Knott's Berry Farm | HangTime | Gerstlauer Infinity

[DelPiero]

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Wow the lights look amazing! Hopefully it ends up looking like this irl!

The light package on that is fantastic! 2 points;

There's no way it will run that fast into the brakes.
Even the animated POV is predicting where the jolts on this Gerst will be

 

[Matt N]

Even the animated POV is predicting where the jolts on this Gerst will be

Um... I don't see any jolts @DelPiero. Where are they?

 

[DelPiero]

Um... I don't see any jolts @DelPiero. Where are they?

Exit of the immelman at 1:00
Entrance of the following element at 1:04
Exit of same element at 1:06
Middle of the Cobra roll at 1:15

 

[CrashCoaster]

From TPR.

 

[Temleh]

This looks like so much fun. Hopefully it turns out to be smooth.

 

[Matt N]

I'm sure it will be. I don't think it looks too bad from pictures and the animated POVs, although POVs don't tend to show jolts in the track.

 

[CrashCoaster]

The overbank is complete, and the corkscrew is in progress.

Photos posted on Facebook by Ohio Valley Coasters.

 

[Pear]

I just love the way this looks.

 

[Matt N]

I just love the way this looks.

Agreed. The colour scheme looks great in the Boardwalk area of Knott’s, and twisty Gerstlauers are always very photogenic, in my opinion!

 

[CrashCoaster]

A recent video with some nice HD close-up shots, including the holding brake:-

Video by The Coaster Element.

And the entire corkscrew is now in place looking at the Knott's live webcams. This mainly leaves the cobra roll and the first element to be installed.

https://www.knotts.com/explore/live-video

 

[Lofty]

The little airtime hill/double down element will be great fun.

 

[Pear]

And it's done!

 

[Matt N]

And it's done!

Yay! Now all we need is for it to begin testing so we know when it's opening! As Smiler spent less than a month testing, I should think this will open in March, or around that sort of time.

 

[Zek_Teh_Kek]

Smiler spent less than a month testing

That probably wasn't enough considering how many problems it experienced. I would expect a 1 to 1.5 months of testing.

 

[Lofty]

That probably wasn't enough considering how many problems it experienced. I would expect a 1 to 1.5 months of testing.

The issues it had wouldn't have been solved by more rigorous testing, though. The structural issues it had only happened a good 6/7 months after it had been running.

 

[Lofty]

Mike Sigmond (Ride Maintenance) uploaded this photo onto LinkedIn, with the caption 'Well there it is folks, the track is complete.':

 

[Matt N]

Mike Sigmond (Ride Maintenance) uploaded this photo onto LinkedIn, with the caption 'Well there it is folks, the track is complete.':

That colour scheme really pops with the surrounding rides. I like it!

 

[CrashCoaster]

It looks like it's missing a few support pieces on the right side of the photo.

 

[Crazycoaster]

Oh, I didn't realise it just ends after the cobra roll.

 

[Dar]

Is this just a trick of the camera, or is it really just a teeny support to hold the loops together? Because if it is, I LOVE it!