Kentucky Kingdom | Lightning Run | Chance Rides Hyper GT-X
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therick311
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Re: Kentucky Kingdom | Lightning Run | Chance Rides Hyper GT
BBH actually made a point that I had forgotten about. They did design SD2k to deal with earthquakes. This may have been another reason why they wanted a larger and stronger track system.
BBH actually made a point that I had forgotten about. They did design SD2k to deal with earthquakes. This may have been another reason why they wanted a larger and stronger track system.
Screaming Coasters
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Re: Kentucky Kingdom | Lightning Run | Chance Rides Hyper GT
Coat hangers.... lol. Thats not the reason for wonky tracks. Computers, or at the very least, paper, was always used at Arrow Dynamics. I hope you were all joking. Toomer only ever did wire designs to visualise the track better, but thats as far as it went.
Wonky tracks are due to age and wear and tear. Even rides like Vampire at Chessington suffer with warping and it usually happens due to heat changes thats moving the track about.
Wire design, paper and computers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-SGIdaBChs
Now, the reason for Arrows odd shaping was due to their pivoted axel configuration. Rather than individual wheel-clusters we see on modern coasters, these wheels weren't free to move about as freely as they are now, so certain elements such as the corkscrew would need to enter in that odd manner that we're used to with them.
Coat hangers.... lol. Thats not the reason for wonky tracks. Computers, or at the very least, paper, was always used at Arrow Dynamics. I hope you were all joking. Toomer only ever did wire designs to visualise the track better, but thats as far as it went.
Wonky tracks are due to age and wear and tear. Even rides like Vampire at Chessington suffer with warping and it usually happens due to heat changes thats moving the track about.
Wire design, paper and computers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-SGIdaBChs
Now, the reason for Arrows odd shaping was due to their pivoted axel configuration. Rather than individual wheel-clusters we see on modern coasters, these wheels weren't free to move about as freely as they are now, so certain elements such as the corkscrew would need to enter in that odd manner that we're used to with them.
PeskyTrimBrake
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Re: Kentucky Kingdom | Lightning Run | Chance Rides Hyper GT
Via Chance's Facebook:
Via Chance's Facebook:
Screaming Coasters
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Re: Kentucky Kingdom | Lightning Run | Chance Rides Hyper GT
Oh it looks all yucky and twisty and snappy and YAY!!! I love it!! It looks like a child has scribbled everywhere.
Oh it looks all yucky and twisty and snappy and YAY!!! I love it!! It looks like a child has scribbled everywhere.
Intamin to Win
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Re: Kentucky Kingdom | Lightning Run | Chance Rides Hyper GT
This is just schmexy.
This is just schmexy.
bmac
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Re: Kentucky Kingdom | Lightning Run | Chance Rides Hyper GT
Just got topped off a few hours ago according to KK's Twitter
https://twitter.com/KentuckyKingdom/sta ... 0371524608
Just got topped off a few hours ago according to KK's Twitter
https://twitter.com/KentuckyKingdom/sta ... 0371524608
PeskyTrimBrake
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Re: Kentucky Kingdom | Lightning Run | Chance Rides Hyper GT
rollermonkey
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Re: Kentucky Kingdom | Lightning Run | Chance Rides Hyper GT
Starting to wonder if there wasn't a little Pax Wild Train influence in this...
Starting to wonder if there wasn't a little Pax Wild Train influence in this...
Re: Kentucky Kingdom | Lightning Run | Chance Rides Hyper GT
Train has been hoisted onto the track. Testing should begin soon.
More photos are on Screamscape: http://www.screamscape.com/html/kk-lightningrun_0.htm
Train has been hoisted onto the track. Testing should begin soon.
More photos are on Screamscape: http://www.screamscape.com/html/kk-lightningrun_0.htm