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[2024] Thorpe Park: Hyperia - Mack Hypercoaster
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Robinsonhtid
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Nearly 15 seconds of airtime seems bonkers
ItsAllGood
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I think they might have been weight testing the rollercoaster.Welp, that's it. Not long now until someone photoshops that water red, and claims it an omen as to what'll happen to riders...
Seriously though, what an odd thing to do. Can only imagine it's a shortcut to empty the containers - no benefit to seeing how the ride behaves with weight decreasing during the ride cycle... unless...
Getting rid of some weight to see how the ride reacts to different weights. As after they did this they ran it a few more times then stopped for the day.
Robinsonhtid
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Just looked for you
Matt N
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I don’t think they typically do, but don’t quote me on that. Icon and Blue Fire certainly didn’t, to my knowledge; my dad, at slightly under 6’7”, rode both without any issue.
Fifty years of stooping over here brother.
Got away with it everywhere so far.
Only 6ft 4, but I was the very tall freak of my generation.
Only ever been checked once, on Infusion.
Or as you would know it, inFusion.
RustyRider
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I wonder how Thorpe will market this testing phase considering the media went WILD when they released this image! 
The_bup
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That kid has no idea he just got the biggest scoop imaginable
GooseOnTheLoose
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I mean it's no Watergate or Snowden leak, but sure for Coaster enthusiasts you're probably right!
RustyRider
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Obviously they’re entitled to do this from a legal standpoint as it’s in private land etc but surely if anything went wrong what with it only being tested for a week, it’d be a PR disaster for the ages, why risk it? 
I’m pretty sure Mack wouldn’t have allowed it if they weren’t confident of the safety or it not being able to complete a circuit.Obviously they’re entitled to do this from a legal standpoint as it’s in private land etc but surely if anything went wrong what with it only being tested for a week, it’d be a PR disaster for the ages, why risk it?
Dave
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Obviously they’re entitled to do this from a legal standpoint as it’s in private land etc but surely if anything went wrong what with it only being tested for a week, it’d be a PR disaster for the ages, why risk it?
They look like Mack commissioning engineers to me, it’s kinda their job to ride it during testing.
The_bup
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Rob
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But what is likely to go wrong? I've never known a Mack restraint fly open, and they will have got data for forces etc. during initial test runs.Obviously they’re entitled to do this from a legal standpoint as it’s in private land etc but surely if anything went wrong what with it only being tested for a week, it’d be a PR disaster for the ages, why risk it?
Perfectly normal for something like this to happen, especially with Mack. I'm pretty sure someone was sitting on the front row of Alpenexpress during its very first test run (yes, a very different coaster I know).