Flying Turns Update

Made it home safely. Good times. TR will be up soon.

glad you made it home safely .... how was it? and what did you think for your 1st time being there? oh and whats TR?

Awesome, glad you had a good time, can't wait for the TR

TR = Trip Report, which will answer your questions. ;) *** Edited 8/2/2006 4:49:27 PM UTC by P18***

Seth,

TR = Trip report. Unless it's preceded by M: which someone else can explain. :)

Can someone explain the... um... I don't even know what to call it! In the middle of the layout there's this triple figure-eight looking thing. How does it navigate that section? I can't figure out what's going on there.

Webcams
http://www.flyingturnsproject.com/FT_Webcam.html

http://rcdb.com/pictures/picmax/knoebels/flying-turns9.jpg
That picture gives the best Idea so far. The lift has not been built yet, but the top would be on the right of the american flag (theres no trough in that picture yet) It starts off there making a 180 to the left, then another 180 to the right ( around the top of the middle steel pole), then a 360 downward helix to the left. (visible on the 1st webcam, the top "trough). You can also see the next 180 (to the right) as the trough that seems to be coming out to the left on the first webcam. after that it makes another 360 downward helix to the left as you can see in the picture on RCDB (below the american flag) After that, another 180 degree to the right, and another to the left (as you can see the bottom trough on the 1st webcam) then another 90 degree right (very first area they built) then it heads towards the break run. basically it's just a series of alternating 180 turns and 360 downward helixes. Hope I helped :) *** Edited 8/2/2006 6:06:43 PM UTC by P18***

to explain the figure 8 thing P18 hit it right on the nose to see it i drew a thing in the paint program on my computer... please note this is a drawing done by my mouse and is very sloppy but detailed enough to show u want i mean...

http://pic6.piczo.com/Knoebels/?g=19830066&cr=6

click on that link.

also just check out the picutres around the web and the webcams... also a good picture is the overview knoebels gives you on there update page. *** Edited 8/2/2006 7:13:47 PM UTC by Seth*** *** Edited 8/2/2006 7:59:12 PM UTC by Seth*** *** Edited 8/2/2006 11:30:51 PM UTC by Seth***

There are some good pictures over of the construction progress on RCDB: Here's the link since P18's link doesn't work. :)

They're making some good progress on this!

to explain the figure 8 thing P18 hit it right on the nose to see it i drew a thing in the paint program on my computer... please note this is a drawing done by my mouse and is very sloppy but detailed enough to show u want i mean...

http://pic6.piczo.com/Knoebels/?g=19830066&cr=6

click on that link.

also just check out the picutres around the web and the webcams... also a good picture is the overview knoebels gives you on there update page. *** Edited 8/2/2006 11:31:48 PM UTC by Seth***

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Seth said:
also a good picture is the overview knoebels gives you on there update page.

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Here's a direct link to that image. :)

no that the layout bobthecoaster guy... i drew a thing in paint shop on my computer to give you a overview of the layout and explain the fig 8 P18 hit it right on the nose. ^^ look up above for more info ^^ here is a link that i drew: http://pic6.piczo.com/Knoebels/?g=19830066&cr=6

and for the picture overview that knoebels has on there update page is: http://www.knoebels.com/update.htm

thanks *** Edited 8/2/2006 11:30:09 PM UTC by Seth***

Seth, I know that you were talking about your drawing, but you mentioned the layout drawing I linked on the Knoebel's website to after that link. Sorry for the confusion.

my link works, its direct link to the 3rd to the last picture at RCDB *** Edited 8/2/2006 9:50:18 PM UTC by P18***

ok i made a new drawing/layout in my paint program on my computer. (this one looks alot better) check it out it should explain the figure 8 part to everyone. just remember to check out the pictures posted all over the internet... including the knoebels update page.

here is the link to my drawing/layout:

http://pic6.piczo.com/Knoebels/?g=19830066&cr=6

hope you like it and it explains it better for you.

Here's a picture I previously posted in this thread of the Flying Turns that were at Riverview Park. That's the one on which Knoebels is basing its ride.

http://www.riverviewparkchicago.com/generic24.html

If you compare that picture to the plan view on the Knoebels website, you can get an idea how the cars travel. They seem to be mirror images of each other, so don't let that confuse you. The figure eight part is two tiers high.

P18, sorry, it didn't work when I clicked on it the first time, probably my internet or something. :)

The second picture of the Riverview Flying Turns is really nice. Looks like it'll be an awesome ride.

No prob, its cool. Agreed though, plus Knoebel's will have that extra helix as well.

hey zcorpius when are you going to give us the trip report from when you went down? and as far as i was looking at the webcam (which i did not really look at it offen this last 1 -1 1/2 weeks) i seen very little progress... maybe they are just working on the back of the ride... idk just got done looking at it though and they have like some kinda lifty thingy (not the crane) but yea anyone with more updates please post... *** Edited 8/9/2006 8:04:00 PM UTC by Seth***

I was talking to one of the construction workers over the weekend and they mentioned they lost almost 3 weeks of construction due to the flood.

At this point they do not plan to have the Flying Turns ready for PPP. They were originally planning for that goal, however because they lost all that time to the flood, they are planning on a 2007 season opening.

The extra time will allow them to make sure everything is correct and test the ride throughly.

Will have new pictures posted shortly on my website: http://www.airphoenix.com

ok hey lets us know when you get the pictures on your site :)