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devilsrule911
Powered Coaster Rider
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 Posted - 04/10/2012 : 6:18:25 PM
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http://rcdb.com/10582.htm
There was also a news article I found on sdcfans.com:
A recent article in the Spokane Journal of Business profiled a newcomer to the business of roller coaster design and manufacturing: Rocky Mountain Coasters of Hayden, Idaho. Rocky Mountain has raised eyebrows recently with the completion of a massive re-build of Six Flag's Over Texas' Texas Giant wooden coaster using the company's revolutionary "Topper Track" technology that involves utilizing steel rails on a traditional wooden frame. The firm has gone on to apply their new track to several existing coasters with much success, but as the linked article explains, the firm has their sights set higher than simply refurbishing existing coasters. The company will apparently open their first coaster completely designed and built from the ground up right here at Silver Dollar City in 2013.
The article says nothing specifically about the Silver Dollar City coaster, but goes on to note more of Rocky Mountain's innovations, including a new train design the firm says will be "revolutionary for the industry." Furthermore, Rocky Mountain's combination of track and new trains will allow for their wooden-hybrid coasters to go upside down and perform maneuvers unheard of for wooden coasters heretofore.
The final detail the article gives in relation to the firm's 2013 projects is that they have a combined investment total of $12 million. With the other project being a refurbishment of Six Flag's Fiesta Texas' existing Rattler wooden coaster, the bulk of this total will obviously be going to Silver Dollar City. One would estimate that if the refurbishments to Six Flags' coaster are no more than a few million to replace their troublesome first drop, then $9-10 million would be spent on Silver Dollar City's new coaster, nearly what it cost to transform the Texas Giant into the hulking thrill machine it is after the Rocky Mountain make-over.
Further speculation will certainly revolve around how much of a thrill this new coaster will provide and whether or not it will include the new trains and inversions the firm is obviously eager to show off. One has to consider that Silver Dollar City and its parent company are usually more conservative with their ride choices, but anything seems to be possible at this point.
http://www.sdcfans.com/news/140
This also is saying that Rattler at SFFT will be getting the Iron Horse renovation.
Edit: Sorry I put this in the wrong forum section. If a mod could move this that would be great. Thanks.
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Edited by - Tetsu on 04/10/2012 9:50:09 PM
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GerstlCrazy
RMCrazy
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Posted - 04/10/2012 : 6:19:37 PM
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
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Bottom_Feeder_13
How hard can it be
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Posted - 04/10/2012 : 6:51:24 PM
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The first supports are already up and most of the footers poured.
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RIP
Log Jammer, SFMM
1971-2011
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Originally posted by richie5126
T: all newtons on this site are smooth so this must be high.
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highthrills2
the demon in ur closet
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Posted - 04/11/2012 : 02:02:35 AM
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so, is this wood coaster going to be just another wood coaster, or are they going to deck this one out and add a barrel roll or cobra roll to it, since they claim there trains can do almost anything
i just hope it is a good looking coaster |
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GerstlCrazy
RMCrazy
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Posted - 04/11/2012 : 02:13:16 AM
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| ^I wouldn't get your hopes up dude. But I'm sure they're going to deck it out with plenty of airtime and overbanks! |
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devilsrule911
Powered Coaster Rider
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Posted - 04/11/2012 : 09:36:39 AM
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I think this is what the track is going to look like:
which isn't as ugly as New Texas Giant, but it's not great. |
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dcs221
Bringin' the Heat
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Posted - 04/11/2012 : 09:44:56 AM
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| Does it really matter all that much what the track looks like? |
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Jakizle
I Love NTAG
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Posted - 04/11/2012 : 10:44:15 AM
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| Yeah, it will be interesting to see if their first custom build is all topper track or iron horse track. Looks like we will know for sure shortly. |
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dmillz
Strata Coaster Rider
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Posted - 04/11/2012 : 11:31:14 AM
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| ^If it is all done with Iron Horse track then it really can't be a wood coaster. Shouldn't it be classified as steel then? |
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Metazoanhaddock
The Ginger Beard Man
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Posted - 04/11/2012 : 2:47:31 PM
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| wood or steel in this case has more to do with the support structure/main components. the bulk of the ride will still be made of wood, and therefore, to the GP, it will be classified and looked upon as wooden. as for the issue of topper track vs. iron horse, to me it seems that if they're boasting inversions of some sort, they'll be using iron horse track to maintain the structural integrity and to guard against possible warping dues to the strain inversions could potentially cause to the wooden underside of the topper track. |
Now recruiting for the inevitable war against the french.
