On the airtime topic, I’m growing increasingly convinced that Hyperia might have some surprisingly incredible airtime. I’ll confess that back when it was first announced, I was among those who was a little sceptical about the layout’s airtime potential. However, the more I see of this ride and the more I look at the profiling and elements, the more I absolutely love it and am so glad to see Thorpe Park going for something so daring and unique.
It perhaps isn’t full to the brim with traditional straight camelbacks, but I reckon that most of, if not all of, the ride’s elements will provide some degree of negative g-forces that could be incredibly potent in their own right.
That first drop could be very unique, and if the vertical drop on the likes of Iron Gwazi is anything to go by, there could be some huge negatives on it, particularly towards the back of the train. Yes, the twist might nullify that to some degree and not provide quite the same sustained ejection all the way down as a ride like Gwazi does, but with how late the twist appears to happen in all of the renderings, I reckon there will still be a pretty special dose of ejector to be had there, and the 180° twist might add a really interesting additional sensation!
As for the rest of the ride:
- I’m sensing that that Immelmann could be an awesome moment of sustained ejector airtime, what with it having a pretty steep, straight drop of nearly 160ft!
- That huge overbank could provide some very nice sustained airtime as it pins you to the side if the one on Iron Gwazi is anything to go by, and that roll out of it could provide some epic negatives similar to those provided by the likes of the mosasaurus roll on VelociCoaster!
- The huge dive loop looks like it could provide the same floaty fun as a zero-g stall, which should certainly offer some negatives and provide a sensation quite unlike any other in the UK!
- The outerbanked wave turn could provide some interesting negatives, and I imagine that the final airtime hill could have some pretty strong airtime what with how fast the train will be going!
Yes, Hyperia will not be the world’s longest hyper coaster, but to me, it just looks like a layout that will deliver from start to finish, and I think that it could be something pretty special! It may not have been
exactly what I was originally hoping for, but it looks pretty damn sublime nonetheless, and as time has gone on, I’ve grown increasingly glad that Thorpe Park had the balls to bring such a unique hyper coaster layout into the world and increasingly excited to see just how some of these elements ride!
I reckon it will bring something pretty unique and incredible to the UK scene, I reckon it could be one of the strongest, if not the strongest, UK coaster for airtime, and I’m genuinely just so excited to see how Hyperia rides, because the signs are currently incredibly promising, in my view! Bring on 2024, I say!
