Project 2015: Tempesto
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Joe said:Hey guys! I've been taking a little break from the forums, but I'm glad to be back now. Right now, I want to share a picture I took yesterday. I actually had a member of my party lift me up by my ankles so I could reach over the construction wall and nab a photo (whilst dodging security, of course). So, here you go, a look at what's going on behind the walls of Tempesto. Nothing too fancy is going on yet, but it's worth a look nonetheless.
you do realize there is a gate on the other side of coke market to where you can walk out and take a picture. Saves you from looking like a cheerleader in the middle of festa.....
^Yeah, I looked over there. However, I read on another site that that area is generally where security is considering people to be in a "restricted" area. I don't know if that's true but I didn't want to take the risk. We all know what happened to poor Luke. (I don't know if that's the area he was in, but I know other people were treated the same way by going in that area.)
And the gate was closed anyway.
And the gate was closed anyway.
Hello everybody! Here are some of the pictures I got on New Years Eve of Tempesto. I watched them install a support at the top of it, and I also watched security lurking around festa, so I took some quick/discrete snaps and then got out of there.
My impressions of the coaster so far: WOW, this thing is huge and it is all up in Apollo's business.The thing is practically hanging over Apollo's queue at certain points. You can see it from all over the park, and watching it be built from Nacht Tower was pretty cool aswell. I do think the color scheme looks particularly good on a coaster such as this, but find its location to be incredibly ridiculous. I think it will be fun, no doubt about that, but I can't see its line moving efficiently enough to keep wait times reasonable.
My impressions of the coaster so far: WOW, this thing is huge and it is all up in Apollo's business.The thing is practically hanging over Apollo's queue at certain points. You can see it from all over the park, and watching it be built from Nacht Tower was pretty cool aswell. I do think the color scheme looks particularly good on a coaster such as this, but find its location to be incredibly ridiculous. I think it will be fun, no doubt about that, but I can't see its line moving efficiently enough to keep wait times reasonable.
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Ummmm yea.....I don't think anyone wants to go through the crap I did. *still bitter*Joe said:^Yeah, I looked over there. However, I read on another site that that area is generally where security is considering people to be in a "restricted" area. I don't know if that's true but I didn't want to take the risk. We all know what happened to poor Luke. (I don't know if that's the area he was in, but I know other people were treated the same way by going in that area.)
And the gate was closed anyway.
http://forum.parkfans.net/thread-2677-post-123108.html#pid123108
Luke said:
Busch Gardens Williamsburg Security, Management's henchmen for 40 years! If people like the park, we have not done our job!
Almost done...from a few minutes ago.
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A new Tempesto update is now up! Featuring photos from the last day of operation, December 31st. Enjoy!
http://bgwfans.com/2015/december-31st-tempesto-update/
http://bgwfans.com/2015/december-31st-tempesto-update/
Update taken at 5pm 01/05
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I have been thinking about the last two track segments to be installed atop the ride, as they seem to be taking longer to install than the other pieces. This could simply be due to prioritizing other installation work, but it occurs to me that there is another possible reason. Maybe they can't install those last two segments individually.
Hanging and bolting one large horizontal section of track in a cantilevered configuration may overstress that segment's flanged connection, or the bolts holding it to the rest of the structure. That bending moment (torque) and the related complex state of stress at the point of connection would be, I suspect, stratospheric. I wouldn't expect structural collapse, but that approach to construction might violate safety-factor-based limits on allowable mechanical stress at the bolted flange.
Whereas if you hang and fasten both of those roll segments at the same time, or first bolt them together on the ground and then hang them as one piece, the weight-bearing requirements are the same per connection... but the massive torque at the bolted connection between structurally supported track and structurally "flying" track is dramatically reduced.
Hanging both pieces may require the presence of more equipment than is currently on-site, to provide controlled approaches of the two segments and to get workers to the right altitude on either side. If this is true, then spotting an increase in crane/bucket count from the road will be a dead giveaway that it's about time to bust out the camera.
Has anyone studied late-stage construction photos of Tempesto's cousins at other parks? How did they hang the inline roll segments?
Hanging and bolting one large horizontal section of track in a cantilevered configuration may overstress that segment's flanged connection, or the bolts holding it to the rest of the structure. That bending moment (torque) and the related complex state of stress at the point of connection would be, I suspect, stratospheric. I wouldn't expect structural collapse, but that approach to construction might violate safety-factor-based limits on allowable mechanical stress at the bolted flange.
Whereas if you hang and fasten both of those roll segments at the same time, or first bolt them together on the ground and then hang them as one piece, the weight-bearing requirements are the same per connection... but the massive torque at the bolted connection between structurally supported track and structurally "flying" track is dramatically reduced.
Hanging both pieces may require the presence of more equipment than is currently on-site, to provide controlled approaches of the two segments and to get workers to the right altitude on either side. If this is true, then spotting an increase in crane/bucket count from the road will be a dead giveaway that it's about time to bust out the camera.
Has anyone studied late-stage construction photos of Tempesto's cousins at other parks? How did they hang the inline roll segments?
Due to the Crane's position on site, the In-line twist has to be the last thing installed. If they installed it before they finished, say the non-inverted loop, the crane wouldn't be able to pick up the track which is set on the other side of the coaster that the crane is. Even if they did find a way to pick it up, it would be very, very hard to get a piece of track in place in the lower area.
With that being said, the non-inverted loop should be getting finished soon, and they will then go ahead with the In-Line twist.
With that being said, the non-inverted loop should be getting finished soon, and they will then go ahead with the In-Line twist.
Well, of course it does. That wasn't the topic of my post.Matthew said:
I do want to acknowledge your point that there are actually two high track sections to be completed -- non-inverted loop and roll. It may be that both require the type of work I noted above; I suspect there is a similar need to avoid undue stress on the bolted flanges in that lower non-inverting section as well. It looks like they are strap-hanging the cantilevered end of one track section below the superstructure -- but of course that approach can only go as far as the orange Tinkertoys permit.
01/08 PM Update new ride Tempesto looks like they added the loop piece back
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Pulling this out of Banned user thread and putting it in the Tempesto thread.Jonathan15 said:
Those "dumb assumptions" work both ways there. The ride already exists in another park. Which is part of the problem people are having. It's not unique to the park. It's not something you can only ride at Busch Gardens. Which in comparison to the other coasters at BGW, is an issue. On top of that, because of the way the ride is design it has terrible capacity.
Idk about you, but me personally, the ride could the the best ride on the planet, but if I have to constantly wait more than 30 minutes for a ride that is 45 seconds long(And timing it based off of Superman Ultimate flight it actually is a 45 second ride.), I'm gonna be upset. I imagine there will probably be a ton of people who will get in line opening day, wait hours for it and come off and go "It was fun, it wasn't worth the wait."
/beating the dead horse.
I think you are mistaken Apple. That's no dead horse, it must be a flippin rainbow unicorn kitten because it keeps coming back to life.
My apologies, as I'm sure this topic has been discussed, but what is the consensus for the projected open date for Tempesto? Pass member preview day or later in the season?
If they continued to work through the off season, they could be done in time for pass holder preview but the construction time schedule I saw actually says that they won't continue to work through the winter. After the track is complete, it's my understanding that the site will essentially be cleared and work will resume in the spring. Things could have changed since the schedule I was given (it was a very early one), but we shall see.
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