X-Flight new for 2012

by **CoasterZ** on March 1st, 2012, 12:14 pm

GrtAmkid wrote:Push your glasses up back on your head, CoasterZ.

i do no wear glasses... dont be so hostile its a friendly thread there bud

by **FloorHead** on March 1st, 2012, 12:37 pm

Live Webcam

by **steve0145** on March 1st, 2012, 2:00 pm

I no this is small but from the looks of the cam, the train tracks will be going under the break run area or will the move it to go around.

by **ChicagoCoasterGuy** on March 1st, 2012, 3:28 pm

^ This was discussed before...yes train will go under brake run.

by **GrtAmkid** on March 1st, 2012, 5:21 pm

CoasterZ,
I was not being hostile, I was merely repeating what you said to me...with the same amount of intended jest. I do not wear glasses either. If you had read the posts previous to yours, and did not jump to conclusions, we would not be having this conversation. I may be fairly new to this site as a member, but have been reading it for some time. This is all I have to say about this issue and I consider it ...done.

by **FParker185** on March 2nd, 2012, 2:28 am

I guess I'll put this here, it's not exactly 100% on topic, but close enough I guess...

Here's a POV from Swarm....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 8YSvVo1Zeg

by **DejaVu2001** on March 2nd, 2012, 7:40 am

You can barely even see the airplane wing in that POV.

by **woohoodude11** on March 2nd, 2012, 8:10 am

^possibly something built after the video was taken? it looks like there's still a lot being done around the ride even through testing.
Back on topic...is the height limit really gonna be 6'4"? My fiance's cousin is a huuuuuuge coaster buff and he's like 6'8"...this might be a heartbreaker! I barely make it at 6'3" and I'll be annoyed having to get measured every time I ride lol.

by **FParker185** on March 2nd, 2012, 9:27 am

Yeah I think the POV was taken before the airplane and firetruck and all that, though I didn't watch it to closely. Pretty much though move the first helix to the end of the ride and replace it with an immelman and that's basically what we're looking at with X flight. What I'm seeing isn't exactly thrilling me, although once it's broken in, and with a full train, the last half of the ride should be a little faster. First drop does look interesting though, the hangtime should feel like some distant cousin of Hydra's jojo roll.

by **DejaVu2001** on March 2nd, 2012, 9:36 am

^ You can see the engine at 0:19. I'm pretty sure the wing was there before testing started, and seeing the engine there would support that. The firetruck was more recent.

by **ttd rox** on March 2nd, 2012, 10:39 am

DejaVu2001 wrote:^ You can see the engine at 0:19. I'm pretty sure the wing was there before testing started, and seeing the engine there would support that. The firetruck was more recent.

Yeah, if you look to the left you can clearly see the engine. There were pictures of the wing already there before testing began.

UPDATE: They have moved the camera further to the left to see the final pieces put up on the turn.

by **DejaVu2001** on March 2nd, 2012, 3:02 pm

Disappointing to see they really didn't do anything today. Just think how fast this would have been done if they were still getting 8 pieces up a day.

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by **Johnny.Ink** on March 2nd, 2012, 3:10 pm

DejaVu2001 wrote:Disappointing to see they really didn't do anything today. Just think how fast this would have been done if they were still getting 8 pieces up a day.

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They could have been wiring, or something that isn't track related. I'm gonna assume that once that portion starts it'll get boring until they start testing...

by **DejaVu2001** on March 2nd, 2012, 3:18 pm

They've been tightening bolts and doing electrical stuff. I just want the track to get finished so I don't have to keep checking while they're doing the boring stuff.

by **CoasterCruiser** on March 2nd, 2012, 5:37 pm

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =3&theater

by **CoasterBGW** on March 2nd, 2012, 5:37 pm

The trains have arrived!

by **Iron Wolf 90-11** on March 2nd, 2012, 5:41 pm

How do you post pictures to the forum? Im just wainting for the shiny red seat belts and the restraints to become worn and stuff like that

by **CoastsToCoasters** on March 2nd, 2012, 5:43 pm

YAY!! Cant wait to see the finished train design!!

by **Goku1910** on March 2nd, 2012, 5:44 pm

Like this:

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by **sfgam#1** on March 2nd, 2012, 5:55 pm

1st I can't wait to see the train fully themed 2nd Those seat belt's kinda look plus size friendly! !!!

by **FParker185** on March 2nd, 2012, 8:40 pm

I know it's a quasi safety thing, but those grey vests look kinda cheesy, should have gone with black and just made the lapbar portion a brighter color like SUF. Then could have gone for the black seatbelts that don't start as red then by june-ish they have turned black on their own from a mixture of dirt and mold, defeating the purpose of having them colored differently from the restraint.

by **Jackluver18** on March 2nd, 2012, 9:02 pm

I like them..very nice

by **DejaVu2001** on March 3rd, 2012, 12:51 pm

I was bored so I did a Google image search, and look what I found:

Original source of image: http://www.gurnee.il.us/node/96991

Items revealed in this rendering:

The entrance
Large theming structure around first drop
Propellers in the helix
Skeeball will be renovated (and probably become the "Leather Xcessories" retail location mentioned at No Coaster)

by **BP317** on March 3rd, 2012, 1:41 pm

So basically if you are wondering what X Flight is going to look like

Entrance

Queue cover

Station

by **Iron Wolf 90-11** on March 3rd, 2012, 2:10 pm

I wish they had animation on how the station is actually going to look and work though.

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