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Intimidator 305 - Kings Dominion Giga coaster

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Still much better than most things in the UK.

I am sure it will ride well and produce quite a bit of force.

The 1st airtime hill looks lush :)
 
Screaming Coasters said:
Am I the only one that isn't impressed with anything else other than the huge drop?
It looks like it does much of nothing really...
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Nope, same here.
 
High-G curves and lots of airtime hills? Pretty much the same reason a lot of people love the B&M Hypers :)
 
I would still rather have this than the **** we have got/getting over the past few years.

There is elevation changes in the ride but you can not see them in that pic, they are not just turns they go up and down like on a Mega Lite.
 
Marc is right, a lot of the corners have a steep change in elevation too. As with Bizzaro (that rubbish ride in SFNE nobody in the coaster world likes) it will give very high-g turns and some great speeding twists and drops. Now, it's not going to be as good as Bizzaro, that has the correct mix of airtime hills and back end twists, turns and dips.

However, this will be really hammering through the layout, so like Millennium Force, the impact is going to be based on that effect as much as it is manufactured air.
 
Screaming Coasters said:
I mean, I don't see the point in a huge-ass drop with a layout like that to follow... What a waste.
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It's Millie's drop right into a Rita-esque layout, what's not to love?
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I AM KIDDING.
 
^^Yep :)

I did not think I would like EGF after seeing pics and POV's but I was wrong I liked it.

Same with a Mega Lite, you have to ride them to fully get the feeling.

I still do not think this coaster is about airtime anyway, its about force which it should deliver.
 
Rides like EGF and Mega Lights, their layouts have substance. They bounce all over the place, this is pretty flat...

I have to say though, that first airtime looks like it'll last a hell of a long time. <3
 
Its flat in that pic but I am sure on the computer POV it was not flat. I might be wrong though but I am sure there was so elevation?

That 1st corner is going to have some high G.
 
It looks like they took the best features of Mille, and the most fun features of Mavvy and stuck it together to see what happens.

In theory I should like it a lot. :--D

It does look really short lengh-wize though, with the speed it will be going...

And maybe little repetitive but we'll have to wait and see.
 
Well that just looks delicious. I'm really wondering how long this puppy will last.. 3 minutes is a massive overstatement.
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Thats probably the station to station time.


My main concern is that there isn't enough hills, but thats just my personal prefference. And I dont care who says what, them twists ain't hills :p

It just seems a bit short for a 300ft coaster, thats all. Is there any chance this could be trimmed?

Oh well, it'll still be awsome no doubt!
 
Martyn B said:
My main concern is that there isn't enough hills. And I dont care who says what, them twists ain't hills :p
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Rita is flat and airtimeless then? :p

Just watched the POV again. I reckon there are 4 solid airtime hills and 3 or 4 points where the twists dip too and will also give some airtime.

Obviously that's my opinion based on a computer model. The reality will be different, but based on that video - I'd say a definite of between 4 and 8 pops of airtime, plus some very high-g turns.

And the rattling and pain - but we also expect that :p
 
^ Dont they normally plan for things like that though, by originally installing an empty 'trim' on the track?
 
marc said:
That 1st corner is going to have some high G.
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Probably not since that will cause people to black out...

My guess would be at 2-2.5 g's, depending on how long time it will take the train to go around it. Doing a comparison to the Mega-lites then their first turn produces around 2.5 g's and up to 3 g's at the start.
 
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