The moving of the trains onto the transfer track is currently underway and with that, the live Fury 325 cam has now ben turned away from the station.

I'd expect to possibly hear some news from the park about testing today and possibly see some testing.

Interesting. They are testing Intimidator right now.

Yup I saw about half of it live! Caught it about halfway coming back! It is fast!

Edit: Nice video APE!

Could there possibly some *gasp* ejector air on the last hill under the lift???

You know who designed it right?

The same wonderful folk who designed Nitro!

Yup I saw about half of it live! Caught it about halfway coming back! It is fast!

Edit: Nice video APE!

Tis not my video just merely sharing it.

@CarowindsPark on Twitter :

"#Fury325 just made its first successful test run!"

Photo : Carowinds via Twitter

Sorry for the double post......BUT.....

This is WAY too exciting not to post.

Carowinds Amusement Park on Facebook :

"Round #2. #FuryFever"

Photo : Carowinds Amusement Park via Facebook

@TonyClark on Twitter:

.@mikefehnel Hey! It came back!

( https://twitter.com/TonyClarkCP/status/573243187306860544 )

Carowinds has released a POV video of a Fury 325 test run, which I am not planning to watch before riding it.

Already posted above.

^ I don't see it posted above. Am I missing it, or were you referring to APE's video?

(APE's video is an off-ride capture from the webcam, which I did watch.)

I see.

Never mind.

This coaster just never lets up until it gets to the brake run!

This thing looks like a pure speed demon until the far turn around and looks to have graceful pacing through the 2nd half. That 90 degree bank at the turn around looks like it will be funky in how it feels, in a good way though. Lateral air time anybody?

Wait- doesn't B&M usually test with slower soft wheels first before switching to the final hard wheels? If so, then once those go on Fury 325 is going to get even faster...which should push it from "Wow that was fast" to "HOLY (BLEEP)!!!" speed.

In other words, it'll be doing this with the hard wheels-

Wait- doesn't B&M usually test with slower soft wheels first before switching to the final hard wheels? If so, then once those go on Fury 325 is going to get even faster...which should push it from "Wow that was fast" to "HOLY (BLEEP)!!!" speed.

I think it might be the other way around actually. If I remember correctly the Discovery Channel show from long ago about Tatsu's construction and testing, B&M will start with a hard wheel compound and then slowly swap out the wheels for softer ones until the trains are running the circuit at the proper design speed and time.

Well, if we were in a high school physics class word problem, that train would ALWAYS be accelerating at a rate of (-9.8 m/s² * sin(Ө)) (where Ө is the angle of the slope) no matter what kind of wheels are used.

Fortunately, real life is not similar to high school physics word problems, or we would constantly find ourselves in very bizarre, contrived situations. And then we'd all die because we'd be living in a frictionless vacuum.

(I hope my formula is actually right... It's admittedly been a while since I was in a physics classroom...)

See also bumblebees. And the nonsense circulated for years thereabout. But by whom? Are you sure?

Or should I say Hornets? It's a Stinger. Or, thankfully, not.

Terp. What you see is what you get. Or Knott.

Well, if we were in a high school physics class word problem, that train would ALWAYS be accelerating at a rate of (-9.8 m/s² * sin(Ө)) (where Ө is the angle of the slope) no matter what kind of wheels are used.

Fortunately, real life is not similar to high school physics word problems, or we would constantly find ourselves in very bizarre, contrived situations. And then we'd all die because we'd be living in a frictionless vacuum.

(I hope my formula is actually right... It's admittedly been a while since I was in a physics classroom...)

Ahh. Massless, frictionless pulley problems. I love it. It was so much easier back in high school days......

Imagine a workforce without friction being a factor!

Imagine a workforce without friction being a factor!

Nothing is going to stop that. (bad pun)

And in a frictionless vacuum, nobody in the workforce would ever have to stop to take a breather.

Some Facebook comments on the Fury 325 pov (I will never understand people)

You're just riding for the first drop, the rest is beyond boring. But that first drop

It doesn't go upside down. Not really interested anymore

Looks rather boring except for that first drop, no loops or real big twists, probably still try it.

This was so lame! Generic roller coaster ride

Looks kinda boring to me except the first drop wth? Couldn't come up with anything better??

Looks like a big, long, drawn out let down

That's it? It's a long coaster, but not very thrilling. Kinda disappointed just my opinion though

It's honestly just a copy of the Intimidator I mean look at it Where is the innovation?

you need to loop to loop in the middle pretty mild in compairson

A few loops would've been nice

^POVs can be deceiving. Most people who aren't roller coaster enthusiasts wont notice the difference. Both Intimidator and Fury 325 were made by B&M, both have the same style of track, and both have similar clam shell seats. So they MUST be the same ride. That is what everyone said about Leviathan before anyone got to ride it. Now I bet if you go around Canada's Wonderland and ask people if Leviathan and Behemoth are similar they would say no way. They will definitely change their minds once they ride this monster called Fury 325.

Some Facebook comments on the Fury 325 pov (I will never understand people)

It doesn't go upside down. Not really interested anymore

The term "anymore" would imply that at some point this person was interested.

Which would imply they were under the impression Fury 325 would include inversions.

With this amount of information I am fairly confident in my conclusion that this person is a complete idiot.

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Always wondered, how do you say "Carowinds"?

Is is care-oh-winds or car-oh-winds?