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May 3rd, 2016
May 3rd, 2016
Description
My recreation of Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure, the first coaster I've made in NL2 and one I've been working on for a long time. The coaster, station, and queue are all finally finished and ready to go up here.
The coaster is not intended to be an exact recreation, but rather to fix some problems of the real coaster while otherwise being as accurate as possible. Therefore, it lacks trim brakes on top of the tower (these ruin the airtime you'd otherwise get in the back seats), lacks the straight sections before and after the turnaround at the end of the ride to bring the trains back into the station faster and shorten the launch interval, and most noticeably it has a completely new dispatch pattern, a new station layout to accommodate it, and a fifth train.
All four stations are used to the fullest. The front stations are loading stations, while the rear stations are now dedicated unloading stations. Trains load at the front, dispatch one at a time from alternating sides, and return to the unloading station on the opposite side. Five train operation keeps the stations full and maximizes load and unload time while still keeping the launch interval to the minimum. The fifth train is based on the yellow train seen in the coaster's announcement video.
It includes Zumanjaro by Projektion and car textures by TallonD83. It does not include the new supports added with Zumanjaro, since they do not appear on Google Earth yet it's difficult to do them accurately.
The station music is Played-A-Live by Safri Duo, Eye of the Tiger by DJ Quicksilver, and Samb-Adagio by Safri Duo. All of these are heard at the actual coaster.
Its top speed is only 118 MPH rather than the correct 128 MPH as it needs to go over the tophat at the correct speed. With a 128 MPH launch, it goes over the tophat at 53 MPH!
Revision, Feb 20 2021: Added TheCodeMaster's Hydraulic Launch Kit
Revision, Feb 11 2023: Changed physics model from NL 2 to NL 2.2 and updated speeds and timings to fit it. Now launches at 118 MPH!
Revision, Apr 8 2023: Added a new transfer control panel at the beginning of the launch track. Added the new interactive controls to all control panels. They all work, and are named, but are not yet labeled.
Revision, Apr 23 2023: Added custom legend plates to all control panels. Added mode and switch track controls to all station control panels. Added a staircase to provide access to the area between the load stations. Added a new 4K preview screenshot. Likely the final update.
The coaster is not intended to be an exact recreation, but rather to fix some problems of the real coaster while otherwise being as accurate as possible. Therefore, it lacks trim brakes on top of the tower (these ruin the airtime you'd otherwise get in the back seats), lacks the straight sections before and after the turnaround at the end of the ride to bring the trains back into the station faster and shorten the launch interval, and most noticeably it has a completely new dispatch pattern, a new station layout to accommodate it, and a fifth train.
All four stations are used to the fullest. The front stations are loading stations, while the rear stations are now dedicated unloading stations. Trains load at the front, dispatch one at a time from alternating sides, and return to the unloading station on the opposite side. Five train operation keeps the stations full and maximizes load and unload time while still keeping the launch interval to the minimum. The fifth train is based on the yellow train seen in the coaster's announcement video.
It includes Zumanjaro by Projektion and car textures by TallonD83. It does not include the new supports added with Zumanjaro, since they do not appear on Google Earth yet it's difficult to do them accurately.
The station music is Played-A-Live by Safri Duo, Eye of the Tiger by DJ Quicksilver, and Samb-Adagio by Safri Duo. All of these are heard at the actual coaster.
Its top speed is only 118 MPH rather than the correct 128 MPH as it needs to go over the tophat at the correct speed. With a 128 MPH launch, it goes over the tophat at 53 MPH!
Revision, Feb 20 2021: Added TheCodeMaster's Hydraulic Launch Kit
Revision, Feb 11 2023: Changed physics model from NL 2 to NL 2.2 and updated speeds and timings to fit it. Now launches at 118 MPH!
Revision, Apr 8 2023: Added a new transfer control panel at the beginning of the launch track. Added the new interactive controls to all control panels. They all work, and are named, but are not yet labeled.
Revision, Apr 23 2023: Added custom legend plates to all control panels. Added mode and switch track controls to all station control panels. Added a staircase to provide access to the area between the load stations. Added a new 4K preview screenshot. Likely the final update.