We should win |
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NoLimitzki
Oscar hasnt been here yet
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Posted - 04/11/2012 : 5:43:34 PM
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| Also I just don't see the point of putting topper track on an original coaster. To me, topper track seems like a method of re-tracking, not tracking. |
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Metazoanhaddock
The Ginger Beard Man
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Posted - 04/12/2012 : 02:21:11 AM
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| ^exactly |
Now recruiting for the inevitable war against the french.
We should win |
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Bottom_Feeder_13
How hard can it be
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Posted - 04/12/2012 : 09:21:11 AM
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| The purpose of topper track is to make the ride smoother, it decreases the frequency of re-tracking on the coasters parts that have topper track so it makes sense to use it for an original construction to lower the maintenance cost down the line. |
RIP
Log Jammer, SFMM
1971-2011
quote:
Originally posted by richie5126
T: all newtons on this site are smooth so this must be high.
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yoshifreak
Maverick
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NoLimitzki
Oscar hasnt been here yet
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Posted - 06/26/2012 : 8:32:46 PM
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| Wtf is going on in that first pic? O_o |
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rcking04
Me Gusta
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Posted - 06/26/2012 : 8:41:31 PM
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| Over bank!! |
Oh, were you expecting something here? |
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NoLimitzki
Oscar hasnt been here yet
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Posted - 06/26/2012 : 8:44:10 PM
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| It almost looks like a setup to a zero-G roll or something. |
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LeFLO
Oscar Was Here
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Posted - 06/27/2012 : 10:56:56 AM
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ZGR my friend, ZGR...
Damn |
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AmatsuNL
You're kidding.
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Posted - 06/27/2012 : 4:23:09 PM
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| That looks really weird... Weirdly cool. |
HA, I DON'T HAVE A SIG - wait, what? |
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mkingy
nO_ob
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Posted - 06/27/2012 : 5:08:02 PM
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| Should be very interesting to see how this turns out. First true wooden structure inversion... |
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gouldy
Wulfrunian
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Posted - 06/27/2012 : 5:29:23 PM
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Originally posted by mkingy
Should be very interesting to see how this turns out. First true wooden structure inversion...
I nearly whaled in with "Son of Beast HERP A DERP", before quite rapidly realising that I was being a bit dim  |
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CKidd
Giga Coaster Rider
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Posted - 06/27/2012 : 5:44:37 PM
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| everybody neglecting the fact that it might be a NTAG overbank, either way it looks pretty awesome and makes me wish I could go out there |
What are these for? |
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jdclga
Hyper Coaster Rider
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Posted - 06/27/2012 : 7:48:43 PM
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| Read today that the first pic, is actually a inversion and pics will be showing up soon of it. |
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fear the four
Oscar Was Here!
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Posted - 06/27/2012 : 9:18:11 PM
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| Gimmick. |
This is not my signature. |
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jayman
Oscar Was Here
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Posted - 06/27/2012 : 10:04:38 PM
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waste of wood. they could do just fine with steel supports if that's what they want, and save the wood for a wooden coaster
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Cali Coaster
Oscar Was Here
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Posted - 06/28/2012 : 05:06:07 AM
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Here's your "inversion:"
Note that this is NOT a mockup of SDC's RMC woodie, but a mockup of another, future RMC project yet to be announced. However, according to a few people on the inside, this will be the final product (minus autosupported structure) of this so called "inversion." |
Edited by - Cali Coaster on 06/28/2012 2:32:34 PM |
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