"Heart Beat" Construction - Tobu Zoo

Construction on "Heart Beat" at Tobu Zoo is nearing completion, as you can see in the following photos!





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the colors look pretty fresh, me gusta.

yeah i saw this on rcdb but its labled as unknown in the intamin mega-lite(mini Hyper) section

The first half of the drop has a rather large radius.

The shape is awesome though, as it still hits 70 degrees. I think it may be really large because of the cable lift, too.

is it just a 2 car train?

^That train was used to perform the pull through test where they check the clearance to ensure the train is safe to travel the tracks. The real ride will feature 4 car trains.

I know it is only about 108 feet, the huge radius makes the drop look short.

[coolbeans326]

this ride is gonna be sick.. especially in the back row. Its gonna have a pop of floater off the drop... a sick right sweep under the loop into a stengel roll and into a massive pop of air. You'll get some pretty good sensations right out of the starting gate.

Loop and stengel roll? Are we looking at the same ride?

Wow, I love that unusual shaping of the first drop, it may not be to tall, but getting steeper all the way down will certainly provide a great floating experience. The following elements, on the other hand, look tight and intense.

Piraten clone?

yup. Or Piraten is a clone of this. You decide[:p]

[TheArchitect]

the lift supports are wack. Is it just a single pole holding up the middle or is there another cheeky pole hiding behind?

Man oh man i wish we had one of these in the UK! [:(]