[TadTAz]

The weight compares to other B&M Hypers as well as the capacity does, if not a little better.

[macbeth]

Is there anything on the back of the crate?

[WindsWaker]

I think it literally means the coaster will weigh 3,391,200 lbs.

Do you really mean that? The box is for hints about the ride. How much it weighs is a pretty cruddy hint in my opinion. Cool idea TadTAz!

I believe he meant the whole coaster weighs that much, not the crate. I was originally thinking the same that it was the entire weight of the ride, but the interpretation by TadTAz seems as good a guess as anything else I've read.

What about the fact that there aren't commas, but apostrophes, in the number. It also looks like there's a space. 3'39 1'200.

I wasn't talking about you carowindsman. I've been following KDFansite as well, and 1065 posts there quite a bit. He seems to have a reputation of saying things as if they are fact but not being able to provide proof. Sound familiar?

[KenB]

I think TadAz is onto something. The most recent crate pic more clearly showed the apostrophes and the spacing of the numbers. It looks like a total weight, until you separate the numbers...

I was looking at RCDB to see the ride time and capacity on the more recent Beemer hypers to explore this theory and...saw TadAz had already come up with it several hours ago. Good work!

I didn't do the math on capacity, but noticed the listed capacity on Goliath and Diamondback. Goliath (2-train, no MCBR) is listed at 1220 riders per hour. Diamondback (3-train, MCBR) is listed at 1620 riders per hour.

Goliath's listing doesn't give the ride time, sadly. Diamondback's is listed at 3:00 even. Ok, on to Sixflags.com - there they say "around 3.5 minutes from load to unload". Checking KI's site, they also give 3:00. I'd assume that 3 minutes is the station-to-station time, not counting load /unload.

Interesting, if this is indeed true. It would certainly point to 2 trains and no midcourse, which has it's potential pluses for the actual ride experience and the obvious minus from a capacity standpoint. The ride time is where things get intriguing. If that 3:39 is actual on-ride time, compared to Diamondback's 3:00, this sucker is going to be quite long. Even if it's a total time, including load and unload, it would still seem to suggest something on the longer end of things, i.e. somewhat longer than Goliath. Of course a taller lift hill also increases your time....

Afterburn is listed at 1380 people per hour, which seems somewhat high, but I'd guess it can push through well over 1,000 on average. Using that as a yardstick, and noting how rarely it has a full queue, CF may have thought a 3rd train was overkill for the crowds at Carowinds. 3 million people a year (KD, CW) gets you 3 trains - 2 million (Carowinds) gets you 2, perhaps.

Maybe KD is getting the tallest coaster in the South, and Carowinds is getting the longest.

[carowindsman6654]

I wasn't talking about you carowindsman. I've been following KDFansite as well, and 1065 posts there quite a bit. He seems to have a reputation of saying things as if they are fact but not being able to provide proof. Sound familiar?

I know where he got Eric's last name from. He PM'ed me. I don't think he's lying either.

[coasternut30]

OMG! Check this out......http://www.whitelightning.carowinds.com/

I was surfing around tonight trying to check out urls related to carowinds and came across this one.

[carowindsman6654]

OMG! Check this out......http://www.whitelightning.carowinds.com/

I was surfing around tonight trying to check out urls related to carowinds and came across this one.

Where's JamminJ? Faint. That's definitely the right page.

[chknwing]

lol http://www.thatsracin.com/140/story/14614.html heh what are the chances Ceder Fair bought naming rights to the speedway?

[b&mcoaster1095]

Thank God. I knew it was WL. Is it safe to say this is the name?

[carowindsman6654]

http://www.whitelightning.carowinds.com/uc.jpg comes up. UC means under construction. Might take a while to load. Reload it several times if needed.

[Jay]

Where's JamminJ? Faint. That's definitely the right page.

Why am I needed exactly?

[carowindsman6654]

Where's JamminJ? Faint. That's definitely the right page.

Why am I needed exactly?

Why are you needed? Just look at the picture you posted.

[goldsteh]

Is that what we all were looking for? Love the picture.

[Dude]

http://www.whitelightning.carowinds.com/uc.jpg comes up. UC means under construction. Might take a while to load. Reload it several times if needed.

Am I sopose to scroll down or left! cause I cant!!!

[carowindsman6654]

http://www.whitelightning.carowinds.com/uc.jpg comes up. UC means under construction. Might take a while to load. Reload it several times if needed.

Am I sopose to scroll down or left! cause I cant!!!

Huh? It should come up as a picture.