Cedar Point '07 Project
Coasterbuzzer said:
^Don't know. However, I do believe that the bullet trains in Japan work that way.
Japanese Shinkansen do not use LIM/LSM for power. They use electricity from overhead catenary just as many other similar high speed rail lines around the world.
As previously mentioned, Walt Disney World's Tomorrowland Transit Authority uses linear induction, as does Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
--Madison
tambo said:
I agree it's getting very unsettling here. Too many people worrying about what everyone else is doing. I thought there was an age limit to post, but it feels like there are nothing but grade schoolers in here with all of the tattlers and know-it-alls.-Tambo
Very soon, Mark... very soon. ;)
The Flying Turns makes all the right people wet - Gonch
SFGAdv lover said:
Correct me if i'm wrong, but doesn't this picture confirm that it's a hydraulic launch?http://www.pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?i=5458
If so, what in Anton Schwarzkopf's name is CP thinking by adding another plagued problematic ride?!?
No. That picture does not confirm a hydraulic launch, but it DOES confirm that it's not a hydraulic launch.
Hydraulic launch track, which has all been box track in all the ones built so far, has a very deep groove on either side of the inside portion of the track. It has a running in the track itself that the cable fits into. The track that has been fixed at CP shows no space in the middle of the track itself for anything. There appears to be space and bolts for something to fit on top, possibly (likely) a LIM or LSM launch, but definitely not room for hydraulic parts.
Can we guess that a portion of this is going to be indoors since the track is up so early?
Have you ever seen a man eat his own face?
Looping, check.
Fast turns, check.
This looks like a nice coaster to me, just looking forward to seeing what kind of train its going to have. Hopefully something I can fit in.
Once I noticed the flat section under the "station", I thought the same thing. I do believe at least some of it will be enclosed.
coastergoose said:
Can we guess that a portion of this is going to be indoors since the track is up so early?
coastergoose said:
This track is going up incredibly quick!Can we guess that a portion of this is going to be indoors since the track is up so early?
either that or a lot of scenery haha
Chernabog said:
Japanese Shinkansen do not use LIM/LSM for power. They use electricity from overhead catenary just as many other similar high speed rail lines around the world.
Correct. They ARE, however, testing a maglev system, which is LSM-based and would provide even faster and smoother service than the current Shinkansen (which are already amazingly comfortable and quiet, and an incredibly civilized way to get around worry-free...) *** Edited 9/1/2006 1:02:22 AM UTC by GregLeg***
--Greg
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Actually that sounds like an inginus idea.
maybe we should go back to those signs and use what we know now and use the signs to figure out what kind of ride it is
but I think dueling is out, but simutanious launch that is time with the lower launch works.
But now, like someone stated, all the requirements are in it, Speed, Tricks, and maneuvering, I'd like to know the capacity of the ride. It'll be interesting.
I'm already getting a woodie thinking about this coaster ;).... it does NOT look like it'll swoop thru the station, but I will eat PART of my words that there's no launch to the coaster. Looks like maybe part of it will be a lift directly above the launch track, and part will be launch. I could be wrong, however... and that could be just track for a higher elevation.
That new building that went up recently is NOT their station house. It looks more like a house for the equipment needed for the LIM launch. The station I bet will be from the Wild Water Landing. If not, then there woulda been no reason to keep it.
Two questions remain...
1) How many trains will this coaster be able to handle?
2) Will there be any 'mid course' E-brakes? Without them, you can only run 1 train at a time except on the lift (if there is one).
Any possible potential layout that one has mentioned never showed the additional footers by Snake River where the water is (former swan-boats, I think)... there's a lotta land there that the track will swing by. This could be a pretty damn long coaster.
With a track that appears it'll exceed 4000 or 5000', I don't think there'll only be 3 or 4 inversions. It looks to be a mega-inversion coaster getting into double digits.
Hamster Boy said:
Mybe it will be a dueling coaster but istead of having 2 tracks it will have 1 continus track so, you will be able to ride both sides at once without getting off.Actually that sounds like an inginus idea.
I really think people should, before posting in a long forum like this...look back 3 or 4 pages prior to this post, and go through them...I myself posted this very idea a few pages, back, did I not? ;)
Haha no I'm not giving Patrick the finger 
SFGAdv lover said:
If so, what in Anton Schwarzkopf's name...
Best line posted here in a while and it went completely unnoticed.
I can almost guarantee you that the launch section we still will double as the mid-course. If you look at the way it's shaped, it's three straight sections forming like a bowl. There's no way the train goes over those at like 50 mph.
DawgByte II said:
Two questions remain...
1) How many trains will this coaster be able to handle?
2) Will there be any 'mid course' E-brakes? Without them, you can only run 1 train at a time except on the lift (if there is one).
Closed topic.
