Heh they got some nice topography at that park. I missed that it'll be LSM as well. It will be interesting to see if this is more reliable or not. Kinda wondering if this will be an energy whore or not relative to a cable launch.
I have absolutely no merit in saying one way or the other, but I reason that LSM would require less energy. Powering a 20,000 horsepower drum for 4 seconds could take more power than sequentially turning on a series of electromagnets over a period of like 7 seconds, but again, I don't know the science behind it. When / where did we find out that it would be LSM launched?
This thing looks really cool in the skyline. Why is this new area like 6 miles from the park?
X2 ??? Intimidator 305 ??? Millennium Force ??? Iron Rattler ??? El Toro ??? Fury 325 ??? Maverick ??? Skyrush ??? Twisted Timbers ??? Voyage 250
Does the hydraulic drum thing have some kind of flywheel that does something with energy storage? Again no meaningful physics or engineering background.