WICKED Cyclone - Six Flags New England 2015

[Turbo]

a hybrid to me would be utilizing both steel and wood

I feel that it needs to be broken in; it looks a little slower than what I expected, but by opening day I hope that will change. Still though, I love the way it rides through the elements

[Metazoanhaddock]

okay, so I'm not the only one who thought it was slower than expected....good to know I'm not going insane

Even if it doesn't speed up all that much, almost the entire second half is enclosed within the structure so the feeling of speed will still be there

Metazoanhaddock wrote:

okay, so I'm not the only one who thought it was slower than expected....good to know I'm not going insane

Make that three

[Paradox]

The train is also empty as well.

The train wasn't empty, there was a 170lb weight in each row. Still not as much weight as normal. Also the video wasn't shot too close up, and it was moving which made it harder to tell the speed. With all that said, it should almost definitely get faster as it goes. Check Medusa Steel Coaster first tests vs. later with riders...though to be fair that did switch to steel wheels at some point. Still though, I'm confident it'll get significantly faster when it breaks in and the weather gets hotter.

[Paradox]

Yea a ground shot would have been better.

that looks amazing

[coolbeans326]

This was literally the first test cycle. I wouldn't worry too much about it's speed at this point. I guarantee it will get faster.

[Metazoanhaddock]

oh, I have no doubt about that, I was just a little bummed that I didn't get to see it running faster, that's all

I don't know about you guys, but even if it isn't as fast as expected... For a first test it definitely picked up some good speed.

I'm not sure what people are talking about. From that angle, this WC was hauling! I hope we get a test shot from ground level soon!

Yeah also the framerate on that video was very slow. Just something else to consider.

[Metazoanhaddock]

^yeah but the framerate on the rougarou video was at least 10x worse, but you could still tell that that thing was hauling

Ground level video from much closer at least through most of the ride.

[Metazoanhaddock]

fair point

[Paradox]

Some more hotness.


Yaaas it embedded.

THERE we go. This is what I expected from this ride! It is seriously flying through that last element (the Zero G Stall I presume?). The tiny airtime hill looks like it packs a punch. Test POV please!

[Paradox]

It was pretty warm today so that helped with the speed and this video was from the ground so I guess that helped too!

[Metazoanhaddock]

no kidding

It's pretty crazy how variable coaster speeds can be...also perspective truly changes everything.

That stall looks breathtaking!

[Paradox]

And people have complained about zero g rolls and stalls on RMC coasters. As far as I'm concerned, they can put them on every single ridea they build. Awesome!