[FamousAmos]

Now I am perfectly sure that it's B&M.
For me to start to see more progress, it just brings a smile to my face. This is gonna get real..

[coasterfreak]

^^Actually Rosko97, when I rode Hurler yesterday and saw it from the side for the second we passed it, I thought the same thing.

[Jarsh]

You will not notice a difference in the angle between Leviathan and this one. We're only talking about 20' or so higher over a 400'-500' length of rise. The angular difference to make up 20' or so that high up will be invisible to the naked eye.

[RollerBee]

My wife and I rode Hurler mulitple times trying to figure it out. It appears that the transfer will be before the lift hill. I cant see it being the station as all the footers are on one side. I will post a link to photos latsr this weekend.

[Rosko97]

You will not notice a difference in the angle between Leviathan and this one. We're only talking about 20' or so higher over a 400'-500' length of rise. The angular difference to make up 20' or so that high up will be invisible to the naked eye.

While that makes total sense geometrically speaking, do you know that's how they've designed this one for sure? I know you've seen the ride so I guess what you're saying is you have eyewitness evidence that this lift hill will generally be as steep as Leviathan's...

[Firechaser]

Since some people are thinking that it will be a direct out of station to the lift. We might get the first B&M Cable Lift

[tarheel1231]

^Intimidator rises straight out of the station and it uses a traditional lift, so I think that Project 2015 will do the same.

[Jarsh]

You will not notice a difference in the angle between Leviathan and this one. We're only talking about 20' or so higher over a 400'-500' length of rise. The angular difference to make up 20' or so that high up will be invisible to the naked eye.

While that makes total sense geometrically speaking, do you know that's how they've designed this one for sure? I know you've seen the ride so I guess what you're saying is you have eyewitness evidence that this lift hill will generally be as steep as Leviathan's...

Yes.

[ReillyK721]

I mentioned something 200+ pages ago about the records they could break with this thing and I'm not sure if I mentioned it or not but could we be looking at the fastest non-launched coaster in the world? At 325' high, it's certainly possible to break 100mph.

Steel Dragon comes in at 95mph at it's 318' so maybe with another 7 feet we can hit another mph or two, lol. We only need to hit 96mph to take it!

If our coaster does end up being 325 feet, then we should be able to beat the record by one or two mph. I did a little bit of math and found that Leviathan gets about one more mph every 3.3 feet in height. Leviathan goes around 93 mph with a 306 ft, 80 degree drop. Adding another 19 feet, assuming the trains and angle of the drop are the same, you get roughly 3-5 mph more. So if it is 325 feet, it could be as fast 97 or 98 mph! There's a lot of variables that could affect that though, so I guess we won't know for sure until it's built.

[dehvin]

I mentioned something 200+ pages ago about the records they could break with this thing and I'm not sure if I mentioned it or not but could we be looking at the fastest non-launched coaster in the world? At 325' high, it's certainly possible to break 100mph.

Steel Dragon comes in at 95mph at it's 318' so maybe with another 7 feet we can hit another mph or two, lol. We only need to hit 96mph to take it!

If our coaster does end up being 325 feet, then we should be able to beat the record by one or two mph. I did a little bit of math and found that Leviathan gets about one more mph every 3.3 feet in height. Leviathan goes around 93 mph with a 306 ft, 80 degree drop. Adding another 19 feet, assuming the trains and angle of the drop are the same, you get roughly 3-5 mph more. So if it is 325 feet, it could be as fast 97 or 98 mph! There's a lot of variables that could affect that though, so I guess we won't know for sure until it's built.

Speed up the lift hill and it could be relatively easy to break the 100mph barrier.

[Hiveminded]

Ok back to the curved track debate, I found something that might be interesting. The only time that I found that the extended cross ties were being used on a curved piece of track is on rides with a dual station. Now I'm not saying that we are going to have a dual station, but could they be possibly trying a different configuration of transfer track, with a switch piece instead of a sliding track, which would explain why we aren't seeing any footers for one yet.

[coasterchitchat]

If our coaster does end up being 325 feet, then we should be able to beat the record by one or two mph. I did a little bit of math and found that Leviathan gets about one more mph every 3.3 feet in height. Leviathan goes around 93 mph with a 306 ft, 80 degree drop. Adding another 19 feet, assuming the trains and angle of the drop are the same, you get roughly 3-5 mph more. So if it is 325 feet, it could be as fast 97 or 98 mph! There's a lot of variables that could affect that though, so I guess we won't know for sure until it's built.

Maybe a underground tunnel to make it 100 MPH! This could be one heck of a speed monster.

Also, I asked the Carowinds PR person if they were going to live stream the announcement, and she say they were.

[tarheel1231]

Also, I asked the Carowinds PR person if they were going to live stream the announcement, and she say they were.

YESYESYESYESYES!!!!!!!

[coasterfreak]

Lego Guy may be on to something. Taking a 'duel station' approach to the transfer track would create a quicker transfer.

[TheCoasterMan1]

Could we see the (I think the first) B&M duel loading station on a coaster other than a flyer. I don't know any other type of B&M coaster that has them. This would be a first of its kind. I love how B&M is expanding into different designs and technology.