Wooden Warrior at Quassy (testing)

A new wooden roller at Quassy Amusement Park has been under construction. The new coaster will travel 35mph through 1,200 feet of track with a height 35 feet and a drop of 45 feet. Wooden warrior will be equipped with the newest of wooden coaster trains; Timberlines, designed by The Gravity Group and built by Gravity Groups' sister company, GravityKraft. The Gravity Group of Cincinnati, Ohio, designed the family oriented coaster. Wooden Warrior will be built in house at Quassy. Many footings have been set and bents have gone up. Construction will continue through out fall and winter months.Four other ride manufactures were contacted to replace Mad Mouse(also known as Monster) at Quassy with a newer, fresher ride. Out of the five proposals, The Gravity groups seemed more interesting to the park.

The ride will cross over Quassy's train twice, still following the park's natural topography. The family ride will flow through a series of bunny hops and breathtaking turnarounds! the ride will not be a extreme experience but will be enjoyable for a larger group of ages. It will drop next to the Grand Carousel while it makes the turnaround through a tunnel and back over the train tracks.

Wooden Warrior is planned to open in 2011.




Here is where the train will enter the tunnel.




Holy footing, Batman!


The new drive system




Another photo of the rides tunneling turnaround!




A older picture of the construction area.

That's all for now! To see more updates, check this thread weekly!

Links and such: http://www.screamscape.com/html/quassy.htm
http://www.quassy.com/about_press.asp
http://rcdb.com/4495.htm
http://parkthoughts.com/2010/11/08/quas ... continues/

Lol... Quassy.

[Oscar]

Funny name but that turn looks quite tight!

Shenanigans on that being exported from CAD.

lol, it looks so adorable! I think this should be pretty fun, kind of like Zach's Zoomer.

Originally posted by dcs221

Shenanigans on that being exported from CAD.

You're shenanigans, that isn't the same No Limits program we all use.

Originally posted by dcs221

Shenanigans on that being exported from CAD.

i agree. the shaping looks like poor nl shaping

ftf, I can almost guarantee you it's not exported. The characteristics are completely different between this video and the others that have been exported...for example, the Voyage video. Pretty sure it was quickly made by hand.

Originally posted by fear the four

Originally posted by dcs221

Shenanigans on that being exported from CAD.

You're shenanigans, that isn't the same No Limits program we all use.

Ummm....ok...the hell it isn't....explain yourself please.



Looks like I have another reason to want to make an east coast coaster trip next year. Quassy's new coaster looks like a lot of fun.

[gouldy]

chainlift isn't straight, -5 technical points.

holy crap!!!! glad I wasn't the only one that noticed that.

T......6.5....lift was not straight, turns were too tight, hills were too oblique.

A.....7.5....looks like decent airtime and speed was pretty good, also close head-chopping supports.

O.....8...never seen a layout like this before, I like the close to the ground maneuvers and elevation changes. It's about time Quassy got a decent looking coaster.

[Dirk_Ermen]

Nobody noticed the banked brakes? xD

Originally posted by Dirk_Ermen

Nobody noticed the banked brakes? xD

Another point deduction....overall 6...and that is a generous estimate...

Their boardwalk bullet one is really cool:

*Facepalm*

Work on the first drop hill on the ??????Wooden Warrior?????? roller coaster on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2011 (photo courtesy of Ron Gustafson / Quassy)


Twisted! The lower track leaves the loading station before making its way up the incline, while the portion of framework shown above it will cross over not only the coaster, but also the park??????s train ride. (photo courtesy of Ron Gustafson / Quassy)


The wild and fun turnaround on the new ??????Wooden Warrior?????? roller coaster at Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury, Conn., is shown during this phase of construction on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010. The turnaround will be enclosed in a tunnel when completed. The sharp banking as the coaster dives into the turn will add more thrills before the train emerges for another drop and makes its way back to the station! photo courtesy of Ron Gustafson / Quassy)

Dammit,thats a hell of a junior coaster,my old home park in germany should get one!

In the snow!





I like this one

Thats Sexy

gonna be visiting both here and canobie now!

Yeah, I Agree Kyle. I Hope I Can go back to Boston this summer and go to Canobie and Quassy. Maybe I can make a Full day out of both Quassy and Lake Compounce.

Some more pics!







This is tight.

Wow, looks really intense actually for a kiddie ride. The tunnel looks really small too. It also looks very good in the snow. Thanks for the pics FTF!

Great pics, can't wait to see more

kind of like a modern little dipper!