TyRush Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Cant wait to see this bad boy in action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBomer Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Going to the park tomorrow, interested to see how Iron Rattler is shaping up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArizonaGuy Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Here are some new pics from the SFFT Facebook page. They say structural mods to the lift hill are almost complete and almost ready for track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voxelmatic Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Nice to see that they're still going strong on construction. I'm not expecting an on time opening, though, as Apocalypse at SFA was going fast, and then stopped for a month or two. I could be wrong though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Awesome! I can't wait to see some track down that first drop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFFTfan Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I went to the park for a while this evening. No progress on the lower helix from when I went last month. Crackaxle canyon is blocked off past the season pass processing but you can kind of see the first drop supports from the Rattler exit where the men's room is if you look over the fence. A better view from sky screamer. Filming for a commercial Superman at sunset Lift hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zem Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Does anyone know if they are going to be changing the stairs to the station? The line always seems very skinny and uncomfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jps294 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 For anybody going to Holiday in the Park this year, I scanned the park map! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFFTfan Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 As of now, it does not look like anything has been done to the ramp going up the station. They are now working on the barrel role structure. Sorry about the low quality picture below, I didnt have my DSLR camera with me. barrel role structure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaminkid2005 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Thanks for the update! This ride is shaping up to be one hell of a ride! I cant wait to ride it this summer! =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardwalkbullet91507 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 They are removing alot more wood than I expected... which I guess is a good thing considering the original Rattler swayed every time someone next to it sneezed. Hopefully they are doing a bit of re-structuring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richtrav Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Some more pics of the barrel roll going up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaminkid2005 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Thanks for the update! I'm glad to see that the roll is almost done! Keep up the great work guys! =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArizonaGuy Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Great pics. Thanks for the update. Looks like we're going to be seeing a barrel roll soon. Looks like the lift hill will hopefully getting some track soon as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richtrav Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Doh! And I forgot to post a pic on how the lower helix is coming along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaminkid2005 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardwalkbullet91507 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Haha that last picture! Where did you take these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArizonaGuy Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Here are some new pics courtesy of Screamscape. The lower helix over RoadRunner Express leading into the brake run is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jps294 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Here are some new pics courtesy of Screamscape. The lower helix over RoadRunner Express leading into the brake run is still there. As of November 23 this is what I saw. Orange is the new track and black is track and supports removed. So half of the lower helix is completely removed down to the footers on the ground so opposite of that first picture in the post above. So unless their completely redoing the helix with new wood I will be shock but I wouldn't put my money on it! I will get some pictures soon as I will be returning home on Thursday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArizonaGuy Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 ^^ And of course you can see lift hill track going up in the first pic as well. They may have only removed half the lower helix since it's probably not going to follow the exact same footprint as the previous version headed out of the tunnel. I wouldn't say they're redoing the helix with all new wood considering they've only removed about 1/2 and the part over RRE is still intact. If they didn't intend to use that, I'm assuming they would have already demolished the rest of the helix before beginning the retrack of the lift hill. I dunno....I guess we're just gonna have to see. The picture below is what I thought was being worked on based on pictures being posted and info I've heard based on visits into the park by friends. I'm not saying my mock up is 100%, but it's just what I believe is being worked on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danieljs Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 So, are they going to make the drop higher or does the fact they are bringing the bottom of the drop lower make it to be 171 ft. ? I don't know if that process comes later but, to me, it looks like they haven't done anything to make the drop taller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArizonaGuy Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 ^^ They are just lowering the first drop back down and changing the angle. I believe the lift is already topped out at 180ft from the bottom of the quarry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danieljs Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 ^^ Ah, gotcha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jps294 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 From this picture SFFT has posted onto Facebook you can see the removed track along the station and supports. And according to the picture it looks like the track from the tunnel will just go to the station and not do a lower helix since it looks like it will just decline to the station from the tunnel and because the track used to never declined right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCT3Bross Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I did some research on the helix myself. I decided to look back at the announcement video and see if I saw anything in the Background and I did. Look here: Yellow is the first drop and station. Green is the dive into the tunnel. Red is the track that is on the other side of the tunnel. As we can see there is clearly no Helix anymore just a hump into the brakes. I wished I could make it clearer but you need to do it with this. So no helix. I can see they're well on there way. I hope on a visit, one of these years, to Texas, I can't mis this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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