Coaster Costs

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Rctycoon2k said:
$1 = £0.5424

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well done, that proves your equations above to be wrong! *** Edited 1/13/2004 11:58:31 PM UTC by Ross McColl***

I may be over analizing but it's "equations". *** Edited 1/13/2004 10:33:28 PM UTC by ApolloAndy***

Analyzing you mean?

Or Analysing in British... *** Edited 1/13/2004 11:59:10 PM UTC by Ross McColl***

Ross is a genious, the rest are insane...

Ross, you need to check another thread to understand Andy's mind. ;)

I forgot about the removal and cost of ripping out WindJammer that KBF had no choice but to eat, makes sense that they most likely did include this in the cost.

And if it was for the prototype cost, makes one wonder why any park would buy a prototype, personally I'd wait a year or two to save a couple of million!

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jomo said:
What I don't get is how Xcelerator cost $13 million, while Storm Runner, with 3 inversions and a longer track length, only cost $10 million:

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Location is a big factor too. Xcelerator is in Southern California where the cost of living is higher. It will cost more to build it there where people will get more money per hour. For example and Ironworker in the LA area makes $27.31 and one in Harrisburg, PA makes $23.67. Thats a $3.64 differance per hour and $145.60 per week for each guy. If you have 15-20 men working on it 40 hours a week that really adds up. Then add how much more other things like wood and concrete will be and it's pretty simple to see the $3 million differance.

Well now we know where to turn to in reference to ironworker's salaries.

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jomo said:And if it was for the prototype cost, makes one wonder why any park would buy a prototype, personally I'd wait a year or two to save a couple of million!

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True there, but CF certainly got a chance to TEST the smaller version before going FULL-SCALE, so to speak, with TTD...;)

...and c-punk, really, even at those wages (WOW am I in the wrong line of work, LOL)....150/wk X 20 steelworkers (gender sensitivity ya know) is still only 3K/week. Even IF the coaster took 6 months to build (not likely), then we're still talking less than 80K....which brings me back to the concept of labor not being a MAJOR factor in cost...

how does this prove my equations wrong? if $1 = £0.5424, then £12 million = $6.6 million, which is correct... all my calculations are correct...

A pound is worth more than a dollar, buddy. You switched the symbols in your second equation.

Andy, are you STILL trying? ;) ROFL!

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Rctycoon2k said:
how does this prove my equations wrong? if $1 = £0.5424, then £12 million = $6.6 million, which is correct... all my calculations are correct...

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HAHAHAHA.

You've er proved yourself wrong with that quote m8.look carefully.

RE: Andy's comment, I got that he was taking the micky, but i went along with it anyway :)

Todays current exchange rate for UK Pounds was 1 pound = $0.5424 dollar... I was wrong, lol... *** Edited 1/14/2004 3:27:32 AM UTC by Rctycoon2k***

Just to get this closer to the topic again, any idea how much a Chance Revolution / KMG Afterburner like Delirium, The Claw, etc runs installed? I really can't seem to find any mention of costs at all :(