Busch Gardens Tampa | Iron Gwazi | RMC Gwazi | 2022
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roomraider
Best Topic Starter
The European Coaster Club? Yeah they are usually pretty spot on with their information. They often have layouts and info I dont see on the web before the magazine arrives.
Do you subscribe to first drop yourself? If not, how did you come across this information.
roomraider
Best Topic Starter
I Do. Latest edition came through this morning. It's a good little publication. Worth becoming a member for.
I may well do after this!
Chris Brown
Mr CoasterForce 2016
Well this is going to dominate the park, what a lineup Busch Gardens is going to have with it’s new toy!
tomahawk
Strata Poster
Such a true statement. Then again, Six Flags budget for 10 years is what Busch is spending in 2 years, but still. So much lost.
Get ready for all the Euphrates shirts at Cedar Point in 2021.
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TilenB
Strata Poster
Woah, that sounds pretty crazy. Where in the magazine did you find that bit of info? I skimmed through the whole thing and found no article about the RMC Gwazi. Is it mentioned somewhere else?
davidm
Strata Poster
Its at the end of the bit about the Seaworld coasters.
Hutch
Strata Poster
It mentioned the use of a steel structure for the lift hill. Probably something similar to Goliath and Wildfire.
which stat are you feeling isn’t possible? Height? Speed? Removing the dueling?
Antinos
Slut for Spinners
It sounds like they'll be pouring new cement somewhere outside the current footprint (or I guess inside maybe...point is that they'll have to pour new cement) and build a completely new steel structure that doesn't exist with what's currently standing. I'm having trouble hypothesizing where exactly this lift is supposed to stand. I suppose it could run right down the middle of the current footprint away from the midway, or maybe on one of the sides or maybe they'll utilize the empty space behind the ride? This ride, especially with this new information, has so much potential considering that they can cross over to the other track of the current Gwazi, plus their willingness to add new structure.
Luca B
Mega Poster
It probably isn’t possible because of the compact layout, as if it’s going at around 70mph, then it would probably hit 6/7gs in many of the turns. I would say the limit for the height would probably be 150ft, but anything much more than that is probably impossible.
CrashCoaster
CF Legend
Not really. What if the turns are built up or reprofiled?
Lofty
CF Legend
^ Exactly this.
There's a huge difference between a flat banked 180º turn with a small radius and an overbank turn that also has a small radius. From above, they both take on similar footprints, yet their profiling allows the overbank turn to accommodate much higher speeds than a flat turn would.
There's a huge difference between a flat banked 180º turn with a small radius and an overbank turn that also has a small radius. From above, they both take on similar footprints, yet their profiling allows the overbank turn to accommodate much higher speeds than a flat turn would.