California's Great America 2018 - Railblazer RMC Raptor

Wow it'll be decently mixed with "Gold Striker" in the background as well! Wanna see more!

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[mkingy]

I love how they have to strap that support up because the track is integral to the supports working! Very efficient support work.

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I love the color scheme. That's going to look great when it's finished with all the Rockwork and stuff.

[Coasterkidmwm]

The colors on the ride do look really nice. Still find the tinker-toys aesthetic a bit odd but it works.

[mkingy]

Looks much better than WW now its being constructed, I think the rockwork should help it feel a bit more grown up too.

[herman116]

It looks a bit undersupported. But I guess you don't need that much supports when the track is that massive.

I spy a random bird on a nearly finished Railblazer.

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Trains!

Very interesting. I wonder how comfortable the lapbar will be, because it looks much thinner than I would have anticipated. These things are going to have insane ejector air in the back rows. Sometimes that kind of hurts if the lapbar is too thin lol.

[Coasterkidmwm]

They kind of remind of the Rougarou train colors.

Ugh, shoulder straps! Uncomfortable and superfluous.

[mkingy]

GerstlCrazy wrote:

Very interesting. I wonder how comfortable the lapbar will be, because it looks much thinner than I would have anticipated. These things are going to have insane ejector air in the back rows. Sometimes that kind of hurts if the lapbar is too thin lol.

The shoulder straps look quite tight but almost as if they'll stretch - I wonder if they mechanics of the them is to lighten the load on the lap bar - sort of like S&S OTSR's but more comfortable. Presumably this ride will be devoid of lats too considering those OTSRs.

That's a good point. The newer shoulder straps on Maverick and Fahrenheit are good at relieving some force into the lapbars. But those new Intamin straps are bulkier and softer. I hope these RMC shoulder straps aren't too hard and sharp. I look forward to seeing how guests and our community members respond.

[Dirk_Ermen]

Those trains look really interesting. I hope they're not going too much overboard.

[Coasterkidmwm]

I wonder if people in the front will lean way far forward and try to grab the handlebars

Work on the rides theming has begun:







Also, on the webcam, the portable huts have been taken away, so we now have a much better view into the ride area:

Sources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoasters ... struction/

https://twitter.com/insidecga

https://www.pixelcaster.com/live/cga2/

[Coasterkidmwm]

If that walkway is the queue that's going to be neat as hell.

Kinda looks like a life-size version of one of these model roller coasters.

Ride is finally complete:



Source: https://twitter.com/CAGreatAmerica

[Coasterkidmwm]

Now that I think about it it's kind of rare to have an almost ground level station. Also this thing seems to change colors in depending on the sun angle a ton!

Trains are on the track:



Source: https://twitter.com/ACENorCal

Webcam: https://www.pixelcaster.com/live/cga2/

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