Cheetah Hunt- Intamin for Busch Gardens Tampa

[tomahawk]

The final launch is going to be sped up a good day supposedly so you aren't crawling over anything. We knew it wouldn't be THAT fast, as they are trying to gear it towards families, but some intensity wouldn't be HORRIBLE.

 

[Coastermaniac94]

Im confused........ so no-one knows when its going to be tested full speed?

 

[Antinos]

^Nobody does except those working on the ride. That's not relevant information to be released, even to us.

The first launch(out of the station) looks like it will be sped up. The train is almost rolling back around that first turn. The second launch looks like it's right where it should be. The speed on the canopy thing looks just right. The third launch probably isn't at full power either because it crawls over that parabolic hill.

 

[Xpress]

Launching slowly to wear in new components, to prevent from putting the full stress on the trains from a full speed launch, methinks...

 

[Dave]

It seems a video has popped up on YouTube showing test runs of Cheetah Hunt;

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJZ6zC9p2oY[/youtube]

Edit - I took the liberty to edit your post so that the video can be viewed here. Hope you don't mind. - ECG

 

[Xpress]

The first bit will be, because it won't be going any faster over that should-have-been-a-Top-Hat-thing... The tops of the hills in and out of it are too tight for it to be any faster on that part. Dunno about the rest, but, it looks like it won't go much faster through the turns where it's bi-rail.

And that's not necessarily a bad thing... Formula Rossa looks slow through the last set of airtime hills, yet those that have ridden it say it's got plenty of hairtime... So looks like that over the sky ride hill will have some good hairtime.

 

[Mark]

The photos all look really great and the coaster is looking fab. Just a shame about all those nets completely killing photo opps everywhere. Damn safety...

 

[Pablo237]

Lets go all out at full speed and recreate the scene from Final Destination 3!! Wouldn't that be fun??

 

[Temleh]

Why would the scene be recreated? The train isn't going to derail, it's just to let the launch systems break in bit by little bit...

 

[Pablo237]

^ I was kidding

 

[dominoes]

Wow, that is suprisingly slow. Less "cheetah hunt" and more "fat cat"... but the track is lovely and so are the cars

 

[Snoo]

Nothing wrong with creating a media and structural disaster for a brand new and unridden ride right?

 

[Screaming Coasters]

Launching slowly to wear in new components, to prevent from putting the full stress on the trains from a full speed launch, methinks...

I don't thats the case. I mean, you can hardly send a traditional roller coaster around at half speed now can you?
This theory I think has been made up by enthusiasts who just want to look clever.

 

[Hixee]

^While I do agree with that in some ways, I think they're actually doing it to test the launch components. The trains will need very little bedding in, and any that does need to be done can be done at full speed. I think it's the launch components they're testing. The whole mechanism goes through incredible stresses during a launch and it doesn't actually seem that unlikely that they might 'build up' to a full speed test to make sure everything is going well and working/responding properly.

 

[Antinos]

Hixee is correct. Stress and durability are factored in, so there probably won't be a design error, but one still needs to account for manufacturer error. The parts themselves could be faulty or have been built poorly or the parts were installed wrong. Since launches like this one are so expensive, precise, and I'm guessing fragile, why not start slow? If something breaks, at least it will be a broken bolt, or a scratch, or a dent, instead of a catastrophic failure(something like Xcelerator's recent accident).

 

[AJ]

^ I was kidding

LMFAO. Aaw man you're such a joker <3

 

[Screaming Coasters]

^ You really need to practise what you preach bro.

In reply to Hix - Yeah, I agree with that, but I think Xpress was more in the lines of wheel stress and other such general stresses. Although if thats what he was on about, then I got it wrong

Antinos - The rides would have gone through a pull-through, so any errors there would have been found before any live tests. But yeah, you're right

 

[AJ]

Ain't related to you, 'bro'.

Pretty sure there wasn't any preaching, either.

Go:Jog

 

[CMonster]

A couple of new updates, including theming, speed increases, and the first human riders!

JohnnyUpsideDown (scroll down to the bottom)

BGTNation

RCPro, with a video of the increase in speed.

 

[Snoo]

I guess I don't see the difference? Maybe a few mph?