PKI 2009

Nitro:
http://www.rcdb.com/ig1106.htm?picture=1
Behemoth:
http://www.rcdb.com/ig4005.htm?picture=7

The difference in the hills are small, but apparent. The two biggest differences I can see are that the Behemoth hills have steeper inclines/declines, and proportionally to the size of the hill, the radius of the peak is much smaller.

Back on PKI topic -- are there any new construction pics on hand??

^There will be tomorrow.

And soon you'll see even more info here:

http://www.visitkingsisland.com/index.cfm#actions

http://www.visitkingsisland.com/attractions/newfor09.cfm

The teaser campaign is now in full force.

Sure doesn't look like a horse to me... appears to be a reptilian theme.

Shaggy

*** Edited 7/22/2008 9:45:46 PM UTC by Shaggy***

Sweet. :)

Nice, but am I the only one who finds new B&M hypers largely uncreative?

Looks feline to me. So then perhaps the sign with the "Ride, Sally Ride" teaser is meant as a red herring? That is reference to Wilson Picket's Mustang Sally.

Didn't someone suggest Jaguar a while back....?

Edit - DAN: you're not alone in that sentiment. The three US hypers feel "over-engineered" to me. But Behemoth is a different breed. If KI's 09 B&M is anything like it you'll be a happy camper.

*** Edited 7/22/2008 9:54:46 PM UTC by Mamoosh***

Am I doing the math right... Are they announcing this at 1am? By the way, if the timer is dependent on the date setting on your pc. If you set it to August 6th, the clock reads all zeros. But that's about it, no easter egg or anything. Also, based on the promo page, I'm thinking more and more that this won't be called Maverick.

Maverick??? Yeah, geez I hope not. Do you mean Mustang?

Maybe it's half horse and half ass kicking dragon. The lower half would have to be the horse since the eye seems reptilian. Unless it's split down the middle. :)

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Mamoosh said:
So then perhaps the sign with the "Ride, Sally Ride" teaser is meant as a red herring? That is reference to Wilson Picket's Mustang Sally.

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Hmmm. Sally Ride was the first American female in space. "Ride, Sally Ride" takes on new meaning.

Based on that hint, the teaser videos and info posted here - I'm guessing Space Cheetah: The Asthmatic Desert Lizard. ;)

"36 years in the making"? What does THAT mean?

2008 - 36 = 1972...the year KI opened.

Back to the comment I made about train length vs. airtime... First let me clarify that I was specifically talking about El Toro. The main reason why El Toro has such extreme airtime on the first two camel hills is that the train is going much faster than a train typically goes over hills like that. When the speed over the top is that significant, the train could be half as long and still toss its riders that way. Avalanche is very similar in that regard in that the train is going so fast over those little hills.

When the train isn't going that fast over the top, train length matters a lot which is why you get different forces in the front and back on typical coasters. The longer the train, the faster the train will be moving by the time the back car crests the top, and likewise the faster the train will still be moving when the first car reaches the top, because it still needs a lot of energy to get the rest of the train up the hill.

The other way to get "ejector air" without going as fast as El Toro goes over the top of the hills is to make the curvature tighter. Hills and turns don't need much speed to be "forceful" if the directional change is rapid enough. Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity, but velocity comprises speed AND direction. You can maintain a constant speed and still accelerate if the direction changes, which is why Space Mountain feels so much more powerful than a coaster that only goes about 35mph. ;)

So yes, the train length matters, but depending on how the layout is designed, the train length can matter very little or very much. Hope I cleared up my point.

Wow. Yeah RCMAC, I meant Mustang.

^^^ROFL.

Dark red track started arriving today.

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BogeyMon said:
Dark red track started arriving today.

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http://www.kiextreme.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=320

I like the color. Nice change of pace from the "brighter than the sun" schemes many new additions feature. I just hope it's got the dip. :)

I can only see the homepage countdown in IE, not Firefox. Anyone else have that problem?

Very nice. Interesting that they're dumping pieces of track on site when it looks like it could still be a little bit before it gets placed.

Then again it's not like they have much to hide at this point, haha.

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Swoosh said:
http://www.kiextreme.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=320

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I can't be the only one who finds the multiple angles of that one tiny piece of track kinda funny.

Good work KIExtreme guys - whether it was intentional or not. :)