KIBeast Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27JAn_IB4M4 Pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voicetek Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Too bad the video doesn't exist 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIBeast Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 I'm trying to fix it. For some reason, this computer is not allowing me to embed the video. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Good stuff; but I just found it interesting that the ride's layout involves going forward up a lift as I was thinking the ride would have a layout like Boomerang coasters like Invertigo and go backwards up the first lift. Either way, it looks really cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfanatic83 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 The music accompanying the video makes it so much cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerNut Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 So how the train going to get back to the station? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark6495 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 It looks like right after the first big drop, there is a switch track. Probably used to bring it back into the station... These are nice, but holy cow talk about poor poor poor people moving.....1 maybe 2 train operation? 1 sitting on the lift hill? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIBeast Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 2 train operation, I would think. One on the lift, one on the switch track. No worse than any other shuttle coaster. Thanks for the assist, GYK, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark6495 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 2 train operation, I would think. One on the lift, one on the switch track. No worse than any other shuttle coaster. Thanks for the assist, GYK, Agreed, but most shuttle coasters I have encountered have not been worth the long wait (for me). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIBeast Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Can't argue with you there. I've been on two. Face/Off (Invertigo?) and Head Spin (Geauga Lake) (Carolina Cobra?). Head Spin was ok for the wait because at GL under CF, there was no wait. F/O was too long except for the one time where my brother and I got a pass to cut the line because we got stuck on the lift hill of Top Gun. We were evacuated and given a pass each to cut the line on any major coaster. All we had to do was go up the exit ramp. Wow, I had forgotten that even happened until now. It was such a non-event, unlike how it's sensationalized in the media. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Both of those rides can operate only one train, so riders stand in the station and wait while the train is in the course. With this, a train can be loading while the other is in the course... really not a whole lot different than most full-circle coasters. See Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSalsa Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I have a question: does the Gravity Group know NoLimits 2 is out? They seem to still be using NL1 for some reason...do they have slow PC's or something? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Kinda Guy Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I have a question: does the Gravity Group know NoLimits 2 is out? They seem to still be using NL1 for some reason...do they have slow PC's or something? I'm sure they know. I'm also sure they don't care. It serves its purpose. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I think this looks like a fun ride! It will be interesting to see how this turns out. Great to see a small park/FEC installing a ride like this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 What's the stats on this thing? It looks somewhere around 100, 120? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrick Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I have a question: does the Gravity Group know NoLimits 2 is out? They seem to still be using NL1 for some reason...do they have slow PC's or something? I noticed that too, but it was also interesting to see Timberliners in NL1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 What's the stats on this thing? It looks somewhere around 100, 120? 63' with a 58' drop and 1,175' of track according to RCDB. http://rcdb.com/12392.htm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Switchback has begun testing! Video, including POV, has been posted to ZDT's Facebook page. (Not thinking there's a way to embed it--someone feel free to teach me otherwise if I'm wrong!) For those of us who can't get to Facebook, ZDT's posted this link on their Twitter. I think it's just the Facebook video file, but not embedded in a Facebook page. Not sure how/if that helps anyone here, but I'll post it anyway just in case. I have to say: I love the look of this ride. It's so unusual and interesting! Not sure when I'll end up in San Antonio again, but if it comes up, this will definitely be one of the reasons I'll want to go. I also really like the music they chose for the video--very 1920's-y and theme-appropriate. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Looks cool. I can't believe we've come to the age where we now have a shuttle wooden* coaster! *I know it's technically a hybrid, but whatever the classification, it's still cool... I think it's the first shuttle to have a traditional lift and go thru the course like normal before going backwards the way it came (yes, Thirteen and the Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars coaster both have significant backwards sections, but not as far as they go back to the station). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I hope they're not done with adjustments as it looked to have some near stalls at parts. I hope if GG wants to market it that it'll have better capacity than 8 people. It is a pretty neat concept for a shuttle coaster though. A vertical drop on a woodie looks funky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRider Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 ^ Just FYI from the parks FB page, they have commented that Switchback is not running at full speed yet. How refreshing to see a Wood coaster being built for a change. Seems like everything lately has been retrofitting woodies in to steel coasters. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 ^ Just FYI from the parks FB page, they have commented that Switchback is not running at full speed yet. How refreshing to see a Wood coaster being built for a change. Seems like everything lately has been retrofitting woodies in to steel coasters. I could not agree more RR! Does no one want to maintain a normal woddie anymore? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I hope they're not done with adjustments as it looked to have some near stalls at parts. I hope if GG wants to market it that it'll have better capacity than 8 people. It is a pretty neat concept for a shuttle coaster though. A vertical drop on a woodie looks funky. It will have two trains eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlentless Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Nice article of the ride and some history of shuttle coasters. http://www.latimes.com/travel/themeparks/la-trb-switchback-shuttle-coaster-zdt-20150202-story.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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