apparenty been streched out or not tight around motor because i was there the last day of the Summer season and the cable was very loose. It stood out to me. And you wouldnt want to burn her out in the first year of operation. Today in Harrisburg/Hershey area it is 8:40 and 42 degrees now! In two weeks im sure it will drop a bit more. And HPitD is open till 10 which gives another hour of so of operation untl it closes, It would be around 35 degrees by then!!!! No matter the cause its a good idea to shut Rush down to me. Go on SR instead and freeze your balls off

I never thought of SOB like that before! Great job. Haha

Insane Coaster Wars

This is not a paying gig. Your payment is endless ERT on the best ride(s) at the park for 3 hours.

Wow...looks fantastic! Hey Kings Island check this out! Ya you should consider it! With two vertical loops

Could you imagine an Intamin Winged-Giga Coaster!!!! Skyrush+I-305=Extreme Death trap! G-Forces....+6 and -2.5! And it could break record for airtime on a steel coaster which i dont even know what coaster holds that record!

I think a b&m Wing Rider or a big Intamin launch coaster with inversions is going to replace it. They dont really need another hyper coaster because of DB, however they could pull a Wonderland and build a giga when a large hyper is 500ft away. Only time will tell what they replace it with

...or you'll do what? Im not doing anything. Haha....What i meant was that they should change it so its correct. They give some awards out that shouldnt be given out

Im so pissed! Ive been on Skyrush 24 times, and im very dissapointed(PISSED) it didnt make top 15 aleast!!!! Are you kidding me that Intimedator at Carowinds is in top 10! Lost of BS going pn there..it better change next year. Even Leviathan isnt in top 15 which shocked me since its a B&M Giga. P.s. where is I-305? #12???? Really!!! It should be in top 3!!! These GTA are not very accurate at all...Mitch Hawker needs to make a poll...any news if he will?

Its definitley a Premier ride. Look at the track,launch and tains. All the same as Superman. I have this #2 on my best 2013 coasters behind outlaw run

Not trying to blow it up already but isnt Storm Runner the fastest looping coaster? 72MPH....Unless by looping they mean LOOP only not other elements. Anyway, great addition to SFMM. Just wish i didnt live 2,500 miles away

Man, we have year of the Woodies in 2013. Iron Rattler, Outlaw Run, Gold Striker, White Lightning, and i guess you could consider Flying Turns a wooden type coaster. And im sure there is atleast one more too on its way. Also SOB is being demoed.