It is not. They apparently retrofitted it. Or at least, that's what the satellite photos of Zamperla HQ implied.
Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
The lack of a stopper makes me uneasy when I look at it but could it generate enough speed to yeet it off the spike? If it could would they wouldn’t need the swing launch at all right? RIGHT?
Why not? Do you know what the potential output of the LSM run is? Without knowing that, I'm not sure you could make that assertion.
Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
eightdotthree:
The lack of a stopper makes me uneasy when I look at it
How beefy would the stopper need to be to stop a train loaded with peeps? If the LSM's failed and blasted that train as hard as possible what would the impact force be? Is that even possible?
Alexander James:
The physics don’t allow for it
Sure, they do, those LSM's get that train over the 420ft tower just on the other end of the track. Would they have enough power to do it over the back spike? If we add the fourth secret launch and rename it Top Kill 2 then we are onto something.
But in being a bit more serious, the acceleration was decreased slightly and now runs for a longer duration compared to last year's forces on TT2. Some dude has a site where he uses an accelerometer to plot the g's against time, and they are two different curves. So those LSM's do have more to give, is it enough???? Beats me.
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