If you look at this link http://www.carowinds.com/i/assets/PHOTO_2.JPG you can clearly see the difference in how the footers vary.....from being one foot high to even what looks to me about 10 feet.
Oh yeah this pic is kinda out dated being that half, if not more than half, of the coaster is already vertical!! *** Edited 1/8/2004 9:16:09 PM UTC by coasterbruh***
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If you look at the section of track just after you exit the horseshoe & begin the flip before the curve into the loop you'll notice that the supports sit close to a ravine...thus the footers on that side are much bigger than those just after the flip itself just before you actually hit the loop.
Look at the supports and footers on Intamin's SFDL and SFA's Superman rides too.
Not that any of that has to do with the original question. I'm clueless on that one. But supposedly they're making more train changes for Carowinds, which I'm kinda curious about...
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Actually here's a question, with Stealth moved, will it recline the same way as it did at PGA or will this be changed to the mechanism that X Flight and Batwing have?
There's not too much to loading a dutchman...4 peeps to a row,they sit down & wiggle their way into the vest,buckle it & then wait for the attendant to close the lap bar.
That's one thing I hate about those trains,why is it you have to wait for an attendant to push the lap bar for you? all you gotta do is lift up on the leg support with your toes,grab the bar & then push down on it...it would speed things up dramaticaly if you didn't have to wait like that every time.
Stealth's original trains never had this feature built into them,I found that out while looking at pics in Robert Coker's "Roller coaster" in the review page for the ride.
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