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Postby JackGlass on October 2nd, 2024, 4:24 am
CoastsToCoasters wrote:What is happening?!


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Dock worker strike. Hopefully they can come to an agreement soon so this ends ASAP
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Postby B&MGuy35 on October 2nd, 2024, 3:48 pm
Several pieces for coasters catwalk have been delivered along with some addition very large formed rebar for the footers. My update video will be up later tonight. Editing it currently.


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Postby Dan The Coaster Man on October 2nd, 2024, 6:40 pm
B&MGuy35 wrote:Several pieces for coasters catwalk have been delivered along with some addition very large formed rebar for the footers. My update video will be up later tonight. Editing it currently.


Thank you for all your work, much appreciated!
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Postby B&MGuy35 on October 2nd, 2024, 7:02 pm
Dan The Coaster Man wrote:
B&MGuy35 wrote:Several pieces for coasters catwalk have been delivered along with some addition very large formed rebar for the footers. My update video will be up later tonight. Editing it currently.


Thank you for all your work, much appreciated!



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Postby TwistedSTEEL666 on October 2nd, 2024, 7:12 pm
Awesome video B&MGuy35!!!
I'm glad they are doing more work on the site.
I'm really hoping they can get this ride built in a good amount of time.

Do you think we'll see any vertical Rak supports by the end of the month?

Also, has anyone seen any track or supports around the Ohio factory?
Or seen them on the highway being delivered yet?
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on October 2nd, 2024, 8:37 pm
Stupid question: "Could" B&M have designed this ride a little taller to have a 200 ft drop?

Or is the height limited by the footprint they have to work with?
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Postby TwistedSTEEL666 on October 2nd, 2024, 8:50 pm
CoasterRiderSC wrote:Stupid question: "Could" B&M have designed this ride a little taller to have a 200 ft drop?

Or is the height limited by the footprint they have to work with?


If they wanted 200 feet I think the only way to do it is to have a steeper lift hill.
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Postby B&MGuy35 on October 2nd, 2024, 9:00 pm
TwistedSTEEL666 wrote:Awesome video B&MGuy35!!!
I'm glad they are doing more work on the site.
I'm really hoping they can get this ride built in a good amount of time.

Do you think we'll see any vertical Rak supports by the end of the month?

Also, has anyone seen any track or supports around the Ohio factory?
Or seen them on the highway being delivered yet?
We won’t see any vertical construction until at least the begging of November. The concrete has to cure for almost a month before they can start to add supports on top of it I believe. Concrete is ready to walk on in about 24-48 hours and able to drive on after about a week. It takes a full 28 days to fully cure, so I would think not until then would it be able to handle holding up a steel support.


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Postby CoasterRiderSC on October 3rd, 2024, 7:49 am
TwistedSTEEL666 wrote:
CoasterRiderSC wrote:Stupid question: "Could" B&M have designed this ride a little taller to have a 200 ft drop?

Or is the height limited by the footprint they have to work with?


If they wanted 200 feet I think the only way to do it is to have a steeper lift hill.



What about a cutout to go under ground?
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Postby B&MGuy35 on October 3rd, 2024, 8:28 am
CoasterRiderSC wrote:
TwistedSTEEL666 wrote:
CoasterRiderSC wrote:Stupid question: "Could" B&M have designed this ride a little taller to have a 200 ft drop?

Or is the height limited by the footprint they have to work with?


If they wanted 200 feet I think the only way to do it is to have a steeper lift hill.



What about a cutout to go under ground?
The first element (Immelmann) would need a longer pull out. So the supports would have to be further then where they are going. That first element would also then be taller along with everything else that would follow because of speed. Unless they did what they used to do on their stand ups which is put a trim brake on the first drop.


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Postby CoasterRiderSC on October 3rd, 2024, 2:18 pm
^So it does tie back to the footprint size. We definitely don't want a trim brake on the first drop (or anywhere else)!
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Postby Blue_Toad_Coasters on October 3rd, 2024, 3:37 pm
B&MGuy35 wrote:The first element (Immelmann) would need a longer pull out. So the supports would have to be further then where they are going. That first element would also then be taller along with everything else that would follow because of speed. Unless they did what they used to do on their stand ups which is put a trim brake on the first drop.


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Ah, so that's why the park didn't build up to 200 feet! Trims on drops suck, and it'd be pretty hard for the park to build the track around Demon. (Although it would be pretty awesome if there was an Immelman that went under Demon's lift and then over Demon's lift.)
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Postby B&MGuy35 on October 3rd, 2024, 6:40 pm
The strike has been avoided for now. New deadline is January 15th!!


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Postby staticshadows on October 4th, 2024, 4:50 pm
The permit for the foundations was submitted today.

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Postby B&MGuy35 on October 5th, 2024, 9:20 am
Not sure if anyone saw this but we received another shipment from B&M on the 26th that had 11 pieces of something in it weighting over 11 thousand pounds.

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Postby Dan The Coaster Man on October 6th, 2024, 8:18 pm
I don't think the whole layout would have fit if it was 200 feet. Then again, I would have said it would not have fit if it was 180 feet, and here we are...
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Postby B&MGuy35 on October 9th, 2024, 1:27 pm
Just left the park
Lots of new caissons and rebar on site

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Still the same coaster pieces from last week. No track or supports as of yet

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Postby TwistedSTEEL666 on October 9th, 2024, 11:03 pm
B&MGuy35 wrote:Just left the park
Lots of new caissons and rebar on site

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Still the same coaster pieces from last week. No track or supports as of yet

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I saw your video. Good update video.
I like that progress has picked up a little and more prep work is being done on the site itself.
I can't wait to see track pieces arriving.

I wonder if the factory has begun making track and supports for us yet?
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on October 10th, 2024, 2:32 pm
So the track will be manufactured in Ohio. Where are the trains manufactured?

Does B&M actually make the track or is that sub-contracted?
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Postby Tidal_Waver on October 10th, 2024, 3:44 pm
CoasterRiderSC wrote:So the track will be manufactured in Ohio. Where are the trains manufactured?

Does B&M actually make the track or is that sub-contracted?


I’m not sure about the train but the track is sub contracted to this company:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clermon ... abricators
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Postby B&MGuy35 on October 10th, 2024, 3:46 pm
CoasterRiderSC wrote:So the track will be manufactured in Ohio. Where are the trains manufactured?

Does B&M actually make the track or is that sub-contracted?
In the past the trains have been made by that Italian company that the park received a shipment from a month ago. Valente I believe is the name of the company. I know they at least manufacture the chassis for the trains.


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Postby coasterfanatic on October 11th, 2024, 4:00 pm
Someone in a Facebook group has reported that track arrived…not sure how true that is.


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Postby CoastsToCoasters on October 12th, 2024, 2:33 am
It's very true & it's a very pretty blue!


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Postby Goku1910 on October 12th, 2024, 12:35 pm
[album][/album]At the park today and there are pieces of rebar and digging vehicles on site.

Also a small crane for lifting Caison templates.
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Postby Dive_Fan on October 12th, 2024, 5:35 pm
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