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[Antinos]

I agree. If you look at all the B&M megacoasters, they all turn at the bottom of the drop. Here's all the ones I can think of:

Both Goliaths
Silver Star
Nitro
Behemoth
Hollywood Dream

There's six out of what, eight?

[lilmikemarin]

I see what you mean. I was thinkin the lift hill would be much longer.

[Antinos]

45 degree lifts are standard now for Beemer hyper coasters. They don't take up much space. See:

[TripleHelix]

Neither of those are 45 degrees, Goliath's just looks like that 'cause of the angle and Raging Bull's is more near the middle 30's.

And the drawing looks just right for the lift size. Maybe someone can calculate how high it is from the drawings...?

[pkiknex25]

That's about 45 degrees (maybe slightly less).

[TripleHelix]

THAT Goliath pretty much is, but Raging Bull wasn't

[pkiknex25]

He was just showing the difference between the first genereation and second generation hypers.

[Antinos]

Exactly. I was showing the difference. Goliath has a 45 degree lift and RB´s is a lot less.

[TripleHelix]

Oh, sorry for the confusion. Of me. :X

[Jplaz]

quote: For the 2009 season, Kings Island will open it's 14t. roller coaster. The name is currently unknown, but we do know that it will be a B&M Hyper coaster. It is rumored to be around 4,200 ft. long, 245ft. tall, and over 75mph. The 09' coaster will feature the "Behemoth" style trains, a hammerhead turn, two helices, and a "splashdown" similar to "Sheikra" and "Griffon."

That's odd considering Nitro is 15 ft. shorter but 5 m.p.h. faster...

[Antinos]

The drop could be shorter than the lift. I'm having trouble seeing those stats though, because it seems too tall for such a short coaster.

[pkiknex25]

http://www.daytondai...908coaster.html

Even though the park hasn't announced or confirmed this, the media got in and found it. It will be a B&M hyper coaster, estimated around 5,000 ft, and will feature the first hyper splashdown and the new Behemoth trains. It will be in the Rivertown section of the park, and will go out into the woods behind the Crypt and to the right of the Beast. As of now, the most reasonable name is Mustang based off the teaser signs the park has posted.

Park Map
Screamscape
Article with the pictures

Note: The 4,200 ft estimate in the article is just based off of the horizontal plane of the picture and does not include added length of track with the change in height.

The first drop probably will be shorter than the initial height because of the railroad tracks and Crypt line. I actually have no idea about a height though.

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

^^Maybe the splashdown takes away some speed, which means that it would decrease the distance? That would be my only guess. ^That would also add a good amount of distance. I hope I can go there and ride it next year.

[rollercoasterfreak]

^^ pkiknex25, I see it going up over the path and start to drop a couple 100 feet above the rail road into the ravine.

[Antinos]

If you examine the footers, you'll notice the splashdown is at the end of the ride.

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

^I know, I just thought it would have a longer ending with a helix or something. I'm probably wrong though.

[Antinos]

Track has started showing up. It's a dark red color and there's a ton more at the B&M plant nearby. There's also brighter red mystery dive machine track there. Now, everybody needs to distinguish between the two support colors there. There's a cream like color similar to Maverick's, and a mustard yellow. Personally I think the cream color would go better. Here's a link to the pictures:

http://www.kicentral.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=249

http://www.kiextreme.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=320

[Coaster55]

Like someone on CF said, the yellow supports could be for that mystery DM. The yellow does kind of go with the superman theme, but I'm not sure how that would look.

I like the track color though, it goes well with the name. But why would they put both supports into one pile, unless they are doing two different color supports.

[Antinos]

Who knows about the dive machine. We don't even know where it's going yet.

They probably put the supports in piles like that because they just wanted the steel to age instead of sorting them. I doubt they'd do a dual color scheme too.

[pkiknex25]

www.visitkingsisland.com

Official countdown to the announcement now up, plus more...

^On KIExtreme, the admin says it's going somewhere in Australia. I have to agree on the creme supports too, the yellow would look absolutely terrible in Rivertown.

For those who would skip over the link, you really should look at the KICentral one. A lot of great views of the park (particularly the Beast) and the huge construction site.