SFEG Halfpipe Construction Photos

I don't think any Denver park draws enough of a crowd to justify a big hyper coaster. Although that is one kind of coaster that you can pretty much fit anywhere if you're creative enough. Look at Thunder Dolphin!

I think of it as a chicken and egg problem... SFEG doesn't have any world class rides, so it doesn't draw anywhere near the crowd I believe it would if it did.

True, Denver has an aging demographic, but there is a large population spread out across the front range within about two hours of SFEG... from Cheyenne, WY, down to Pueblo, CO... I know there are a bunch of people at the five military installations in Colorado Springs, and they probably make up a sizeable thrill-seeking audience, but SFEG doesn't have much to offer them. For example, the infanty guys who got to check out SFOG while they were at Fort Benning, then they move to Fort Carson, CO. You think SFEG is going to excite them?

SFEG has problems with chickens and eggs? WTF? ;)

@ Dragster Freak:

HalfPipe Stats:
http://www.rcdb.com/installationdetail1826.htm?

Thanks, tricktrack. Is the one at SFEG going to have the same exact specs?

Yes. http://www.rcdb.com/installationdetail2648.htm

16 riders per train on a 2 min shuttle coaster?

I think a Hyper coaster would succeed at SFEG, just like any park. But it could do without and still succeed, which is the way SF looks at it.

Awesome pics Kevin, as always. :-D

-Tina

GREAT pics. I especially enjoyed the one of Twister II with the Denver skyline. Halfpipe looks FUN.

Just drove by the park this morning on my way to work, appears as if the 'board' has been put on the tracks. Even better is the fact that it is April 29 and it is snowing this morning. At least I am escaping the weather and going to Texas/New Mexico tonight.

I wonder how many seasons will go by before additional supports are added to this ride...

Any guessers? Do I hear 1? 2?

Haha!

SUE took 4 seasons. (support extended on rear spike)
Millennium Force took 1 season. (chunk taken out of support on first turn)
Wicked Twister took 1/4 season. (rear spike reinforced)
Goliath was modified before even opening.(bases of many supports reinforced)

When it comes to Intamins and their supports being modified, you never really know. I guess we'll just have to watch the original installation in Europe and wait and see ;) *** Edited 4/29/2004 6:40:29 PM UTC by Draegs***

^What was modified on MF and Goliath (before opening?)?

Not sure, but I know Xcelerator had some additional supports tossed in about a year or so after it opened. I wonder if Intamin underestimates the amount of steel their rides require so that the price stays low?

My question is: Who pays for these changes? Do new coasters come with a "warranty" which guarantees faultless operation for a given amount of time? Since S:UE is getting additional steel after 4 seasons, is CF paying because the ride is older and past its warranty period?

^ If it turns out that the former design was not exactly strong enough to support the ride and that the ride becomes unoperable in the process, I am sure that the manufacturer is paying for the changes.

I am not too sure however if the additional supports on the Impulses and on Xcel were really needed, or if it was more of a cosmetical addition. I believe that the public´s reaction towards those swaying, bizarre designs could have something to do with it.
Maybe, since the pole of the Thrillshot broke and the accident on P. Plunge, Cedar Fair wants to make sure that nothing in their parks "appears" to be unsafe.

Thats why I was asking for the changes on MF and especially Goliath since its the only non-CF ride that would have undergone changes (and I have never heard of changes on Goli)

Weren't the new Impulse supports added to Vertical Velocity @ SFGAm too?

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Draegs said:
Wicked Twister took 1/4 season. (rear spike reinforced)

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Wicked Twister did have problems with the supports the first season it was running, but it wasn't modified untill its second season began.

I beg to differ...

The entire rear spike underwent nightly welding during the summer of 2002 so as to replace the crossbraces with thicker ones.

True, the extra supports for each tower were then added during the 2002/2003 offseason though.

This is just sad, I could build somthin better than this in my back yard