Baffles Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Looks exactly how Swarm did on its first runs and first thing in the morning. As mentioned it does appear to have a less of an inline tiwst off the lift and more of a dive, hence why the train starts off quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlover420 Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 ^Very true, and you can kind of tell: Plus, to all the people complaining about the speed of first test runs...welcome to the coaster industry. Coasters start out slow. It's a fact of life. If anything, the engineers are just praying it makes it through the course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteocrepaldi Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Looks pretty good to me! It won't be much different from Swarm! I just wish I could ride it one day soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 (edited) Wild Eagle's top speed was a bit over 60 mph, as I recall. Rcdb.com gives an estimated speed of 55 mph for X Flight. Edited April 14, 2012 by cfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 RCDB lists X-Flight as 55 mph, and with a height of 120', I think that is the correct speed of the coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverickpoint Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 i am so riding this next time i visit my grandma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilrider Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 i am so riding this next time i visit my grandma Bring Grandma along for the ride too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgam#1 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I think the train covers are on !!!! It's a little hard to see though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinning man Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 It appears the first two cars have their covers on. But they look abit small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbydinn Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 The keyhole is going up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 ^Excellent--I think this could be the ride's best feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6flagsbrad Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Man this ride looks epic! I wish they could add structures like that to X2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Finally! I was seriously beginning to doubt if they would install it or not. I hope they still plan to put in the other fly-through building. Any word on if they are still doing it? I thought the theming was cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixflagsfreek11 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Just asked the twitter page about the covers, photos to come tomorrow of the X-Flight trains and their new decorations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Farmer Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Man this ride looks epic! I wish they could add structures like that to X2. They can, not sure why they didn't. Maybe after it gets re-themed as X3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumba830 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Finally! I was seriously beginning to doubt if they would install it or not. I hope they still plan to put in the other fly-through building. Any word on if they are still doing it? I thought the theming was cancelled. You can't be asking this...[really hope the wink meant this was sarcasm] They are building all planned theming, nothing has EVER suggested they wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 ^Yup. In fact, I think the jokes about it are starting to outnumber the actual questions about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumba830 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 ^In that case no attitude towards you, my apologies. I just read it at first and even the possibility of you being serious killed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herpes Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I read the past 4 pages of this thread and didn't find this question (so go ahead and shoot me if it was asked 5+ pages ago, since I know everyone here is a moderator in their own minds) but does anyone know if they are still planning on adding the proposed "water effects" and what/where they are? Also would that be the last thing they add? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinning man Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 They still have the 'water effects' planned for this ride. I think that they were shown to be installed some time back, but I'm not really sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liftsifter Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 ^^ If everything goes acording to the plans, then the water element will be similar to that of Manta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgam#1 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 From twitter ... The train looks amazing !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Lovin' that color scheme more and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Those center covers are SLICK. I like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagro5 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Oh hello, covers. You're looking sexual today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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