It's in the post all: "ballast bag". To @Peter Immelmann's point, a more improvised water dummy than one with more body form/designed to fit within the restraints for regular testing. Something more akin to photo 1 than photo 2 below:
Used balast bags a lot during my high rope climbing...
Oh dear - I fear they're going with the "Project" theme continuity they used for Orion, built on the trope that each "Project" (aka roller coaster or major thrill attraction) is some advanced science experiment. (photo from Orion queue below)
This bit has a downside: Very few people will...
Overall wouldn't read too much into that, as it could be a bad mount point or simple on-ride jostle that isn't noticeable from the rider seat. (See the TTD POV below) Or at the very least... still smoother than Kingda Ka. :P
We have on-ride POV!
It is just a completely different ride than TTD. It could be better, could be worse - it's going to be hard to call until we get a few passes on it.
Color me optimistic on having more attraction versus a 16 second trick shot. On the whole I've found I generally prefer...
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