harsaphes Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 The video was made by a fan, it's nothing official Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Got it. Â Still. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas2 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Did anyone else notice that there was a trim brake before the crest of every hill on the ride?  Those will not be there in the real coaster. It's just because the simulation ran to fast, so they had to slow the train down so that the simulation would look real.  The video was made by a fan, it's nothing official  Yet apparentely it runs on a tv screen in the park for visitors to see.  De video draait als voorproefje voor parkbezoekers sinds gisterenmiddag. In een bouwkeetje hangen de layouts en op een TV-scherm loopt de simulator.  from rides.nl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitsch transporter Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 There is new information out concerning the way this coaster will be built: Â It will become a sort of "hybrid". The track will be "pre-fab" but it wont be cut out of a laminated block by CAD machines, as the Intamin woodies. Instead the track will be made out of traditional wooden layers by Cordes and then it will be fitted onto the supports on site. Â So its either the best or the worst of two worlds. Â The park demanded that the ride would have at least a "lifetime" of 50 years. Â It will be build on a concrete slab, so that water can be drained easily. Â This info can be found on German website "lifthill net". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Ok, i have a question with the whole plug and play track. Is the track shape really cut out of a block of glulam? Â This is different from my understanding of the way glulam timbers are made for the building industry which is to laminate thin strips of wood in the shape of the final piece. Since the layers are thinner, they are easier to bend. There is also no major cutting required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDG Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 Yes. Â Each track segment is made in a CAD program, then loaded into a machine that carves/cuts it out of a block of "glulam" (glued laminated timber) with a 1mm precision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtime&Gravity Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Very interesting, but there seems to be too many trims and flat areas on the coaster. It looks like a fun family coaster though, but it just seems to have a lot of filler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Very interesting, but there seems to be too many trims and flat areas on the coaster. It looks like a fun family coaster though, but it just seems to have a lot of filler. Dude, did you even bother to read the post 3 above yours? Â Did anyone else notice that there was a trim brake before the crest of every hill on the ride? Â Those will not be there in the real coaster. It's just because the simulation ran to fast, so they had to slow the train down so that the simulation would look real. Â Please read the thread before you waste our bandwidth. Â Thanks! Â --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 A Description of the ride: Â After the visitors have taken a seat in one of the two trains, the ride starts through the sawmill. A left turn is followed by a small dip which leads to the lifthill. 30 metres higher there are only a few seconds left to enjoy the view as the train slowly picks up speed in another left turn and gets closer and closer to the large first drop. Suddenly it plunges down 30 metres and with 90 kilometres per hour up again into a high-build right-hand turn. Still in the turn the train goes down again and rattles over a hill with lots of airtime. Â This is followed by a left-hand helix in which it goes up first, than down again. The next airtime-hill leads directly over the entrance to the ride before the train zips by the queue line in the next right-hand helix. After the next airtime-hill, which is located right under the lifthill, the track makes a turn to the left. Â After some other turns and hills the train rushes down into a tunnel in a heavily banked left-hand turn, which leads directly into a directional change to a heavily banked right-hand turn. This turn leads out of the tunnel and straight into the final brakes in which the train heads with lots of speed left. After the brake there is just the last left-hand turn between the train and the station, before the ride is over and the saw-job finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Yes. Each track segment is made in a CAD program, then loaded into a machine that carves/cuts it out of a block of "glulam" (glued laminated timber) with a 1mm precision.  I did some research on curved glue lam timber and that is not how it is made for structural applications. FOr structural beams it is formed (much like concrete). Again, i would be shocked if is cut for the coasters as you say since the grain would be oriented non perpendicular, and there would be a ton of waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCfanatic Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Looks Great! Can't wait to go there! It seems that lately (2007&2008) Europe is getting a lot of good new coasters (IMO, at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDG Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 Again, i would be shocked if is cut for the coasters as you say since the grain would be oriented non perpendicular, and there would be a ton of waste. Â That's how it was done for Colossos and El Toro. Each track segment was cut from a rectangular "block" of glulam. Â Sometimes even like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Looks like the "S Tunnel" is a yes from the designs I see there. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas2 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 So as one might expect, construction has started on this coaster. Actually quite alot has already been erected. Notice the delicious first drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I can't believe I might be riding this coaster next summer! Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I can't believe I might be riding this coaster next summer!  Might? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Patchman Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 looks like it will be a sweet ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I can't believe I might be riding this coaster next summer!  Might?  Well the guy's old; he might kick the bucket over the next 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I cant wait for this ride! This park was awesome on the TPR Trip and will be even better with this new coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexTitan01 Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 oh I REALLY wanna goto Europe...this thing looks insane! Â I wonder if this is going to catch on like Intamin Woodies have. If we have two different coaster companies runnin around with PnP woodies available, well the world just might be a better place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken613 Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 From what ive seen its very simalar to the GCI and GG style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Here are some new photos the park sent me today. We are very much looking forward to our visit this summer! We will continue to bring you construction photos and the park sends them to us, and we also hope to shoot some video during our trip later this year! Â Please be sure to also check out the progress here: http://www.tripsdrill.de Another good overview shot. Who wouldn't like to have this job? Here's a shot of the structure going up. Mmm...that first drop looks VERY yummy! With this photo you can see it's going to be a very massive ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Thriller Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 When I was there a couple months ago, there was a huge spot this couldn't go. I'm guessing it is going over where G'Sau (Or however it's spelled) enterance is. I saw dirt and some construction, but no structure. Â But this coaster is going to be awesome! Â --James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utila Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Hey team thriller  That was an interesting post. you should read the sticky topic for the 12years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenaline_Rush Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Is this ride going to be a clone of Troy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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