X-Flight new for 2012

[ClubXJeff]

Ummm. I think that goes without saying, sir : )
I too - would agree that the angle of this breed of coasters seems to be larger and/or steeper.

I'm amazed that they've basically put up the entire lift, within a matter of 2 days. Bravo Team!

How can we politely tell SFGAM to zoom out, and pana smidge right, on the cam? lol

[Cole]

Wow. They got pretty far today. Could we be seeing the drop and zero g roll by next week?

[RBullFan97]

The X-Flight lift might be as steep as the Demon's. Also, I think the ride will be topped off by tomorrow.

[FParker185]

They're not really going all that fast. In 2 days they've put up a total of 4 sections of track. That's actually pretty bad.

As for topping out, pretty sure that can't happen until the first drop is built up to meet with it at the top.

[Goku1910]

They're not really going all that fast. In 2 days they've put up a total of 4 sections of track. That's actually pretty bad.

As for topping out, pretty sure that can't happen until the first drop is built up to meet with it at the top.

They have until March/April.....

[FParker185]

So then you agree with everyone else that it's flying together with the speed of a runaway freight train?

[Goku1910]

I'm not saying they're going faster than normal or slower than normal. The speed of this seems about the same as last years Green Lantern at SFGadv....And you KNOW that when the weather improves, they'll get more done daily.

[rluecht72]

Not to reference another coaster watching swarm the lift seemed much higher.. But maybe it's because the camera is making me feel it isn't that tall.. I do love the progress so far amazing work

Swarm i heard is 127 X-Flight is 120

[rluecht72]

They're not really going all that fast. In 2 days they've put up a total of 4 sections of track. That's actually pretty bad.

As for topping out, pretty sure that can't happen until the first drop is built up to meet with it at the top.

I would rather these men and women working on the ride as safely as possible. They got almost 3/4 of the lift hill up in a day. it is near the end of january, i'm happy with how much they have gotten done. Another person has a good point as well we got 29 days in february, 31 days in March and 30 days of April. Thats 90 days to put up track the worst will probably erecting the inversions because they are up so high and doing a push through with the sleek wingrider trains. i think we'll be good by May 15.

[FParker185]

That's all I was saying, people both here and on Facebook (FB mainly, but I know they post/read here) are acting like the ground opened up and a completed coaster emerged from the bowels of the earth. I'm not saying they are behind or anything, they got oodles of time, they just aren't being as speedy like some believe, and are actually working *significantly* slower than on most coasters, probably due to the fact that they aren't battling deadlines. They put 1/3 of the lifthill up on tues, and another 3'rd wednesday. Lifthills usually go up moch faster since every piece of track is basically identical and goes in at an identical angle. Again nothing against the crew or anything, just wanted to interject some reason into this thread

[Coaster Justin]

I agree F about them taking their time it seems. It's not like we've had a Terrible winter (Until lately) but we had like 50/60 degree days for November and December. I would've started construction in October, just to wet peoples anticipation. Wild Eagle was finished faster.

[Cole]

They were supposed to start in late october, but B&M's shipment was slighty delayed, so they couldn't start pouring footers until mid November. Believe it or not, it was not SFGAm's fault.

[DejaVu2001]

^ B&M makes concrete footers? Besides, it was closing weekend before they even finished clearing the site.

In other news, they appear to be having some issues with the large crane this morning. The whole thing is on the ground.



EDIT: The crane is back up now.

[chester016]

I think they may have added a section onto the crane to get the height they needed. If all sections are not needed immediatley I believe they are not required to put all of them on. This would probably make it easier to maneuver and such.

[ilrider]

They're not really going all that fast. In 2 days they've put up a total of 4 sections of track. That's actually pretty bad.

As for topping out, pretty sure that can't happen until the first drop is built up to meet with it at the top.

I would rather these men and women working on the ride as safely as possible. They got almost 3/4 of the lift hill up in a day. it is near the end of january, i'm happy with how much they have gotten done. Another person has a good point as well we got 29 days in february, 31 days in March and 30 days of April. Thats 90 days to put up track the worst will probably erecting the inversions because they are up so high and doing a push through with the sleek wingrider trains. i think we'll be good by May 15.

Actually, B&M doesn't use the actual trains for a push/pull through, from what I've seen. They have a metal device that is built to the same dimensions as the outside clearance of the trains that they use instead to check clearances. It's pretty cool, and a heck of a lot easier to use than moving the full trains.

[ttd rox]

^Yep, it looks like a big metal, rounded door frame. I believe someone already showed a picture of this but with Manta on this thread but here is one with the Swarm. This was taken from the The Swarm Developer Diary FB page.

[Johnny.Ink]

That's actually pretty cool. Thanks for the picture. Always cool to see behind the scenes

[ttd rox]

^Your welcome. I saw them while searching through that FB page. It's definitely more convenient than doing the pull through.

[Goku1910]

They were supposed to start in late october, but B&M's shipment was slighty delayed, so they couldn't start pouring footers until mid November. Believe it or not, it was not SFGAm's fault.

Who told you this? There were shipments in October.....When SFGAm probably planned this all out. X-Flight was started earlier, or about the same time that superman was started.

[ClubXJeff]

My thoughts exactly Goku... What does anything being shipped, have to do with pouring footers?

[DejaVu2001]

Looks like today was a pretty light work day. All they did today was add the handrails to the lift stairs.

[ilrider]

That's actually pretty cool. Thanks for the picture. Always cool to see behind the scenes

It also is amazing to see how close those clearances are to the supports/theming. One of the things I'm most anticipating about X-Flight are the awesome looking head/arm/leg chopper effects.

[icantwaittilxflight]

^Yep, it looks like a big metal, rounded door frame. I believe someone already showed a picture of this but with Manta on this thread but here is one with the Swarm. This was taken from the The Swarm Developer Diary FB page.

I'm guessing that those give clearance for arms and everything. it looks the arch way is clearance for arms.

[FParker185]

All you need to do footers is blueprints from B&M. I can guarantee you without so much as a shadow of a doubt that the blueprints were at the park by July, well enough in advance to make a copy of them and hand them over to VIP so Keith could do his animations/artwork.

Everything else related to the footers is locally sourced.

[gottastrata33]

Those photos of Swarm were posted as another PR stunt from the company, theyre showing in those photos that there IS NOT enough clearance...