Coloratura
Roller Poster
It's happening!!!!
Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024
- Thread starter Matt N
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CrashCoaster
CF Legend
And... here he is!Jack Silkstone right now
Seems like 4 pieces of Exodus track arrived at Thorpe today.
Woah, one quarter of the total track length in one delivery! Awesome!
AidanCKY
Mega Poster
No doubt the next coaster at BPB will be rose gold with faux diamonds embedded into it.
Excited for Exodus, wish it was about twice as long but will be cool having a big new coaster here.
Rob Coasters
Rob Poster
Ready for a post for each section that goes in... and honestly I would welcome it. Anything that convinces me to believe that this is actually a thing that is actually happening.
CrashCoaster
CF Legend
^Also to note; 90% of the footers are now in place and Jack confirmed the supports at the far end of the site will go in first (the massive outerbank inversion thing). Doesn't seem like the construction crane is on site yet though.
My guess is we will see the two support towers constructed first and then the track afterwards, but I'm curious if we will see both towers go up simultaneously or if they'll finish one and then start the second, followed by the track. Either way, I'm way too excited right now!
My guess is we will see the two support towers constructed first and then the track afterwards, but I'm curious if we will see both towers go up simultaneously or if they'll finish one and then start the second, followed by the track. Either way, I'm way too excited right now!
spicy
Giga Poster
^Also to note; 90% of the footers are now in place and Jack confirmed the supports at the far end of the site will go in first (the massive outerbank inversion thing). Doesn't seem like the construction crane is on site yet though.
My guess is we will see the two support towers constructed first and then the track afterwards, but I'm curious if we will see both towers go up simultaneously or if they'll finish one and then start the second, followed by the track. Either way, I'm way too excited right now!
Do we know the height of this inversion?
Could it be taller than The Odyssey's 124ft loop making it the tallest inversion in the UK?
CrashCoaster
CF Legend
The dive loop stall probably takes the title because this only really inverts at about 3/4 the height of the outerbank.
EDIT:-
Red line marks the most inverted point of the downward barrel roll, orange line marks the top of the dive loop stall. The dive loop is definitely slightly taller, however we could argue that the point in which the outerbank becomes beyond 135° counts and not just the *most* inverted point, then things get a bit trickier. I personally think that point rests somewhere between the two lines, so I think the dive loop is taller.
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spicy
Giga Poster
CrashCoaster
CF Legend
I think furie's inversion chart is a bit of an outdated definition personally (no offence of course) and prefer RCDB's logic in this instance, as iirc furie puts the inversion threshold at 160° whereas I would consider an inversion anything closer to 180° than 90°, so over 135°. I mean it's subjective at the end of the day but I think RCDB's approach is more logical.This sounds like one for Furie's old inversion chart
JackFish
Mega Poster
I would consider an inversion anything where your feet are well above your head. So in my opinion an inversion is something at or above 135 degrees.
JoshC.
Strata Poster
Swarm's first inversion is 127ft tall
Aside from the lift hill, the three highest points of the ride are:
50m/164ft (the outerbank dive inversion thing)
48m/157ft (the first inversion thing)
43m/141ft (the stall loop thing).
Rob Coasters
Rob Poster
Announcement on Thorpe's socials at 9:45pm, keep an eye on them.