Tim
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Re: [SW7] Construction Updates and Ride Speculation
As bizarre as this post might sound there are two World’s Firsts that I seem to keep coming back to. Both were suggested in former concept art by Alton Towers, both were planned for X-Sector or with it in mind and both are still possibilities for SW7.
The first one is the vertical launch. We’ve discussed this quite a bit before and while many disagree with me I still belive it’s a possibility and would fit the term World Beating as no ride actually launches from vertical (only horizontal into vertical).
I’ll just leave the concept art for this one and say no more:
The second is the inverted launch. Now this is the one which has been intriguing me lately. We know that Alton had plans for an X-Car that launched upside-down out of the Black Hole tent, although the plans were pulled very quickly after being leaked so I never saw them. But I believe the general theory was that the cart went through half an inversion, launched then rolled back to upright at the end of the launch track?
Having looked at TT’s Ariel shots we know that what they’ve covered up is an upward heart line roll. But what if the reason they’ve covered it up is because it’s only half an inversion? What if the track remains upside-down, straightens out under the station, launches towards the first lift hill then flips the right way before emerging outside? This would also explain why there is an odd support at 90 degrees under the station as it could connect to an inverted section of track (for pictures of said support see this post). How practical this would be I do not know but it would be far more interesting than some Washing Machine or a bunch of barrel rolls.
As bizarre as this post might sound there are two World’s Firsts that I seem to keep coming back to. Both were suggested in former concept art by Alton Towers, both were planned for X-Sector or with it in mind and both are still possibilities for SW7.
The first one is the vertical launch. We’ve discussed this quite a bit before and while many disagree with me I still belive it’s a possibility and would fit the term World Beating as no ride actually launches from vertical (only horizontal into vertical).
I’ll just leave the concept art for this one and say no more:
The second is the inverted launch. Now this is the one which has been intriguing me lately. We know that Alton had plans for an X-Car that launched upside-down out of the Black Hole tent, although the plans were pulled very quickly after being leaked so I never saw them. But I believe the general theory was that the cart went through half an inversion, launched then rolled back to upright at the end of the launch track?
Having looked at TT’s Ariel shots we know that what they’ve covered up is an upward heart line roll. But what if the reason they’ve covered it up is because it’s only half an inversion? What if the track remains upside-down, straightens out under the station, launches towards the first lift hill then flips the right way before emerging outside? This would also explain why there is an odd support at 90 degrees under the station as it could connect to an inverted section of track (for pictures of said support see this post). How practical this would be I do not know but it would be far more interesting than some Washing Machine or a bunch of barrel rolls.
