Warner Bros Australia - New Mack - DC Rivals HyperCoaster

[Brad97]

The non-inverting loop is now complete!

 

[Rob]

It's been a little while since we last had an update. The big airtime hill is now up and work has started on the first drop:

Source: parkz.com.au

 

[Ted]

Oh damn that looks good!

 

[Brad97]

The first drop continues to rise.

Source: parkz.com.au

 

[Brad97]

Double post but the first drop is now complete!

Source: Parkz

 

[Ted]

So, who's up for a trip down under then?

 

[Marcus]

Holy MACKerel!!

 

[Rob]

Oh my! That first drop is something else. Please can we have one of these in Europe!?

 

[Rick]

Testing -

 

[Rob]

Ugh, it looks so slow.....

That happened rather quickly though, can't wait to see a POV once it is up and running!

 

[Spike]

That music is awesome, I hope it's going to be used somewhere on the ride.

 

[Rick]

I do think we could end up with something like this at Europa. There's certainly room for another big coaster with inversions.

 

[Rob]

Good news - after 4 days of testing the coaster is running 6 seconds faster, and you can really tell in this video:



Bad news - there are brackets on the first drop for trim brakes.

 

[Rob]

And here are some trims:



One of these days big coasters will be designed so that they do not need trim brakes!

 

[Rick]

Come on now @Rob - you're approaching whiny enthusiast territory. Even when it concerns a Mack ride

 

[Rob]

No POV yet however this did soft open over the weekend!

A look at the back row, which is backwards:

First Mack like this to have belts on the restraints? Altough in true Mack efficiency it souds like they unlock automatically at the end of the ride!

Images source: parkz.com.au

A really good review of the coaster can be read here on CoasterForce.

Sounds very good indeed. Reports that it does have a rattle that some of these other Macks do have (Aplina Blitz and to a lesser extent Helix), although it is not something that has really bothered me on either of those coasters.

More of these please!

 

[Benzin]

How much Erdinger do they go through at the Mack design meetings?

 

[Rob]

POV of this beast:



It certainly carries a tonne of speed, hopefully all of the shaking is just the camera mount rather than the coaster itself!

 

[Matt N]

Why can’t us Brits have coasters like this? Thorpe Park, take note.

 

[DiogoJ42]

Why can’t us Brits have coasters like this? Thorpe Park, take note.

Mandy called. She wants to remind you that we are getting one next year.