Kemah Boardwalk Bullet - New Gravity Group Woodie

WOO HOO!!!

Bullet is running test trains!

Photos are up on http://www.coasterphotos.com/maingaller ... 06/080207/

And a video!

http://www.coasterphotos.com/Videos/mov ... tTrain.wmv

Unfortunetly it vallied but that's a common thing for wooden coasters' first test run(s).

Yea, that rides going to be a blast. Its going to be a year or two before I can venture down there.

Originally posted by Jakizle

And a video!

http://www.coasterphotos.com/Videos/mov ... tTrain.wmv

Unfortunetly it vallied but that's a common thing for wooden coasters' first test run(s).

I can't download it, hotlinking isn't allowed or something.. [xx(]

^ Media Player -> Open URL -> There you go!

Or right click and save as.

It sucks that it valleyed on its first run, but I am sure they will get all the kinks worked out.

thats true usually it takes time for the train to get used to the track haha they just need to oil the track up and just let it run again because (say its like you get a new basketball.....at first the grip on the ball is very good because its new.....eventually it will wear down causing less grip) well thats wut the train needs.....just a couple more runs and it'll be fine......eventually it will start running much better

Aha, when it vallied everybody there was like "YEAHHH B!! Come onnnn, come onnn...awwwwwwwwww!

That thing should be freakin awesome, so now I've gotta get to Texas sometime.

haha yea thats what i was going to say ^^^^

I will be there at the end of this year. If it is open ... you can count on me being on it.

[jayman]

dang. too bad it's in texas.. texas scares me.

I just noticed the straight slope before the actual first drop. Damn the airtime in the back that I will never get to feel...

Why never? Texas is worth a visit. You can go to Sea World, Fiesta Texas, Schlitterbahn, and Kemah, all within 3 hours of eachother.

I don't see my family going down to Texas for any reason I can convince them of. That wouldn't put me in the area until I'm in charge of my life with enough money to have a life, which is like...11 years? That's never for a kid my age [:P]

OMG OMG OMG

I drove down to Kemah this evening to have a look at the Bullet. I hadn't been down there in a month or so, but have been keeping up with it via the construction photos.

Oh man, as good as the pictures are, they do NOT do this ride justice. It's insane. It's twisted. The structure is so dense, it will almost be like two-thirds of the ride will be in a tunnel. It's much larger than the pics make it look. The track is incredibly packed in there... forget a No Limits recreation if you plan to do tunnel testing! It won't pass!

The trains look good, even though they were sitting off to the side after the vallied run yesterday. I couldn't tell if there were seat belts or not.

[jayman]

yeah.. it does look like a great ride.. when it vallied they took the cars off to start them again? i thought they'd just use a giant come-along to bring them up to the next peak

I read that the builders are correcting track in 2nd or 3rd hill to gain a bit of speed.

They should run it where it doesn't complete the track, just to piss Jakizle off

[hyyyper]

Originally posted by minicoopertx


Oh man, as good as the pictures are, they do NOT do this ride justice. It's insane. It's twisted. The structure is so dense, it will almost be like two-thirds of the ride will be in a tunnel. It's much larger than the pics make it look. The track is incredibly packed in there... forget a No Limits recreation if you plan to do tunnel testing! It won't pass!

it'll pass, you just need to custom support it. make the 'wide structure' as wide as a tunnel and you're done

Wow, that video is insane. The twisted layout of this thing looks to be simply amazing. Yeah, I will definitely be there the end of the year. Hopefully I can get a ride on it -- depending on what the operating hours are going to be. Mini, thanks for the excited update on this one, it has definitely made me want to give this a ride!

[jayman]

anyone willing to sneak me into texas , put me on the ride and get me the hell out?then i'll go.

If you pay I'll do it next week. [:D]

Originally posted by jayman

yeah.. it does look like a great ride.. when it vallied they took the cars off to start them again? i thought they'd just use a giant come-along to bring them up to the next peak

It vallied at the bottom of the first drop. To get it over the next peak, they would have to pull it around the S-turn, up and around the back end turn (where they are now working), then up and over a banked 180. Much easier to just take the cars off.

I'm just glad we got another wooden coaster in Texas.[:D]

The basic footprint of the coaster is an "L" shape... in the crook of the L is a house. There is coaster structure less than 200 feet from the house on two sides, and a third side is Galveston Bay.

Hmmmm... I happen to be house hunting right now, too. Wonder if they'd sell it? They were complaining about the coaster being built there.