Kennywood Announces Launch Coaster for 2010

Looks better than expected.

First half looks good, ending looks lame. Weird combination of thrill elements that scare away a lot of people, and boring elements that make the ride not as exciting to thrill seekers.

If it would be not so slow on the tophat,you would have some nice airtime!

There will be very strong air in the front on the first half, and I expect the back will have decent air on the way down, depending on how fast the launch ends up being. The shaping should mean the brakes aren't a big deal.

the double bunnyhops at the end look pretty good. The slalom looks boring!

Looks pretty good to me, not the most forceful ride by the end but it should be fun.

Kennywood is holding an auction for the first rider. I am planning on bidding close to when the auction ends but most likely I will get in because in 1 week only 11 people have bid. So I will take lots of pictures and post them on here on Tuesday. Anyway I went to Kennywood last week hoping to see a test run but I didn't. I took some pictures and posted them on my Photobucket. Here is the link

http://s668.photobucket.com/albums/vv48 ... %20Rocket/[url][/url]