Kings Dominion Project 2025/Caldera: Rapterra (Launched B&M Wing Coaster)
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I hesitate to use the term 'wave turn' due to RMC's use of the element. I think it'll be more of a wall-stall; rise, curve, dive, very little change in banking. I'm still expecting my precreation to be something close to this:
The only thing I would change with this prediction is to lessen the bank angle at the very top. In my videos (and picture here) I think I guessed that it would be 140-150° and therefore classifying it as an inversion, but after seeing some the pieces on site, I'm now expecting it to be closer to 90-100°. Could be wrong.
I hope this first element after the launch reaches 158 ft in height to officially be the second tallest coaster in the park.
For reference, Dominator is 157 ft, Volcano was 155 ft, and Project 305's second hill is 150 ft tall. However, Thunderbird at Holiday World is only 140 ft tall.
For reference, Dominator is 157 ft, Volcano was 155 ft, and Project 305's second hill is 150 ft tall. However, Thunderbird at Holiday World is only 140 ft tall.
No work today. I think maybe the rain this morning slowed them down.
I wonder which elements will be visible from
the parking lot/outside the park. Definitely the first element. But even the elements over the pathways might be visible from the parking lot as you can see Tumbili’s second level down.
Two more truck loads of track arrived tonight and will be unloaded in the morning. Will be back at the park tomorrow for an update.
Not sure if it’s just the angle the picture was taken but that door frame is way off center. Hopefully that’s just a temporary structure.
BGW is contacting them to see if they can get this exact structure (unfinished) to put in the field of Pantheon and call it "theming"
We shall call it the "Shed of the Gods"BGW is contacting them to see if they can get this exact structure (unfinished) to put in the field of Pantheon and call it "theming"
I’m sure there’s a reason for it. It’s an electrical building anyhow so I don’t expect much from it.
According to Chat GPT, this coaster will have a height of 156ft. Don't know where it got this information but it seems like a pretty reasonable expectation/estimate.
If anyone knows if this info is accurate let the group know.
Odd source, to say the least… I’m still expecting 130-140ft, leaning towards 130ft.
New article is now live on KDFans! Most of it will be an unnecessary recap for people keeping up with this thread, but the biggest news is probably about @CoasterMac's current thinking on the element after the dive loop.
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So possibly 2 less inversions? So the least inversions on a wing in the states?
I should not have suggested this would be better than Thunderbird. Ugh WHY am S hill into another dead section? All that potential hangtime…..
I should not have suggested this would be better than Thunderbird. Ugh WHY am S hill into another dead section? All that potential hangtime…..
In my opinion, having more inversions doesn’t always make for a better coaster. In fact, I’ve often found that unnecessary inversions (especially on B&Ms) can kill the pacing of a coaster.
I remember when Twisted Timbers was announced, and people criticized the three large back-to-back airtime hills following the first drop, calling them redundant and a wasted opportunity for an inversion or two. Since TT opened, those three airtime hills have been the subject of some of the ride’s loudest praise, and in my opinion they’re the most fun part of the ride.
So I’d say it’s premature to criticize a ride for not having as many inversions as expected.
I remember when Twisted Timbers was announced, and people criticized the three large back-to-back airtime hills following the first drop, calling them redundant and a wasted opportunity for an inversion or two. Since TT opened, those three airtime hills have been the subject of some of the ride’s loudest praise, and in my opinion they’re the most fun part of the ride.
So I’d say it’s premature to criticize a ride for not having as many inversions as expected.
I mean you're not wrong, my Top 10 coasters does not show any correlation with more inversions. That said the dive loop into a nice roll like the initial guess looked like it was going to hit soooooo good and airtime hills on wing coasters.............do "not" hit sooooo good and are just kind of transitionary to something else usually.