News Project 2027/Skyland/Purple: Bakunawa (Mack Giga Shuttle Xtreme Spinner)
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They're probably not using every stator at full tilt. LSM rides are fancy enough to keep a specific launch profile, I'd imagine this one will send all the trains up roughly to the same spot in the tower. There's also the large battery array (not mentioned in today's promo but was discussed previously) that will power the ride, so they could have the longer bank of stators to help with power recovery.
I agree it's a bit fishy. I think the more likely case here is; since the inverted launch gets it up to 80mph, the height difference dropping from the exit of the stall to the start of the third launch will generate most of that additional 20mph. Therefore I think the third launch will just graze the 100mph top speed, but it effectively cannot sustain that speed through the end of the launch track for the reason you stated. It'd end up blowing through the bumper and probably end up on the Jersey Shore at that speed. I would wager at the end of the third launch track you're doing closer to 80mph, precisely calculated so it stalls out at the reliable point.
I think there will be a "last resort" magnetic brake fin at the very top, but the train should never reach that.
That rendering was probably an early NoLimits concept to see how everything would fit into the general area of the park.
Shoreline Pier was probably designed based on this concept first to account for it.
Just my guess.
I feel like it’s possible the launch fins only extend part of the way up the tower and the ones that go all the way to the vertical section are just brake fins
I can see both sides of the discussion.
Like if they just reused a rendering from pre Shoreline, that had to exist for at least a year now for planning purposes. So we’re that that cheap and/or lazy to not take that and add in? Or is there very little else planned for the ride and they felt this rendering was good enough?
But on the flip side, maybe they have a rendering with that, there’s some additional surprises coming with the ride that they don’t want those known - so instead of spending money on a rendering that is basically useless, they just used this one.
I feel like my personal opinion is unpopular but either show us it completed or just tease us with more to come.
The station.*could* utilize a comb shaped floor to allow the vehicles to enter and exit without interference or additional moving parts. Could be interesting if they decided.to go with a less standard floorless loading setup that takes advantage of the double station.
Cobras Curse is the only spinner I recall having controlled spinning and that is a completely different ride. If this has any form of that, it would be in the form of something similar to what you see on the free spins to induce additional rotation at some points, I haven't seen any evidence of that though. Assuming it's all freespin, I suspect fat thoosies will be getting a lot more time facing down at the top.
Cobras Curse is the only spinner I recall having controlled spinning and that is a completely different ride. If this has any form of that, it would be in the form of something similar to what you see on the free spins to induce additional rotation at some points, I haven't seen any evidence of that though. Assuming it's all freespin, I suspect fat thoosies will be getting a lot more time facing down at the top.