flightoffear1996 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 The spine on the gigas are a lot thicker so they can run the chain return inside of track. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejenkins1 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 2:09 PM, flightoffear1996 said: The spine on the gigas are a lot thicker so they can run the chain return inside of track. Expand Thanks. Also I did see that Zeus (Clifford) was bent down and wondered if that meant they were done with it. Do they need to extra large cranes for the turn around in the back? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLFOF96 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 It looks like the temporary support for the lift hill came off this morning! Much earlier in the construction process than the other B&M giga's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Good morning everyone! Hope all had a good weekend! I can see work starting to pick up at a faster pace with some "decent" weather this week. Wednesday seems to maybe be a wash out though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovinMeSomeBanshee Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 2:28 PM, OLFOF96 said: It looks like the temporary support for the lift hill came off this morning! Much earlier in the construction process than the other B&M giga's. Expand Are you sure? I think they're both still there, but the angle of the sun is just making them hard to see. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 I On 11/18/2019 at 2:54 PM, LovinMeSomeBanshee said: Are you sure? I think they're both still there, but the angle of the sun is just making them hard to see. Expand I think i am starting to see that they are still there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonahWilliamson Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Ill update the color thing tonight for the second hill. If i forget my lovely assistant @Kodistict usually gives me a nice reminder lol 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodistict Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Will they be using the bottom half of zeus for other construction? There is another cable running off of that bottom half and I think I saw some of those cranes working on fury after the first lift. Here is the start of the cable running off the second half: Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpLtyji2M9c 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissfan4 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 7:36 PM, Kodistict said: Will they be using the bottom half of zeus for other construction? There is another cable running off of that bottom half and I think I saw some of those cranes working on fury after the first lift. Here is the start of the cable running off the second half: Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpLtyji2M9c Expand I am going to say they will finish construction with the other cranes they have on site. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klabergian Empire Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 They are bringing more supports to the second hill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 7:57 PM, kissfan4 said: I am going to say they will finish construction with the other cranes they have on site. Expand I am not sure those 2 cranes and finish the 200 foot turn around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovinMeSomeBanshee Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 9:25 PM, Maverick44 said: I am not sure those 2 cranes and finish the 200 foot turn around? Expand They can't. They will need at least one crane like Zeus or Artemis to do the turnaround. And probably the overbanked hill, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 9:51 PM, LovinMeSomeBanshee said: They can't. They will need at least one crane like Zeus or Artemis to do the turnaround. And probably the overbanked hill, too. Expand That's what I thought. I figure they will just use Zeus since we was just moved today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIDelirium Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 They might use the other crane that's still in place. It uses a wheeled base with outriggers instead of crawler tracks, so it could probably be set up anywhere around the course without needing to build up a base pad like for the crawler cranes. Even without the extension boom attached it has some serious reach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissfan4 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 11/19/2019 at 5:10 AM, PKIDelirium said: They might use the other crane that's still in place. It uses a wheeled base with outriggers instead of crawler tracks, so it could probably be set up anywhere around the course without needing to build up a base pad like for the crawler cranes. Even without the extension boom attached it has some serious reach. Expand Exactly, this crane is more than capable of lifting the those track sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLFOF96 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 2:54 PM, LovinMeSomeBanshee said: Are you sure? I think they're both still there, but the angle of the sun is just making them hard to see. Expand I can faintly see them today. Definitely hard to tell with the sunrise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 11/19/2019 at 1:22 PM, kissfan4 said: Exactly, this crane is more than capable of lifting the those track sections. Expand On 11/19/2019 at 5:10 AM, PKIDelirium said: They might use the other crane that's still in place. It uses a wheeled base with outriggers instead of crawler tracks, so it could probably be set up anywhere around the course without needing to build up a base pad like for the crawler cranes. Even without the extension boom attached it has some serious reach. Expand I don't think they can lift the track up over 200 feet. Maybe I am wrong. They didn't do any of the lift hill past the second support. idk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallyomalley Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Found this on a reddit thread. Credit to u/a_better_reddit_name 9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalsguy23 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 ^looks nice. I think blue clamshells would have contrasted the black seats well though. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishely Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 11/19/2019 at 3:47 PM, bengalsguy23 said: ^looks nice. I think blue clamshells would have contrasted the black seats well though. Expand I kind of like it because everything else is blue about Orion pretty much so it adds contrast against the blue track/trains/stations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiian Coasters 325 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 I wonder when John Matarese will find out! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 11/19/2019 at 3:54 PM, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said: I wonder when John Matarese will find out! Expand Of course you would wonder lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STLcoasters33 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Love those colors together. I wonder if all the trains will be painted the same, or if there will be variations of the same colors? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 I don't know about you guys, but the theme is obvious with the train colors- Bearcats in Spaaaaaaace. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishely Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Here is a better photo. Source: https://twitter.com/Attractions/status/1196814696034324481 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin22 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 I love that shade of teal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 That is a really cool train. It also screams tribute to Vortex for some reason to me. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovinMeSomeBanshee Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 I've never been on Leviathan or Fury, but the seats on these trains look different than something like Diamondback. With Diamondback, the seats are so open and fastened with open metal supports, whereas with these, the seats seem more..."enclosed". I think I love these trains more than the Diamondback ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gplez90 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 I’m interested to see the color schemes of the other 2 trains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguyfromohio Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 11/19/2019 at 4:14 PM, LovinMeSomeBanshee said: I've never been on Leviathan or Fury, but the seats on these trains look different than something like Diamondback. With Diamondback, the seats are so open and fastened with open metal supports, whereas with these, the seats seem more..."enclosed". I think I love these trains more than the Diamondback ones. They are like fury’s. They are more enclosed to keep you in on that second hill. If you’re wider, they are a tight fitSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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