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Post June 29th, 2012, 7:21 pm

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You sure? I thought it was no. 565SFNBZ....
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Post June 29th, 2012, 7:30 pm

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Originally posted by Dirk_Ermen
A waste of all this perfectly fine wood to create a hybrid coaster, when you could have also used it to build an awesome true wooden rollercoaster.


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Post June 29th, 2012, 7:40 pm

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Yeah, who cares what it's made of, so long as the end result kicks ass.
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Post June 30th, 2012, 4:07 am

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Originally posted by dcs221

Where did you see that? Seems like a lot of added weight.


Used to work at Silverwood in management for 4 years; I was at the job site when RMC was first installing the original prototype topper track onto Tremors, as well as when they returned to add more to other sections (eventually all of Tremors will have the Topper Track, it's just being installed in phases). They pump in the concrete via valves w/end caps that are placed so far apart to space it out. After the concrete (aka "non-shrink design mix") is pumped in, the valves are sealed and welded shut.

Post June 30th, 2012, 6:05 am

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Interesting... Wood of never guessed concrete was pumped into the track.

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Post June 30th, 2012, 6:27 am

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Oh God the puns... :P

Anyway, I know I'm late on saying this, but I like that 81 degree drop. Looks like it'll give a heck load of airtime.
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Post June 30th, 2012, 3:51 pm
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it does look like fun . i still think it looks hideous , like when those idiots put the giant stupid rims on classic cars, but oh well. i have to say it looks bad ass .

Post June 30th, 2012, 11:27 pm

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I'm excited to see how the "inversion" turns out. To be honest, the cutback type thing in the NL sim looks like poop.

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Post July 5th, 2012, 11:13 pm

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double damn:

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Post July 6th, 2012, 12:08 am
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it doesnt make me wish i had the bread to go ride it or anything, but i have to admit i'm impressed that it's being done

Post July 6th, 2012, 4:06 am

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Originally posted by boneplaya

I'm excited to see how the "inversion" turns out. To be honest, the cutback type thing in the NL sim looks like poop.


And God... er, Jebus.... er, RMC said, let there be "poop!"

Post July 6th, 2012, 6:25 am

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What the. That is amazing.

BTW why the hell hasn't SDC "officially" announced this coaster yet, even when it's already so unbelievably obvious what they're doing? Really strange.
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Sith will prevail, otherwise


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Post July 6th, 2012, 12:00 pm

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If I remember correctly, most of the announcements for new coasters are in august and september. Haven't been keeping up with "official" announcements as of late, though, so I'm not entirely sure.

Post July 6th, 2012, 1:39 pm

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I believe they said August 9th will be the big announcement.

This is the official site...http://silverdollarcity2013.com/

it says 33 days and 20+ hours

Post July 6th, 2012, 10:03 pm

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Originally posted by AmatsuNL

What the. That is amazing.

BTW why the hell hasn't SDC "officially" announced this coaster yet, even when it's already so unbelievably obvious what they're doing? Really strange.


If the park hasn't made an official announcement, the manufacturer has no legal right to make the announcement themselves.
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I think you misread, He didn't mention the manufacturer at all, SDC RMC, they're kind of close.
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Post July 7th, 2012, 5:48 pm

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Oh yeah sorry; they're both acronyms.
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Post July 30th, 2012, 8:42 pm
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Apparently there was some sort of website leak in which some people over at TPR and SDCfans were able to see the layout.

You can still poke around a text only cached version of the site which was available on google cache as http://silverdollarcity2013.com/justForTesting/

People are saying that the layout indicated a Double Barrel Roll Finale and a final name of Outlaw Run.

Post July 30th, 2012, 9:01 pm

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One thing's for sure: When this opens, how we judge whether an element is "realistic" or "unrealistic" will be changed tremendously.

I'm already excited as hell to see this ride completed.
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Post July 30th, 2012, 11:31 pm
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^And this is exactly why I'm such a big ambassador for trying new things that haven't been tried on coasters of certain types before.

The far-fetched ideas of today are the coasters of tomorrow.

Side note: that does NOT mean that I think this is a good idea. IMO, the whole appeal of wood coasters is in being reckless and wild and out-of control, with lots of lateral g's and pops of air. This new whole pre-fab movement, where the track is smooth, the g-forces are controlled, and it goes through forceless overbank elements, is a disturbing development. It very well could be the death knell of the imperfect g-forces on wood coasters that I love so much.

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Originally posted by cjd

^And this is exactly why I'm such a big ambassador for trying new things that haven't been tried on coasters of certain types before.


Yeah cause concrete filled steel is the same as wood.

Originally posted by cjd
The far-fetched ideas of today are the coasters of tomorrow.


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Post July 31st, 2012, 9:50 pm
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This was posted over at NLE and I figured I'd bring it over, looks interesting.

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