Cedar Point | Steel Vengeance | RMC I-Box (Mean Streak Conversion)
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GuyWithAStick
Captain Basic
Great Ohio Coaster Club uploaded a nice overhead shot of the site...
Looks like lift hill bents are slowly making progress, as well as a few on the first turn. Much of the structure between the turnarounds and the lift area has been removed, so expect big changes there.
Honestly, I'm starting to get kinda excited for this.
Looks like lift hill bents are slowly making progress, as well as a few on the first turn. Much of the structure between the turnarounds and the lift area has been removed, so expect big changes there.
Honestly, I'm starting to get kinda excited for this.
GuyWithAStick
Captain Basic
And now I feel stupid. Sorry, didn't see the other post.
Someone boating around the peninsula just posted this to the Screamscape facebook page. This is a view of the first wave turn; notice the steep inclined track that is newly added in the bottom right of the photo. Looks like it's queued up for a huge overbanked turn!
^ Or even something akin to Fahrenheit's Norwegian Loop, banking left and then into a right turn? The track is not headed in one direction or the other, and you can see a clear right-hand banked turn in the supports. I think what is causing the question is the higher set of supports, though this could be remnant of the original layout's banked turn, which was taller.
Tony Clark is also being savage on Twitter.
Tony Clark is also being savage on Twitter.
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
^ What a venomous snake!
I am so excited to see a layout! I can't see how that track banks left though. Looks straight to me.
I am so excited to see a layout! I can't see how that track banks left though. Looks straight to me.
GuyWithAStick
Captain Basic
Tony is literally the best.
The coaster looks neat too
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The coaster looks neat too
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CoasterCrazy
Giga Poster
A barrel roll similar to Joker's Step-up under flip would be brilliant. However, if that is the plan, I wouldn't expect that many more bents to be added to the structure.
If you look at another photo (from the same source), assuming the drop angle will be bordering on 90 degrees and be similar in shape to Goliath's first plunge, the increase in overall structure height would end up being really substantial. This could mean the first inversion would be taken way too quickly and naturally, there's only a finite number of bents you can add before the structure becomes unstable. Therefore, is there any chance we could be looking at a Lightning Rod-esque pre-drop? I'd expect it could still hit the 200ft mark.
If you look at another photo (from the same source), assuming the drop angle will be bordering on 90 degrees and be similar in shape to Goliath's first plunge, the increase in overall structure height would end up being really substantial. This could mean the first inversion would be taken way too quickly and naturally, there's only a finite number of bents you can add before the structure becomes unstable. Therefore, is there any chance we could be looking at a Lightning Rod-esque pre-drop? I'd expect it could still hit the 200ft mark.
Alaeriia
Roller Poster
Perhaps this is why it's being pushed to 2018: they're adding more footers to compensate for cranking the height up 50 feet. A bit hard to tell with the viewing angles available, though.
Unrelated: someone needs to go to CP this summer and get a picture of themselves looking at RMC Streak with a thought bubble above their head: "Wow! A new ride being built!"