Speed Monster Construction

Its a shame that they are using the OTSR rather than the lap bars on all the new rockets. The lap bars creates such a great amount of insecurity, those things were awesome.

from what i hear, the new OTSRs go unnoticed for most people as they usually dont touch you

^ It doesnt feel like you have OTSRs around you as they are not tight at all. They allow alot of movement, so its fine.

[gouldy]

I dunno actually, Rita has the OTSR's and the first time I ever rode it, it seemed fine, didn't even notice them, but I dunno why, it's not like I'm a big lad or anything, when i was there with gazag the other week, on all the airhills (especially the final hop into the brakes) they were REALLY digging into my shoulders and when I got home and took me shirt off, there was red marks on my shoulders and they hurt to touch them. So now, I'd probably say actually, that I would much prefer just the lapbars.

how come at hershey park they say if you hold on to the part where the otsr handles are you'll like die?

[hyyyper]

this only needs one 'word'




YAY

[Dirk_Ermen]

holy poop! This ride really looks like it's going to kickass! [pshades]

Some old photo's from construction and lots of technical info:
http://www.nojespark.net/tusspeedmonstercon/index.php

whoooo this ride looks insane!! i thought the track was blue though?

Originally posted by CoAsTeRkRazY

how come at hershey park they say if you hold on to the part where the otsr handles are you'll like die?

Yeah, I was wondering that, too.

The track is blue those pictures don't show the colour very well

Originally posted by Tanks4me

Originally posted by CoAsTeRkRazY

how come at hershey park they say if you hold on to the part where the otsr handles are you'll like die?

Yeah, I was wondering that, too.

What are you talking about?

Those new pictures are quite amazing. They also go to show that a lot of the things people do with Elementary actually show up on real coasters.

[hyyyper]

Originally posted by CoAsTeRkRazY

whoooo this ride looks insane!! i thought the track was blue though?

rather indigo/purple

It's blue. Its just the light in those pics. Its pretty like the color on Kanonen.

33 pics in a zip file: http://www.myfryd.com/images/speedmonster.zip (not taken by me)

I'm so happy that I live just 20 minuts away from this thing. Its gonna be realy awesome [:)]

lucky you X!!

wow great pix^^^^^

have they started with the corks yet?

The cork is the only thing of the trackwork not done. But my guess is trackwork will be completed by this week. I know the hydraulics are on place, but not sure if they have been installed yet.

one of the best things about this ride is the placement. Those escalators you see is the main entrance to the park. So the first element actually loops around the entrance to the park. They will definiatly have a different skyline next year.

[Dirk_Ermen]

Hey X, thanks for the link to the pictures. It really looks amazing so far. Try getting an onride video for us [:)]

Cool pics!

Make sure to get an onride too.

yeah that would be cool. I thoguth the escalator were going to the ride, not the enterance. I wish american parks had esculators and not stairs!

[yoshifreak]

This ride is looking sweet. Too bad I live across the pond.[flush]

hopefully there will be a virtual ride for this thing!!

The folks at myfryd.com created and provide (awe)some video report:

http://www.myfryd.com/culturenews_speedmonster.zip (~145MB)

i seriously had dreams about this coaster...weird

[hyyyper]

Originally posted by Jakizle

i seriously had dreams about this coaster...weird

omg, you should kick off,

i had one dream about SFMM only once when i first got into coaster 6 years back