Montuman99 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 79 Degree drop!!! 112 Degree turn!!! Oh my god, that's going to be insane!!! I call the back of the train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonR Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Not to keep beating a dead horse, but here's a recent picture of the lift hill: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=7041800&id=65853440990&ref=fbx_album Which appears to lack the bolted connection plates. You can see where it's discolored where it looks like they welded and grinded the track to make it a smooth connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston Thrills Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 That joint never had the plates because the rails didn't fit properly when they installed them I'm guessing the grinding/welding was done to fix whatever was wrong with the rails, and not to join them together. Here's how that joint looked on April 30: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Force! Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 This coaster is starting to become the "frankenstein" of wooden coasters in my book. But my god, it looks like it will be incredible. I'm also very curious to see just how much that structure is going to sway with all this new extra weight added to it when the train is hauling a**. I'll surely be watching this thing until its complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 ^^Hmm...those pictures make me feel a little uneasy. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 (edited) Did a quick search on this and for a thread on SFOT, didn't come up with anything (again quick search) but seen on the news where SFOT was under water courtesy of Tropical Storm Hermine http://video.aol.ca/video-detail/raw-video-six-flags-over-texas-flooding/415802452 http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/090810-hermines-rain-goes-on-and-on So far, the only two videos I could find. Edited September 9, 2010 by SharkTums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Have you found anything on Schlitterbahn NB? I saw video of the surrounding area and it looks INSANE! Would love to see how the park did! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 ^ not yet, but I'm searching. I have some friends down that way, I will hit them up and see if they know anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakizle Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Have you found anything on Schlitterbahn NB? I saw video of the surrounding area and it looks INSANE! Would love to see how the park did! Thanks! I can give the folks a call considering I live like 10 minutes away from Schlitterbahn...from what I've heard they got 10 inches of rain over night in my area! We all remember what happened last time, I hope it's not as bad! And thanks for sharing to the original poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Coaster Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Yikes! It's not very often that you see a Six Flags park getting flooded... I'm sure the park will drain soon, a week at most... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Here were two pictures from the article in case any of you are too lazy to click. Overview of the area. Closeup where you can see the water on the Mine Train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fooz Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 (edited) I am sorry for those who died as a result of this. Edited September 9, 2010 by Fooz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 (edited) I haven't yet found out anything about Schlitterbahn NB, my friends say they evac'd about 1k people in the area but don't know and haven't heard anything on the news about the park itself. Nothing on their FB page either Lots of video of rescues in the arlington/dallas area, if anyone wants to see them I can post them, however nothing else on SFOT. Up a few hundred miles in OK, we are expecting 5 inches of rain overnight, however, it's a steady rain and flash flooding shouldn't be an issue, just have to worry about flooding in general in the low areas and shallow creeks. ^ not insane, I was thinking the same thing! **edit** guess NB made it through according to this article, so guess they made it. Edited September 9, 2010 by chadster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakizle Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 I haven't yet found out anything about Schlitterbahn NB, my friends say they evac'd about 1k people in the area but don't know and haven't heard anything on the news about the park itself. Nothing on their FB page either. Lots of video of rescues in the arlington/dallas area, if anyone wants to see them I can post them, however nothing else on SFOT. Up a few hundred miles in OK, we are expecting 5 inches of rain overnight, however, it's a steady rain and flash flooding shouldn't be an issue, just have to worry about flooding in general in the low areas and shallow creeks. ^ not insane, I was thinking the same thing! I've heard about the roads flooding and trees coming down in the north east SA area, but nothing major. Can't confirm or anything but I'd say Schlitterbahn is fine! Last time this happened (well when they had flooding) they were very verbal and let us know of any updates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 ^ That's good to hear! I'd say based on what my friends tell me in the Dallas area, that SFOT will be open this weekend, they are closed to the public Friday and I think they too would be very verbal on damage on the FB page and news releases. Sad that a few people lost their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedarpointfangirl Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Good Ole Johnson Creek. We got pounded here. Had a few tornadoes. Still under a Tornado watch till 1am. I know they said around Six Flags they got almost a foot of rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenA07 Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 I actually just saw a report on the news about this, they say that it is pretty common that the park floods in that area, and that they are not terribly worried about damage. Still however, in my little area (about an hour and a half north of SFOT) we had about 8 inches of rain today, I'm not sure how much they had by the park but as I understand it they had more then we did. As the above poster said the entire area is under a tornado watch. Fun times!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texcoaster Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Please, please, PLEASE tell me that there will be more substantial support added to those turns. There's just no way the current steel-hanging-onto-wood-by-a-few-bolts-on-one-end turn support is adequate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Please, please, PLEASE tell me that there will be more substantial support added to those turns. There's just no way the current steel-hanging-onto-wood-by-a-few-bolts-on-one-end turn support is adequate. There will be more substantial support added to those turns! You're Welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A113 Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 This picture reveals just how much the drop curves... I think it shows how insane it will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atem122 Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 OK, that picture makes me SLIGHTLY erect. But yeah, I also share the sentiment that this thing is gonna collapse. I'll trust the engineers, but those over-banked turns REALLY look like they'll need extra bracing. Through an engineer's standpoint, hopefully, but most likely certainly those turns will hold, but from the common sense standpoint, the structure looks WAY too weak. I just hope that it doesn't scare the GP off from riding, because if I didn't know how much science went into coaster design, there's no way in hell you'd get me on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A113 Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 I confess I don't trust this really advanced technology to be constructed on a used Dinn Structure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggernel Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 I like how close the tracks come to eachother at the bottom of the first drop. Looks kinda interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskater132 Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Just speculation. this is probably heavier than the steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonR Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Yeah, people forget how heavy multiple layers of wood and steel overlay plates weigh, versus the hollow steel box-sections of this track system. They weigh about the same, according to some press release I read a while back, which is the whole reason this project is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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