Are all hypers still standing?

With the exception of Steel Phantom, aren't all hypers ever built still standing? Remember, What goes up must come down. What will happen when a really big coaster like MF has to come down (note, I didn't say MF will have to come down, but a coaster like MF will come down) . How would something that big be safely dismantled?
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I don't think any hypers have actully been torn down fully.  Good questiong though about how they would come down, im assuming they would do it the opposite way they put it up.
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"WHATS UP WIT THAT" The Hurricane
My Top 5 Coasters:
1. Raging Bull 2.Millenium Force 3.V2 (SFGAm) 4.Viper (SFGAm) 5.Cornball Express/Raptor

Exactly, they would do it the opposite way the built it. When they build it, first the build the supports, and then the track. Am I right? Now, taking it down, they would first take off the track, than take down the supports. Can anybody else think of a better solution?

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Chris

Well there are 2 methods of taking down a coaster:

-The 'Die You Piece of Crap' method, in which you just knock it all down cause nobody wants this hunk of junk.(ie. Windjammer)

-The 'Steady...Steady...Slowly...One piece at a time..." Method, in which you take the track down than the supports. Mostly like taking it down the opposite way they put it (ie. Any re-located ride)

I'm not very sure about stuff like this, but I'm pretty sure demolitionists can take down something that tall pretty easy. Now if you wanted to save the ride, you would probably have to take it down piece by piece.

Depends what you call a hyper. Moonsault Scramble over in Japan was over 200ft (250 I think) and it has since been dismantled. (BTW MS was a shuttle coaster)
jeremy
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"Nobody writes about the planes that land." Steve Salerno Washington Times 7-10-01

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. said:-The 'Die You Piece of Crap' method, in which you just knock it all down cause nobody wants this hunk of junk.(ie. Windjammer) 

I think they took Windjammer down piece by piece because it was going to a park in South America.

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Nope it wasn't taken down like that...Lol...Go look at pieces of the track smooshed together like PB&J. They really showed no mercy. I thought it was really neat getting the tower facing the de-construction on Supreme Scream, you could look down on the whole project!

BLOW IT UP!!!!!
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I may be from IL, but i sure can't get enough of the FORCE. MF!!!

Moonsault Scramble was 207 ft just looked it up on RCDB :P
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Does CCI know how to make a bad coaster?

If a coaster is going to be reused or stored, then it is unbolted and cut up carefully so it can be reassembled piece by piece.  I don't see why a hyper or anything taller would be a problem as long as you had a large enough crane.

On the other hand, if a ride has no future, usually what happens is that someone (a scrap metal company) will cut it up with torches for scrap value.  Sometimes even the parks themselves do this.

In my opinion, demolition by explosives is not practical, because it's costly compared to disassembly and scrapping (especially scrapping).  There's just not enough "stuff" (scientific term) to necessitate explosives, although it would be cool to watch.

A coaster is a cinch to bring down.  All of the structure is out in the open where you can get at it.  Nothing hidden by walls.  A few guys with torches and a couple of cranes could bring down any steel coaster in a few weeks.  I would think that a 100 foot woodie would be more of a challenge to dmo than a 300 foot steel coaster.

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BeastieBrent said:
Moonsault Scramble was 207 ft just looked it up on RCDB :P
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It also pulls 6.2 gs.  Whoa!  now that's a trip!

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I noticed that too, unreal, what did SP pull or how bout shockwave at SFGAM that third loop must ypull some insane g's
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Does CCI know how to make a bad coaster?

That would be awsome to watch MF to be blown up! (this would be done in like 500 years when it would become obselete)
Just imagine, there would be an explosion and the bottom of the supports and the giant hill would fall into the lake!
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Formerly known as PCWHome

I think it would be easier to take a wooden hyper coaster like SoB down. 

I would think it would be easy to take down the structure itself, but suppose they want to reuse the land and need to get rid of the footers.  That would probably be more difficult.  I was at CP this weekend and took a look at the footers for their new coaster.  They are fairly huge!  Many people probably don't realize that the part sticking out of the ground os only a small part of a coaster footer! :)

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-Matt
2001 Magnum Crew

Personally, I think a wooden coaster would be a lot easier to take down than a steel.  If it's not going to be used somewhere else, all you need is a can of gas, a few matches, and a fire department.  ;)