Six Flags Great America announces X-Flight

Definitely looks like an awesome ride, especially the fly-through. I'll have to make sure to get back to GA.

BTW. What, no bitching about the recycling of the name X-Flight? I'm disappointed. ;)

Did anyone notice the shnazzy new "non-head-banging restraints"? Well, new for B&M anyway.

^I did! But they have been replaced with 'hold you back and down and shake you hard' rubber-y things. I'm sure they will be much nicer on a B&M than they are on a Vekoma, though. It's a trade-off.

^^ Not really that new. They're just like the B&M Flying Coaster restraints except with a different latching mechanism and added crotch seat belts

More crap in the crotch area? That's exactly what those restraints needed! ;)

I really look forward to this one! Out of all of the Six Flags announcements this one is definitely my favorite. :)

-Tina

Any word on where exactly in the park X-Flight will be located? Is it going where the car ride is located?

I keep reading that it is going where Iron Wolf is, and that some extra room is being made to accompany the rest of the larger new ride.

I couldn't quite tell from the animation, although it does look like American Eagle is in the background. Didn't they close/remove a splashdown ride recently near there?

Here is the video animation for the ride. It is going in where Splash Water Falls and Great American Raceway were. Basically between Eagle and Demon. The spot for Iron Wolf will probably stay vacant next year. Just click the image and it will play.

X-Flight.

I'm still going to refer to it as Brak: the Ride.

jc
(look at the trains again)

Anyone notice the "Stealth" bomber on the logo, referring to the x-flight at sfwoa was originally stealth.

Pssst. No it wasn't

Did they ever mention number of trains or capacity? Over the years they have put in a lot of lower capacity coasters. Iron Wolf, Batman, Superman, Ragin Cajun, Dark Knight, Viper,V2 all have a capacity of around 1000 or less an hour. Will this be one as well? I never understood why Six Flags put so many lower capacity coasters at some of their "Top Tier" parks.

Capacity does not matter at all. People love to stand in long lines, or spend extra on Flashpass. ;)

I seriously think that this new coaster looks like it will have pretty good capacity though. I don't think it will offer any unusual restraints. It is a slightly short coaster with two trains holding 32 riders each. That's 62 riders every few minutes. That's assuming that Six Flags uses both trains.

Has the park talked about what the expected capacity is for this coaster? I also can't find how long of a ride it is, time-wise.

sorry i was mistaken but it was similar to stealth.

LostKause said:
or spend extra on Flashpass. ;)

Don't do it, Travis *its a trap*
http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2009/8/20/128952537004419969.jpg

LostKause said:
It is a slightly short coaster with two trains holding 32 riders each. That's 62 riders every few minutes.

Math was never my strongest subject either. :)

Lol...

Just a stupid mistake. My head has been filled with too many numbers over the last few months.

:)

Really? Batman, Superman and Viper have bad capacity? It probably depends on the crew, but two trains of 32 or 30 is in upper tier for ride capacity (only ones I can think of that beat it are the 36 passenger B&M and intamin hypers.)