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Postby Sporlo on February 12th, 2012, 2:17 pm
Latest webcam image:
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Postby CoasterNick3157 on February 12th, 2012, 7:21 pm
Off topic but is this the webcam

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Postby RagingBull144 on February 12th, 2012, 8:02 pm
CoasterNick3157 wrote:Off topic but is this the webcam

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Yes it is
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Postby rluecht72 on February 13th, 2012, 1:08 am
so do you think the cam is about 50-70 feet off the ground to give us a look at this awesome ride?
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Postby CstrFan512 on February 13th, 2012, 11:32 am
It can't be very high because it's not on a curve.
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Postby ttd rox on February 13th, 2012, 11:35 am
They are working on the station now as you can see the black structure to the left on the webcam.
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Postby stockboy300 on February 13th, 2012, 11:51 am
I wish they could swing the cam to the left a little. Im off with surgery and nothing better to do but watch. Thanks I didn't notice the topic till after I posted.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on February 13th, 2012, 11:55 am
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Postby Sporlo on February 13th, 2012, 12:45 pm
Aerial view of X-Flight construction on February 4th:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRctK5vOBDE&hd=1

There was no construction going on that day (a Saturday), and based on the shadows/weather/clouds, it was sometime after noon I'm thinking. Here is the noon shot of February 4th:
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(actually it was probably a while *after* noon, but w/e)
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Postby sfgam#1 on February 13th, 2012, 4:31 pm
From the video the ride looks massive!!!!! Looks like that area will look great from now on!
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Postby ttd rox on February 13th, 2012, 4:58 pm
The video also shows how small Iron Wolf's location really is without the ride there. I guess we already knew it was small with the ride there but you know what I mean. Really cool video though the majority of my attention fell on Eagle rather than X-Flight. It's hard to believe you go from the drop of Eagle to the helix in just a few seconds and it looks so long!
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Postby icantwaittilxflight on February 13th, 2012, 6:20 pm
bull is soooooooo big. I mean i know it is big, but it looks so cool with the birds eye view like that
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Postby ChicagoCoasterGuy on February 13th, 2012, 8:56 pm
Is it just me or does it look like they removed the tracks by Wolf to remove it?
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Postby DejaVu2001 on February 13th, 2012, 11:32 pm
^ Iron Wolf would be no reason to remove the train tracks. Most of Iron Wolf was gone by closing day anyway. Though the tracks in that area could probably use some maintenance, there have been issues in the past.
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Postby CstrFan512 on February 14th, 2012, 8:51 am
The light snow on the track looks SO awesome! :)
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Postby ttd rox on February 14th, 2012, 1:37 pm
Looks like they will be finishing the barrel roll today and possibly start on the final helix.
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Postby ClubXJeff on February 14th, 2012, 4:51 pm
Could they have this coaster track completed by the end of this week?! MAJOR props to the construction team! It seems like it's only been a few weeks!
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Postby DejaVu2001 on February 14th, 2012, 4:55 pm
^ Doubt it. They're moving too slow this week. Only one piece yesterday and two pieces today. There are 19 track pieces left, and there are no supports up for the brake run yet.
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Postby icantwaittilxflight on February 14th, 2012, 5:23 pm
DejaVu2001 wrote:There are 19 track pieces left, and there are no supports up for the brake run yet.

How do you know there's 19 left? And I agree. They are moving very slow. It hasn't been that windy either! Last week they were crankin through everything. I want them to post new pics on facebook though. When do you think trains are going to start arriving? And signs?
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Postby DejaVu2001 on February 14th, 2012, 5:39 pm
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That rendering accurately shows all of the track joints. So basically just count what isn't up yet.
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Postby CoasterZ on February 14th, 2012, 6:43 pm
icantwaittilxflight wrote:
DejaVu2001 wrote:There are 19 track pieces left, and there are no supports up for the brake run yet.

How do you know there's 19 left? And I agree. They are moving very slow. It hasn't been that windy either! Last week they were crankin through everything. I want them to post new pics on facebook though. When do you think trains are going to start arriving? And signs?


im pretty sure the reason they slowed down so much is they have alot of work to do on the station probably before they put the last pieces of track on. Accordingly they can m ove cranes or forklifts anything they want right up to where they need it instead of lifting it over track. Just a guess is all but could be the reason why. Im sure in the next week we will have some better pictures or the webcam moved again.
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Postby RagingBull144 on February 14th, 2012, 7:28 pm
I work at SFGAm and they are working on the station and putting on some supports on the end of the station
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Postby DejaVu2001 on February 14th, 2012, 7:36 pm
^ I'm not buying it. Trainings for this season have barely started, and none of the trainings yet have actually been inside the park. And besides, if you really work at Six Flags, you should not be posting anything that is not public knowledge.
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Postby RagingBull144 on February 14th, 2012, 7:42 pm
DejaVu2001 wrote:^ I'm not buying it. Trainings for this season have barely started, and none of the trainings yet have actually been inside the park. And besides, if you really work at Six Flags, you should not be posting anything that is not public knowledge.


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Postby BP317 on February 14th, 2012, 7:54 pm
So why can you give everyone the play by play construction updates and not post the photos?
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