whakojacko Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Random idea-There is a DM in the part number for Dive Machine for Chimelong..do those characters refer to the coaster type? (obviously we would need more evidence) EDIT: haha ,bgeguy had the exact same idea I did. Couldnt SC also be Standup Coaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgeguy Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I think the first two letters in the part number do indicate the model. Look at this picture of a label on Patriot. The part number begins with IC. http://www.rcdb.com/ig3244.htm?picture=6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutterflower Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Not a bad idea on the part numbers Works here too i think This is for the flying coaster at happy valley. LC = Lying down coaster i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electerik Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Nice idea. Doesn't B&M call their hypercoasters "Speed Coasters," though? Lots of "SC" possibilities! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgeguy Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Nice idea. Doesn't B&M call their hypercoasters "Speed Coasters," though? Lots of "SC" possibilities!No, they do call them hypers. http://bolliger-mabillard.com/products/hyper_en.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDCOASTERFAN Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Who is "X-WORKS?!?!?" all my years in manufacturing, often see Customer Xworks Customer DDU Customer DDP x-works = the customer will arrange the transportation from the factory to the final destination. no need to stick an actual customer name on the label - the Job number tells the system who the customer is plus it means any visitors from customer 1 at your factory don't see customer 2's name on stuff you are building. Not this one from their dive machine. That pic appears to have a date stamp of 10/2004 & back then obviously the plant was still using the full customer name on each part.Thanks to enthusiasts "spying" for lack of a better term the plant has since been ordered to conceal the customer names on each part so as to prevent us from figuring out what park it's going to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath513 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 ^ Look closely, and you'll see it says 01/01/2004. Someone must have forgot to reset the date on their camera when they replaced the batteries. Besides, that coaster just opened up last year, so why would they manufacture the track 4 years early? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmor Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Nice idea. Doesn't B&M call their hypercoasters "Speed Coasters," though? Lots of "SC" possibilities!No, they do call them hypers. http://bolliger-mabillard.com/products/hyper_en.aspx I can remember at one time they were called speed coasters I guess to give their version a different skin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDCOASTERFAN Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Well it looks like we can rule this one out as being an invert or flyer,the only possibilities are hyper,floorless,standup(fat chance) or standard looping,which increases the possibility that this is for a domestic rather than an international/overseas project IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 The part number does appear to denote the model of the coaster. This one is SC, so we can assume a Sitting Coaster or a Stand-up Coaster. I know which of the two i'd bet on! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 ...or South Carolina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six Flags Enthuseast Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Yeah, the SI for Patriot means Sitdown Inverted, so we just have to figure out the code for whatever for this mystery coaster.... EDIT: SC probably means Sitdown or Standup Coaster, I'm guessing. I hope this gets figured out soon, I'm going to EXPLODE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRACHEN_FIRE_FAN-BOY Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Or maybe they are re-furbishing Chang, I mean it *is* in Kentucky Kingdom (Just Kidding) You guys have brought up a valid point about the letters on the labels. DM=Dive Machine. With that being said, does anyone have a picture of the labels of when any stand-up or sit-down coasters where built? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDCOASTERFAN Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Or maybe they are re-furbishing Chang, I mean it *is* in Kentucky Kingdom (Just Kidding) You guys have brought up a valid point about the letters on the labels. DM=Dive Machine. With that being said, does anyone have a picture of the labels of when any stand-up or sit-down coasters where built? Good question,although I doubt that the online coaster community was as massive 10 years ago(when Scorcher was installed) as it has become today so photos would probably be few & far between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca_boy69 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 If the ride is going to Australia. I can only Imagine that it could be a standup. In Australia very few people would even know what a standup coaster is. They would be so amazed by the fact you stand up. That people would come and try to ride it. It seems logical enough Robby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmor Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 ...or South Carolina. I hope...or do I. the last B&M South Carolina got...well...you all know what has become of that place! Jarvis "laughing at everyone wanting it to be the park in their state/country" Morant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Austin Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 ...or South Carolina. Or it could stand for Surrey Central, meaning it's going to Thorpe Park! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougstanton Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 This is a picture of a piece of track from Goliath @ SFOG. Considering all logical abbreviations, I think "MC" stands for "Mega Coaster". That would rule out a hyper for this project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclisso Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 hmm, well Carowinds is already announced the removal of their log ride and its been pretty much confirmed ,but not officially announced, that Carowinds will be getting something big, which we could assume is a coaster. This could possibly be track for a hyper. Although, I do agree it's a little early for them to be producing track already for that project. They haven't even removed the log ride yet. I relly do belive that carowinds is getting somthing big maby floorless. After all that would fit in nicley at carowinds. If by "big" you mean a used boomerang then definitely but a hyper or floorless in 2010 nahhh. No, carowinds is really getting something big, take a look at Screamscape for carowinds 2010.It didn't cost Cedar Fair that much to transport the boomerang from ohio and do the painting and everything. There is a possibility the track is for carowinds but very unlikely.Like I said its way too early to start making track for that project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca_boy69 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 So. We have figured out the following; DM = Diving Coaster IC = Inverted Coaster MC = Hyper/Mega/Speed Coaster ?? = Standup Coaster ?? = Sitting Coaster ?? = Flying Coaster LC = Floorless Coaster Now SC is for one of these. We can update as we figure it out more. EDIT: I changed the Diving Machine and Flying Coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whakojacko Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 So. We have figured out the following; DC = Diving Coaster IC = Inverted Coaster MC = Hyper/Mega/Speed Coaster ?? = Standup Coaster ?? = Sitting Coaster ?? = Flying Coaster ?? = Floorless Coaster Now SC is for one of these. We can update as we figure it out more. Flyer is LC (lying coaster) from Crystal Wings posted earlier, and Its DM not DC for dive machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRACHEN_FIRE_FAN-BOY Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 This is a picture of a piece of track from Goliath @ SFOG. Considering all logical abbreviations, I think "MC" stands for "Mega Coaster". That would rule out a hyper for this project. ^I believe you would be correct. So, by that logic, it shouldn't be a flyer, or Dive Machine, or an Inverted Coaster, or a laying coaster, correct? So then, by this logic we should know that it is either a standing, or sit-down, because wouldn't a floorless have something like a "FC" or maybe even a compound like "FSC"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclisso Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 So would the SC on the label on the yellow track be for Standup coaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 So we have the following: DM = Diving Coaster IC = Inverted Coaster MC = Hyper/Mega/Speed Coaster ?? = Standup Coaster ?? = Sitting Coaster LC = Flying Coaster ?? = Floorless Coaster Now you're job is to find track pictures of a Stand Up, Sitting Coaster, or Floorless! It may be hard to find a track photo of a Stand Up, but there were some recent Floorless (Hydra) and Sit Down (Led Zeppelin) coasters recently. Ok coaster dorks! FIND TRACK NOW!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRACHEN_FIRE_FAN-BOY Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 So we have the following: DM = Diving Coaster IC = Inverted Coaster MC = Hyper/Mega/Speed Coaster ?? = Standup Coaster ?? = Sitting Coaster LC = Flying Coaster ?? = Floorless Coaster Now you're job is to find track pictures of a Stand Up, Sitting Coaster, or Floorless! It may be hard to find a track photo of a Stand Up, but there were some recent Floorless (Hydra) and Sit Down (Led Zeppelin) coasters recently. Ok coaster dorks! FIND TRACK NOW!!!!! Found a floorless: http://rcdb.com/ig1549.htm?picture=6 Not quite what I thought...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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