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Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

I'm going all day from 10 till 10 tomorrow so I will try to get some snaps. Hopefully the twist at the top will have been put up.
 
Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

I've just returned early from Thorpe and I saw the lift hill being topped off.

Here's a picture:

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Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

^ Not quite as good as the other picture posted earlier in this forum.
 
Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

Unless my version of this thread has some posts missing from it, that's the first photo of the actual top being bolted into place?... it's a phone snap.
 
Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

^ your pic was actually better, and yeah it was the 1st pic of the whole lift hill (including the top) up.
But here is a better one from the developers diary....

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater

Its looking pretty phenomenal !
EDIT: you can see in that pic that the catwalk for the lift hill top is being lifted at the bottom there, should be up there right now.
 
Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

Inverse said:
Unless my version of this thread has some posts missing from it, that's the first photo of the actual top being bolted into place?... it's a phone snap.
Click to expand...
Yeah, it's actually the BEST picture so far. The one of it on the ground is interesting, but not as good in terms of progress.

EDIT: Just seen the 'official' picture, it looks great!
 
Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

Thanks for the back up!

And, if people can cope with my 18 month old motorola just a bit longer I'd also like to show you this one I snapped a little earlier:

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Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

Bring on the 'Thorpe park inversion'!

But doesn't it need to drop slightly before going into the half-in-line twist? Looks about level to me. Nothing on theswarm.co.uk to say that construction has stopped for the day so the drop might yet be started...
 
Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

It looked pretty level, yeah. But the plans do say it will drop slightly before it twists.

You can see them on the CF construction blog, I won't repost them as I've posted 2 images in two posts recently.
 
Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

Wouldn't usually come within a mile of this topic, but I've just had roving reporter Neal on the phone most insistent that I post this picture of the lift-hill being capped...
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**** away, fanboys :p
 
Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

^^
How beautiful ;)

I think that's more of the cat-walks being lifted up. I must say this ride is gonna be awsomeeee!

And Ethan, get a video of some construction if you can be arsed dude, :p
 
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Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

I will get some videos if I have time... which I will have :)
 
Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

^That wasn't as good as the comment posted earlier.

The sunset photo Neal/Will posted is beautiful. I never actually realised (see:cared) how big this thing actually is. Impressed.
 
Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

Theme Uk have some more pics of today of top of lift being installed.

http://www.themeuk.net/LC12_Thorpe_ParkPG1.html

I actually met the guy who does this site yesterday hence similar pictures as we stood all day watching together, he is a very nice chap and has been running his site for about 10 years, I also met Andy from Fotowhizz, and he was also a very nice chap....
 
Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

Huh? There's no sign of an actual trim on the track, and they'are normally pre-made on the track on B&M's (using Asterix as example)....
 
Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012

^They're holes that can have a trim installed at a later date if the park/manufacturer decides. They don't think it needs one now, but they may find it's a bit too fast etc and want to trim it later. Cheaper to put the hole and never use it than to install a trim and have it sit there doing nothing (likewise it's ever more expensive to have to install a new section of track at a later date).
 
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