News Project 2027/Purple: Delayed “World Record Breaking Coaster" (Phantom Spire?)

[sharpr1]

Did not expect the base legs of the tower to be so angled at this height... this one's gonna be weird, I can just feel it. Perhaps those join up and it becomes a 3-legged tower after all?

Today's progress:
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Well, we're assuming a certain shape based on the footers and the old pre-viz's of it. What if the tower has a four-point base, as the footers indicate, but the points all converge at the top, like a Gulf oil derrick platform? I know you've already imagined that in your last but maybe it's going to be even narrower than that. Those two newest big supports are already angling to converge at a certain height. A narrow top would make curling around the outside near that height easier for the train and less speed required than if it were wrapping around a wider box shape.

What really has me wondering are the two v-shaped fittings on the outside of the latest supports. The bottom two are angled about right it looks like to anchor down to the two farthest footers. Or, connect to the lower segments of the final outer supports. Then there are the top fittings of the V that would support the back tower frame laterally. And I'd guess that pattern may continue up another 100'. Beyond that, I'm really intrigued how the structure will look. The new supports will merge together in an A shape at some point, and they're pretty sharply angled already so I wonder if where they meet is near the top or shorter. If shorter, how will the rear frame be supported going up to 375'? Some real geometry and engineering lies ahead.

 

[warfelg]

I tried to do my best to research and it's interesting - I didn't see many Mack coasters with a tower looking like this. It does fit in terms of other similar elements. Not saying it's good or bad or anything like that. Just love when companies are doing something new.

 

[sharpr1]

Maybe some clues to the tower structure from the Ride to Happiness. Just scale up this A-frame concept front and rear. The track might go straight up the front A-frame, peak over it, then ascend up to near the peak of the rear A-frame and curl around it. It could also mean that the train and track actually go the full 375', being on top of the A-frame. That, with the inversion up top, would be incredible.

 

[DWNitro]

Just got to the park and they’re installing another part of the “tower” as we speak. I’ll get a pic soon

 

[DWNitro]

Unfortunately it’s difficult to get a good angle from inside the park since they blocked off the path to Superman entirely today (I was told by an employee that Superman is having its own issues but they figured they’d just block it off to continue working on the area). I grabbed the best pic I could from over by Toro but it’s partially obstructed by trees

 

[DWNitro]

Just went on Toro. Forgot my meta glasses straps (because I’m a dumbass) or else I would’ve taken a picture from up there but the back two big supports have their first pieces in and there are a ton of supports staged around it. They are working quickly!

 

[DWNitro]

Some pictures I got on the way out today

 

[northdetective]

Thanks for the pics! The whole tower so far and that upward-angled top beam really remind me of the extensor tendonitis in my ankle. Very organic

 

[sharpr1]

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Some pictures I got on the way out today

Well, damn, that next to last support structure is already done! I thought it would go up a bit. Now I'm really befuddled how the last support structure -- if it is the last and there aren't late footers to be poured -- will make a 375' tower on an apparent two-point stance. Gonna be some amaze amaze amaze engineering happening.

 

[ski4ever5]

I was not prepared for this Project Hail Mary x ParkFans crossover

 

[michaellynn4]

Fist my bump!

 

[CoasterMac]

Well, damn, that next to last support structure is already done! I thought it would go up a bit. Now I'm really befuddled how the last support structure -- if it is the last and there aren't late footers to be poured -- will make a 375' tower on an apparent two-point stance. Gonna be some amaze amaze amaze engineering happening.

Far from complete, you can see the top part of that A shape there has two connection points on it. In some fashion, that'll merge with the smaller diagonal beam on the right (positioned directly underneath the track) and continue vertically up the tower. This whole A frame structure will effectively be the "front" leg of the tower, then the two in the rear will presumably complete the arrangement.



Something like that perhaps:


I really like structure analysis like this, especially when it's a first-of-its-kind tower like Mack is producing here!

 

[DWNitro]

Well, damn, that next to last support structure is already done! I thought it would go up a bit. Now I'm really befuddled how the last support structure -- if it is the last and there aren't late footers to be poured -- will make a 375' tower on an apparent two-point stance. Gonna be some amaze amaze amaze engineering happening.

Coliwood replied to someone on a recent video/post saying that not all footers were done being poured. I’ll try to find it shortly

 

[sharpr1]

Far from complete, you can see the top part of that A shape there has two connection points on it. In some fashion, that'll merge with the smaller diagonal beam on the right (positioned directly underneath the track) and continue vertically up the tower. This whole A frame structure will effectively be the "front" leg of the tower, then the two in the rear will presumably complete the arrangement.

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Something like that perhaps:
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I really like structure analysis like this, especially when it's a first-of-its-kind tower like Mack is producing here!

Thank you! Yes, noticed that pair of fittings atop the A-frame looking more closely at today's pics. Your sketch makes sense for what it could/should look like. Three-point stance always made the most sense based on how other towers and spikes have been built for tall coasters. Although this is a five-point-to-three-point structure. Cool stuff.

 

[DWNitro]

Coliwood replied to someone on a recent video/post saying that not all footers were done being poured. I’ll try to find it shortly

This is from his most recent Project Purple update

 

[sharpr1]

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This is from his most recent Project Purple update

Could mean footers for station platform or such. Might not be ride footers. I can see @CoasterMac's sketch off the existing footers being what's built.

 

[ski4ever5]

He also in the same video pointed to say "The Tower will go over there" to a spot that seemed way too far away from the current rise of track, so I think he's just speculating (incorrectly) on the extra footers.

 

[sharpr1]

He also in the same video pointed to say "The Tower will go over there" to a spot that seemed way too far away from the current rise of track, so I think he's just speculating (incorrectly) on the extra footers.

Yep, that claim made me scratch my head when he said it. Also, months ago he made his own pre-viz of what the ride might look like and he had the tower near the stall and the ride shorter. He's made a number of predictions that turned out to be inaccurate. Nothing wrong with predictions, we're all having fun with this in theory, but not everything he says is based on leaked info from someone in the park.

 

[MikeGS6789]

I can see one more footer going in where those marked trees were if the tower is similar to what Hukkem mocked up a while back.

 

[GASM]

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Really good sense of scale so far in this photo.