Re: Mean Streak to get Meaner in 2017?
tomahawk said:
topper track, not a Horse. And it will be only hyper wooden.
This might be more exciting than Kate Upton.
gavin said:
They're in the perfect position to take this and go full-on by reclaiming world's tallest woodie.
The current record is 197 ft, so the record almost has to get into the hyper range. I made hyper woodies in RCT and then in NoLimits, so I like the idea if it's done by a good manufacturer like RMC or Intamin rather than the clowns who did Son of Beast.
The issue I see is adding about 40 feet to the lift height, if the plan is a conversion rather than a totally new coaster. It could be done, but that seems like a lot. What I could have seen a few months ago is to use the existing lift height but have an LSM launch on the way up to set the speed record for a wood coaster, probably 80 mph. With Lightning Rod's issues, a launched wood coaster probably won't happen again for another few years.
I'd like to see an RMC of Mean Streak, but if they put in a hyper prefab then I expect to be happy. As I remarked in my previous post, the situation that I find unacceptable is where there's a moderate GCI. In fact, I think the GCI (and GG) would be the wrong way to go for this. Mean Streak doesn't have the most exciting layout, but it's probably the roughness that turns off most people. A 65-70 mph GCI or GG will be rough, as we see from the Voyage. That's not a good solution, but an RMC or prefab would be!
I still can't imagine anything but an Iron Horse.