Fuji-Q 4D Coaster!

Originally posted by Dragon Fly

They are Chinese, they got surprises going eight ways from Sunday.

This coaster is going into a Japanese park. Get your facts right.

They are Japanese, they got surprises going eight ways from Sunday

my friend is going to japan for a few days and i told him to go there and take pics but he's not interested in coasters
but he said if he did he'd send em to me so i can post em

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/vi ... &start=190 pic 14 do they need that many supports?

^Very Heavy Trains + High G-Forces = Insane pressures.

Think about this. Every G you increase is another time you add the weight of the train onto the wheels which are transfering it into the track then support.

If those trains weigh umm...well, Millennium Force trains weigh 19 tons unloaded I believe. I would imagine the bottom of the drop pulls 4G's (I think 4.5 or better but lets use an even number). So thats 19 times 4. Or 76 TONS of pressure on the wheels/track/supports over whatever part of the track it is that pulls those G's. You need alot of supports to spread the pressure out so you dont crack and destroy a few supports.

The X trains look to be shorter than MF's trains but I bet weight close so you can imagine that theres even more weight being distributed in a smaller area than on MF.

The trains were actually pretty long. I really think they are longer than SROS SFNE's trains which uses 9 cars. And I have seen both in person. It could be because X has to have the room of people's legs, because of the flipping.

Ahh, possible. I bet they are similar in length since MF is 9 cars and that is 7. The extra distance may add up to that of MF.


With that aside - they are still freaking heavy.

^Yah, much much more mechanism and machinery in there. I would also think the 4d trains would need to be made a bit more precise for the rotation. Speaking of the rotation, do the rotational wheels only contact the track in a few places and when they touch, the seats rotate? Or are the wheels lowered when the seats are rotated?

I can understand that but does anyone know how they flip where they are supposed to? (diagram please)

Originally posted by Real

^Very Heavy Trains + High G-Forces = Insane pressures.

Think about this. Every G you increase is another time you add the weight of the train onto the wheels which are transfering it into the track then support.

If those trains weigh umm...well, Millennium Force trains weigh 19 tons unloaded I believe. I would imagine the bottom of the drop pulls 4G's (I think 4.5 or better but lets use an even number). So thats 19 times 4. Or 76 TONS of pressure on the wheels/track/supports over whatever part of the track it is that pulls those G's. You need alot of supports to spread the pressure out so you dont crack and destroy a few supports.

The X trains look to be shorter than MF's trains but I bet weight close so you can imagine that theres even more weight being distributed in a smaller area than on MF.

x's trains weigh 6 tons

thats what that sign used to say upon entering the line for it

it seems low but it could be possible considering how little is actually in the train

but i wouldnt know

Thats probably right. I guess it was just really REALLY poorly built.

But its still alot of weight. I may be forgetting that with the trains being so wide too they need more support to transfer the forces away from the center of the train which is ready to break at any moment

[coolbeans326]

i think its 6 tons per car. I know that thing is a freaking beast!!! But i could be wrong, and I wouldn't doubt it.

http://www.themeparkreview.com/fujiqcon ... qconst.htm

rollermonkey from ThemeParkReview recently visited Fuji-Q Highlands and got some new pictures and information on the worlds second 4D coaster!

Cost: 3,600,000,000 yen
Trains: two
Design company: S&S Power (He actually said an American company from Utah, but confirmed S&S when asked specifically.)
Steel fabricated by: Meisho
Target date: 15 July 2006







Click here for more construction pictures.

in belgium wouldt be greath to

That Full - Full is one of the craziest elements in existance. If theres any reason to go to Japan now theres a definate reason.

[Dirk_Ermen]

Omg, an 4D Zero g roll

Nope - its a Full Full

You could never heartline a 4D and I doubt that thing even gives airtime.

But it will rotate you 360 degrees on the track AND the trains will rotate you 360 degrees.


How sexy is that?!

[coolbeans326]

^ a full-full with be 2x the fun of a half half. And, well, the track is semi-heartlined, except it goes around it revolves around what would be that purple thing in the middle on X. Even though it's not "technically" a heartline, It's the same idea, and I wish people would just allow us to call it a heartline, since basically that's what it is... even though its not at your heart.
.... how redundant....

Track construction of Fuji-Q's newest roller coaster, a 4D coaster similar to X, is nearing completion!

The name of the new coaster is thought to be, Eejanaika.



Click here for more pictures.

ok what are up with the supports?! it looks like birds crapped all over them

^Thats what I thought too.

Scratches in the paint is my best guess. Probably because of how they were handled. Not a hard thing to fix.

[hyyyper]

perhaps those crazy japaneze guys are going to be 'theming' the supports like that

Compare the pics to the layout I posted way back when. Looks like I got it down [^]

As for the ride, It's obviously going to be better than X IMO. There is an awesome drop, a raven, a full full, a sick overbank, and then a half half right after each other. How cool is that?